Authors on the Air July 19, 2013: Barbara Collins

Barbara Collins, author of Water Baby Learns to Ski (Ambassador International, 9781620202166), will be on the WYFF morning show in Greenville, S.C. on Saturday, July 20.

Job Moves: July 18, 2013

At Crown, Tammy Blake, Tara Gilbride, Annsley Rosner, and Kate Tyler are each being named v-p. Tammy Blake has been named v-p, director of publicity, Crown Archetype, Harmony, Crown Forum, and Three Rivers Press. Tara Gilbride has been named v-p, director of marketing and publicity for Crown Business. Annsley Rosner has been named v-p, director of publicity, Crown Publishers, Hogarth, and Broadway Books. Kate Tyler has been named v-p, director of publicity, for the Clarkson Potter family of imprints. The appointments take effect immediately and each will continue to report to Carisa Hays.

Elica Markovska has joined Publishers Communication Group as European business development manager. Previously, she sold content in Europe for the Burgundy Information Services

Sachner Promoted at Perseus

Perseus Distribution Client Services Sabrina McCarthy announced the promotion of Heidi Sachner to v-p, Client Services.

Job Moves: July 17, 2013

According to Publishing Trends, Sterling editorial director Michael Fragnito has left the company. Larry Bennett has left Bookmasters, where he was president of distribution services. He may be reached at laurenceebennett@gmail.com.

At Chronicle Books, Kim Romero has been promoted to project editor. She was previously editor in the Entertainment Publishing Group.

Mark Saunders has been named the new director of the University of Virginia Press, where he was previously the interim director and editor-in-chief.

Legendary Editor Frances Foster Retires

Farrar, Straus and Giroux has announced that Frances Foster, who has headed up Frances Foster Books since 1994 and has worked in children's publishing for over 55 years, is retiring after a long illness.

Job Moves: July 16, 2013

Megan Sullivan has left her position as head buyer for Harvard Book Store. She will be joining America’s Test Kitchen as assistant editor in August.

Joe Macavage has been promoted to the newly created position of Director of Fulfillment Operations for all of HarperCollins U.S.

Stephanie Frerich has joined Nomadic Learning, an e-learning startup and online publishing platform, as editorial director. Previously she was senior editor at McGraw-Hill Business.

Authors on the Air July 16, 2013: The Gronkowski Family

The Gronkowski Family, authors of Growing up Gronk: Family’s Story of Raising Champions (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544126688), will be on CBS This Morning on Wednesday, July 17.

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Job Moves: July 15, 2013

Ria Julien has joined the Frances Goldin Literary Agency as in-house counsel and will also be acquiring selected projects for representation.

Promotions, Appointments at 'PW'

PW has made a number of new appointments and promotions over the last few weeks.

Job Moves: July 12, 2013

U.K. publishing veteran Amanda Ridout will join year-old startup Head of Zeus in September as CEO and publisher. Company founder Anthony Cheetham will give up his executive duties in January while remaining chairman.

Authors on the Air July 12, 2013: Carl Hart

Carl Hart will be on Tavis Talks for High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (Harper, 978-0062015884).

Job Moves: July 11, 2013

Maureen Corish has been named group communications director of U.K. & international (English Language) for the newly-merged Penguin Random House.

Ziccardi Named Publisher of Humanix Books

Anthony Ziccardi, former deputy publisher at Simon & Schuster’s Gallery imprint, has been named publisher of Humanix Books, a division of the online media company Newsmax Media.

Authors on the Air July 11, 2013: Michael D'Antonio

Michael D'Antonio will be on Tavis Talks for Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal (Thomas Dunne, 978-0312594893).

Job Moves: July 10, 2013

Jeremiah Alavi has joined Rittenhouse Book Distributors as sales support and marketing manager. Alavi previously worked in advertising and marketing for Discovery Channel and Brothers and Company.

Authors on the Air July 10, 2013: Bernard Carlson

Bernard Carlson, author of Tesla: The Inventor of the Electrical Age (Princeton University Press, 978-0691057767), will be on The Diane Rehm Show.

Job Moves: July 9, 2013

Erin Coffey has been promoted to the newly created position of v-p, internal communications, event and community services, at Macmillan. Coffey joined the publisher in 2007, and her most recent title was director of event services, inside sales and author events.

Authors on the Air July 9, 2013: Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors will be on Tavis Talks for The Outsider: A Memoir (Harper, 978-0061242991).

Lynch Resigns from B&N

William Lynch resigned Monday as CEO of Barnes & Noble. With his departure, Michael Huseby, who joined B&N in March 2012 as CFO, has been named CEO of Nook Media LLC and president of Barnes & Noble Inc.

Job Moves: July 8, 2013

David Goehring has left John Wiley. He can be reached at davidgoehring1@gmail.com.