Authors on the Air November 11, 2011: Iris Krasnow, Kurt Loder

Iris Krasnow, author of The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married (Gotham, 978-1592406807), will be on The Talk.

Kurt Loder, author of The Good, The Bad, and the Godawful (Thomas Dunne Books, 0-312-64163-X) was on CBS' The Early Show.

Obituary: Morris Philipson, Univ. of Chicago Press Director

Morris Philipson, the director of the University of Chicago Press from 1967 to 2000, died November 3 at 85 from a heart attack.

Obituary: Barbara Grier, Founder of Naiad Press

Barbara Grier, the founder of Naiad Press, what was once the world's largest publisher of literature about gays and lesbians, died Thursday at 78 in Tallahassee, Fla.

Job Moves: November 11, 2011

Nicole Mitchell has been appointed director of the University of Washington Press, beginning January 2012. The current director, Pat Soden, is retiring.

Authors on the Air November 10, 2011: Michael Ruhlman, Colson Whitehead, George Ayittey

Michael Ruhlman will be on the Martha Stewart Show to discuss and cook from his latest book, Ruhlman’s Twenty: 20 Techniques, 100 Recipes, A Cook’s Manifesto (Chronicle, 9780811876438).

Colson Whitehead will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for his new novel Zone One (Doubleday, 978-0385528078).

AAUP Executive Director Peter Givler to Retire

Peter Givler, longtime executive director of the Association of American University Presses has announced plans to retire—but with a June, 2013 date, it’s a little too early for strolls down memory lane.

Savikas and Kolenda Up at Safari

On-demand digital library Safari Books Online has named Andrew Savikas CEO. The company has also hired Steve Kolenda, full-time, as CFO and COO.

Authors on the Air November 8, 2011: John Lithgow, Umberto Eco, Jeanne Adlon

John Lithgow will be on Tavis Smiley to talk about his new memoir Drama: An Actor's Education (Harper, 978-0061734977).

Umberto Eco will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about his newest book, The Prague Cemetery (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547577531).

Job Moves: November 8, 2011

Douglas Pocock, executive v-p and managing director of Egmont USA, has announced his plans to return to England for family reasons. Pocock has spent the last four years in New York, where he launched Egmont’s U.S. business, building a publishing team of eight people and introducing EUSA’s inaugural list of 15 books in Fall 2009.

Job Moves: November 7, 2011

Bree Ogden is the new associate agent at D4EO Literary Agency. Ogden, who specializes in children's books, YA and graphic novels, has spent two years with the Sharlene Martin Agency.

Authors on the Air November 7, 2011: Niall Ferguson, Lawrence Lessig

Niall Ferguson will be on The Colbert Report for his new book Civilzation: The West and the Rest (Penguin Press, 978-1594203053).

Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It (Twelve, 978-0446576437), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Authors on the Air November 4, 2011: Philip Galanes, Lawrence Lessig, Michael Seth Starr

Philip Galanes, author of the book Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandries and Quagmires of Today (Simon & Schuster, 978-1-4516-0578-5) was on the Today show.

Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress (Twelve, 978-0446576437) will be on Tavis Smiley.

Harvard Business Review Announces New Leadership Team

Harvard Business Review Press, the book publishing unit of Harvard Business Review Group, has named Sarah McConville as publisher and Tim Sullivan as editorial director.

Authors on the Air November 3, 2011: Bill Cosby, Mark Bowden, Lisa Randall, Nathan Wolfe

Bill Cosby, author of I Didn't Ask to Be Born (But I'm Glad I Was) (Center Street, 978-0892969203), will be on The Tom Joyner Show, Access Hollywood, and CBS' Up to the Minute.

Mark Bowden, author of Worm: The First Digital War (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0802119834), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Job Moves: November 3, 2011

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company has promoted Josh Dykstra to inside sales representative. Dykstra was formerly Eerdmans' marketing associate.

Katie Henderson Adams has joined Liveright & Company as editor, acquiring literary non-fiction and fiction. She was previously at Other Press, Doubleday, Bloomsbury Press, and Oxford University Press.

Authors on the Air November 2, 2011: Condoleezza Rice, Michael Pollan, Buddy Valastro.

Condoleezza Rice, author of the new book No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington (Crown, 978-0307587862), will be on David Letterman.

Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules: An Eater's Manual (Penguin Press, 978-1594203084), will be on The Colbert Report.

Zimmerman Leaving Courier

Eric Zimmerman, v-p of publishing for Courier Corp., is leaving the company on November 15, the same day the printer/publisher is scheduled to report its results for fiscal 2011.

Authors on the Air November 1, 2011: Daniel Holzman and Michel Chernow, Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, Ariel Dorfman

The Meatball Shop Cookbook (Ballantine Books, 978-0440423164) authors Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow were on Good Morning America.

Also on Good Morning America were Mike Bender and Doug Chernack for their book Awkward Family Pet Photos (Three Rivers Press, 978-0307888129).

Obituary: Richard Kinney

Richard R. Kinney, who was the director of two university presses as well as the director of publications at the Getty Trust and Museum of Los Angeles, died October 21 at age 78.

Job Moves: November 1, 2011

INscribe Digital has hired Kristin Ellison as director of business development. Ellison was previously editorial director of WOWIO.

Nadine Vassallo has joined The Book Industry Study Group as project coordinator. Vassallo has previously worked at Penguin, Phaidon Press and Borders.