Job Moves: April 23, 2012

Colin Shields has been named v-p, director of digital sales for Simon & Schuster; he was most recently senior director of their digital sales group.

Also at S&S, Paula Amendolara has been promoted to v-p, director of retail sales; she most recently senior director of retail sales.

Authors on the Air April 20, 2012: Herb Silverman, Frank Langella

Herb Silverman, author of Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt (Pitchstone, 978-0984493289) will be a guest on PaleoRadio, WPRR AM1680/95.3FM in Grand Rapids, MI at 3:10 p.m. EST for the hour.

Frank Langella, author of Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Know Them (Harper, 978-0062094476), will be on Tavis Talks.

Job Moves: April 20, 2012

Lisa Tomasello will join Macmillan's sales department as a national account manager for adult trade titles, calling on Costco, BJ's, and their distribution partners. She was previously with Simon & Schuster.

Job Moves: April 19, 2012

Tina Andreadis has been promoted to v-p, senior executive director of publicity for Harper, Ecco, Amistad, Harper Perennial, Harper paperbacks, Harper Audio, It Books, and Harper Design. She has been with the company since 2005.

Authors on the Air April 19, 2012: Judy Smith, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West

Judy Smith will be on The Daily Show for Good Self, Bad Self: Transforming Your Worst Qualities into Your Biggest Assets (Free Press, 978-1451649994).

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, authors of The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto (SmileyBooks, 978-1401940638), will be on The Colbert Report.

Authors on the Air April 18, 2012: Noam Scheiber, Robert B. Reich

Noam Scheiber will be on Tavis Talks for The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery (Simon & Schuster, 978-1439172407).

Robert B. Reich, author of the e-book Beyond Outrage (Knopf), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: April 18, 2012

David Hillman has been named executive v-p and general counsel of Simon & Schuster beginning April 23. Hillman was most recently the chief administrative officer, general counsel and executive v-p, business affairs for Dial Global.

Authors on the Air April 17, 2012: Patricia Walker, Janet Davis, Mara Einstein, Ian Smith

Dance of the Electric Hummingbird (Rainbow Ridge 2011) author Patricia Walker will be on the "Mancow" nationally syndicated radio show Wednesday April 18th at 7:30am ET.

Authors on the Air April 16, 2012: Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, Katie Pavlich

Phil Donahue will talk to Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West about their book The Rich & the Rest of Us (SmileyBooks, 978-1401940638) on Tavis Talks.

Katie Pavlich, author of Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-up (Regnery, 978-1-59698-321-2), will be on The O'Reilly Factor.

Authors on the Air April 13, 2012: Piotr Naskrecki, Edward O. Wilson, Henry Petroski, Marcey Shapiro, Stephen W. Hines

NPR's Science Friday will have three authors on its program today: Piotr Naskrecki for his book Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine (University of Chicago Press, 978-0226568706), Edward O. Wilson for his book The Social Conquest of Earth (Liveright, 978-0871404138), and Henry Petroski for his book To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 978-0674065840).

Alan Harvey To Direct Stanford University Press

Alan Harvey, SUP's deputy director and editor-in-chief, has been with the company since 2002, when he came from Cambridge University Press.

Job Moves: April 13, 2012

Chris Barba will retire as executive v-p, sales for Hachette. She has been with the company for 33 years, and has worked with authors such as Nicholas Sparks, David Baldacci, Malcolm Gladwell, among many others.

Guinevere de la Mare has been promoted to senior community manager at Chronicle Books. She was formerly community manager.

Authors on the Air April 12, 2012: Mara Einstein, David Treuer, Pat Cooper

Mara Einstein, author of Compassion, Inc.: How Corporate America Blurs the Line Between What We Buy, Who We Are, and Those We Help (University of California Press, 978-0-520-26652-0) will be on "The Diane Rehm Show" (NPR).

David Treuer will be on Tavis Talks for his book Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0802119711).

Job Moves: April 12, 2012

Nicholas Courage will join Farrar, Straus & Giroux as online marketing manager on April 30, replacing Ryan Chapman. Courage was most recently with Picador, where he has been online marketing manager since 2009.

Comings and Goings: April 11, 2012

Paul Dinas has left Adams Media to pursue other opportunities. He may be reached at dinas.paul@gmail.com.

Authors on the Air April 11, 2012: Ian Smith, A.J. Jacobs

Ian Smith, author of The Truth About Men: The Secret Side of the Opposite Sex (St. Martin's Press, 1-250-00427-6), will be on The Talk tomorrow morning, April 12.

Bethany House Author Finds Success With Small-Town Tour

Bethany House author Beverly Lewis' book tours focusing on small cities and towns in the rural Midwest are drawing large crowds.

Nolan Named EIC, Associate Publisher of Penguin Books

Patrick Nolan has been named editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Penguin Books, reporting to Kathryn Court, effective immediately.

Authors on the Air April 10, 2012: Jonathan Gottschall, Richard Hersh

Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547391403), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Richard Hersh, co-author of We're Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230339828), will be on The Colbert Report.