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Authors on the Air January 9, 2012: Tom Ryan, Alison Hawthorne Deming, John Dufresne, Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Rick Riordan will be on Rock Center with Brian Williams giving clues to the next Kane Chronicles novel.
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Amanda Cook Takes Exec Editor Spot at Crown
Amanda Cook, current executive editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has been hired by Crown. Starting on February 6, Cook will step into the role of v-p and executive editor at the Random House division.
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Authors on the Air January 6, 2012: Chris Gethard, Sam Sommers, Tran Ahn Hung
Chris Gethard will talk about his new book A Bad Idea I'm About to Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure (De Capo Press, 978-0306820304) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
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Job Moves: January 6, 2012
Libby McGuire has been promoted to executive v-p and publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell. She was formerly senior v-p and publisher.
Lindsay Guzzardo has joined Amazon Publishing’s romance imprint, Montlake, as an associate acquisitions editor. She has previously worked at Guideposts Books and NAL.
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Job Moves: January 5, 2012
Anthony Goff has been promoted to v-p, audio and large print at Hachette Digital.
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Obituary: Sam Levin
Levin began his career with Random House selling to hundred of bookstores in Pennsylvania, then eschewing a management position, he elected to be the rep to Random House's three largest accounts, the job he said he loved most.
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Comings and Goings: January 5, 2012
Jim DiMiero has left Bookazine and can be reached at james.dimiero@gmail.com.
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Authors on the Air January 4, 2012: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, John Heilemann
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, author of A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230108936), will be on The Daily Show.
John Heilemann, author of Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (Harper, 0061733636), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: January 4, 2012
Nicole Judge will join Free Press in the newly created position of marketing director. Judge was most recently with HarperCollins, where she was associate director of marketing for Harper and HarperBusiness.
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Job Moves: January 3, 2012
Sarah Pelz has been promoted to senior editor of nonfiction at Harlequin. Pelz joined Harlequin in 2008 as an editor.
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Authors on the Air December 23, 2011: Joyce Tenneson, Philip Galanes, David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult
Joyce Tenneson will talk about her new book Shells: Nature's Exquisite Creatures (Down East Books, 978-0892729760) on WCSH6's program 207 at 7:30 pm. Watch online at wcsh6.com.
Philip Galanes will be on The Martha Stewart Show for Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandries and Quagmires of Today (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451605785).
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Napack Resigns as Macmillan President
Brian Napack will step down as president of Macmillan at the end of the year and work with the publishing company on an as needed basis to help ensure a smooth transition into the new year, Macmillan CEO John Sargent told employees in a memo.
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Authors on the Air December 22, 2011: Laurell K. Hamilton, Mark Danner
As part of Sirius XM's "Twelve Days of Book Radio," Laurell K. Hamilton will talk about her latest novel, Hit List (Berkley, 978-0425241134) with Kim Alexander and Maggie Linton on Book Radio channel 80 at 9:30 pm EST.
Mark Danner, author of Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War (Nation Books, 1568586353) will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.
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Job Moves: December 22, 2011
Jane Rice will retire as Simon & Schuster national account manager on December 30. She has been with the company for 29 years.
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Job Moves: December 21, 2011
Shannon Welch will join Scribner as a senior editor on January 9. She was previously an executive editor at Rodale.
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Authors on the Air December 20, 2011: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kathy Gunst, Kim Alexander and Maggie Linton
Jon Kabat-Zinn will be on Forum / KQED NPR for Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life (Sounds True, 978-1-60407-658-5).
Kathy Gunst will be featured on New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth at 12:30pm with host Virginia Prescott, discussing her newest cookbook, Notes From A Maine Kitchen (Down East Books, 978-0892729173). Tune in or listen live at http://www.nhpr.org/.
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Comings and Goings: December 20, 2011
Gary Krebs, formerly with McGraw-Hill, can now be reached at garykrebs@optonline.net and (617) 834-8405.
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Job Moves: December 20, 2011
Darla Freeman has been promoted to associate director of sales at Kensington. Freeman joined Kensington in 2006 as sales manager.
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Authors on the Air December 19, 2011: Anna Quindlen
As part of Sirius/XM's "Twelve Days of Book Radio," Anna Quindlen will talk with Pia Lindstrom about Every Last One (Random House, 978-0812976885). The show airs at 8:00 pm on Book Radio channel 80.
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Obituary: Jim Ethridge
James M. Ethridge, executive v-p and editorial director of Gale Research Company until his retirement in 1985, died December 13, 2011 at the age of 90.
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