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Job Moves: February 28, 2012
Todd Presley is now the executive director of human resources, McEvoy Group at Chronicle Books. He was previously the director of human resources.
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Job Moves: February 27, 2012
Greg Mortimer will join Scribner in the newly created position of online marketing manager. He was formerly the marketing manager of trade paperbacks for Random House.
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Barney Rosset Remembered
Ask former colleagues about the late Barney Rosset, founder of Grove Press, and you’ll hear words like dynamic, passionate, freethinker, risk taker, and more than a little bit self-destructive.
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Authors on the Air February 24, 2012: Pico Iyer, Richard W. Walker
Pico Iyer, author of The Man Within My Head (Knopf, 978-0307267610), will be on Tavis Smiley.
Richard W. Walker, Jr., MD will discuss his book African-American Healthy: Tapping into the Remarkable Power of Vitamin D3 (Square One, 978-0757003615) the morning of Saturday, February 25 with the Rev. Al Sharpton on the nationally syndicated radio show "The Rev. Al Sharpton with Sharp Talk."Job Moves: February 24, 2012
Jessica Freeman-Slade has joined Clarkson Potter as an assistant editor. She was previously working on cookbooks for the Knopf group, where she served as the assistant managing editor.
Authors on the Air February 23, 2012: Peggielene Bartels
Peggielene Bartels, author of King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village (Doubleday, 978-0385534321), will be on Tavis Smiley.
Job Moves: February 23, 2012
Jen Linnan, formerly an associate agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, has started her own agency, Linnan Literary Management LLC. The new agency will specialize in graphic works and illustration, in addition to select prose works in adult, YA, and middle-grade fiction and nonfiction.
Remembering Barney Rosset, Legendary Publisher
"Rosset was a brave man who won several key victories in the fight for artistic freedom in the United States," said Chris Finan, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression president.
S&S Children's Makes Shifts in Marketing
The following moves were made at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing: Lucille Rettino has been promoted to v-p, director of marketing. Elke Villa has been named associate marketing director.
Authors on the Air February 22, 2012: Bruce Bartlett, Fawzia Koofi
Bruce Bartlett, author of The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451646191), will be on The Daily Show.
Fawzia Koofi, author of The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230120679), was on NPR's Morning Edition.
Job Moves: February 22, 2012
Kevin Callahan has been promoted to associate publisher of It Books.
At Quirk Books, John J. McGurk has been promoted to the position of director, digital & print production.
Authors on the Air February 21, 2012: Russ Feingold, Robert Kagan, Fred Willard
Russ Feingold, author of While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era (Random House, 978-0-307-95252-3), will be on The Daily Show.
Robert Kagan, author of The World America Made (Knopf, 978-0307961310), will be on The Colbert Report.
Job Moves: February 21, 2012
Basic Books has made the following promotions: Cassie Dendurent Nelson has been promoted from assistant director to associate director. She has been with Basic since February 2008. Caitlin Graf has been promoted from publicist to senior publicist. She has been with Basic since July 2010. Dori Gelb has been promoted from publicity assistant to associate publicist. She has been with Basic since May 2010.
Job Moves: February 17, 2012
Bookmasters has hired Jocelyn Kepko as national accounts manager, focusing on Baker & Taylor and Barnes & Noble and Robert Troast as national account manager for the ID wholesaler channel nationwide.
Authors on the Air February 17, 2012: Kelly McGonigal, Christina Steinorth
Kelly McGonigal will appear on NPR's Marketplace to discuss her new book The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It (Avery 978-1583334386).
Christina Steinorth author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 978-0897936163) will be a guest on "InterViews & Interactions" with Linda A. Strasburg. KTKK Radio Salt Lake City, February 18th, at 5 p.m.
New Trade Leadership at Zondervan
Zondervan has appointed Tracy Danz as v-p and publisher of its Trade Group, reporting to Annette Bourland, who has been promoted to senior v-p and publisher for the Trade Group and for Zonderkidz.
Authors on the Air February 16, 2012: John Campbell
John Campbell, author of The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Prime Minister (Penguin, 978-0143120872), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
Job Moves: February 16, 2012
At Tor/Forge, Cassie Ammerman has moved from publicist to digital marketing and Alexis Nixon has been promoted from associate publicist to publicist.
Pohlman Named Open Road Publisher
Tina Pohlman, whose career in publishing most recently included serving as v-p and publisher for trade paperbacks at Crown Publishing, will join Open Road Integrated Media March 5 as publisher.
Strayed Comes Out As Rumpus 'Sugar' Columnist
The Rumpus online magazine revealed last night that Cheryl Strayed is popular advice columnist, "Dear Sugar."
