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Job Moves: June 7, 2013
Seta Zink has been promoted to publicity manager of Running Press. She was previously senior publicist.
Barry Harbaugh has been promoted to editor at Harper. He has been with the company for three years.
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Yeh Named Publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers
Phoebe Yeh will join Random House Children’s Books in the newly created post of v-p, publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers, effective June 21.
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Authors on the Air June 6, 2013: Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm, Jon Wiederhorn, Katherine Turman
Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday for Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Deadly Rescue by SEAL Team Six (Atria Books, 978-1476725161).
Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, authors of Louder Than Hell (It Books, 978-0061958281) and special guest Alex Skolnick of Testament will be doing a live video chat at 5PM. Register and listen here.
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Job Moves: June 6, 2013
At Red Wheel/Weiser, Kat Salazar has been promoted to publicist. She was associate publicist. Jordan Overby has been promoted to associate production director. He was production manager.
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Authors on the Air June 5, 2013: Jonathan Alter, Phil Jackson
Jonathan Alter will be on The Colbert Report for The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451646078).
On Tavis Talks, Phil Jackson will discuss Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Penguin Press, 978-1594205118).
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Job Moves: June 5, 2013
Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to v-p, publicity at HarperCollins. She will continue to act as the group publicity director for all of the William Morrow Group, including Morrow hardcover, trade paperback, Avon, Harper Voyager, It Books, Impulse and Cookbooks.
Michael Connor has left his position as director, editorial lead for The Quality Paperback Book Club/Insightout Book Club at Direct Brands. He is looking for new opportunities and can be reached at michaelconnor718@gmail.com.
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Levesque Named Editorial Director at Rodale
Jennifer Levesque has been tapped to oversee Rodale's trade books division.
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Authors on the Air June 4, 2013: Mark Bittman, William H. Marty
On June 5, Mark Bittman will be on Morning Joe to promote his book VB6 (Vegan Before Six): Eat Vegan Before 6:00pm to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health…For Good (Clarkson Potter, 978-0385344746).
Dr. William H. Marty will discuss The World of Jesus (Bethany House, 978-07642-1083-9), on Moody’s Chris Fabry Live! on June 5. To listen, click here.
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Job Moves: June 4, 2013
Kevin Haas is no longer v-p sales of Ryland Peters & Small. He can be reached at haas.kevin@ymail.com.
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Blackman Named Children's Laureate in U.K.
Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts & Crosses and its sequels, has been appointed the Waterstones Children's Laureate in the U.K.
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Job Moves: June 3, 2013
John Kritzmacher is executive v-p and CFO of John Wiley & Sons, beginning July 1. He is formerly CFO of Lucent Technologies and Global Crossing.
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Authors on the Air June 3, 2013: Dorothy Breininger, Eric Sanderson, Beatriz Williams, David Levinson, Erika Robuck
Dorothy Breininger will be on the Today show on June 4 for her book Stuff Your Face or Face Your Stuff (HCI, 978-0757317378).
Eric W. Sanderson will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars and Suburbs (Abrams, 978-1419704345).
On The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m., on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Beatriz Williams on A Hundred Summers (Putnam, 978-0399162169), David Samuel Levinson on Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence (Algonquin, 978-1565129184), Erika Robuck on Call Me Zelda (NAL, 978-0451239921), Daniel James Brown on The Boys in the Boat (Viking, 978-0670025817). Listen here.
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Authors on the Air May 31, 2013: Gary Greenberg, 'A Walk in the Woods'
On NPR's Science Friday, The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry (Blue Rider, 978-0399158537) author Gary Greenberg will be on. The SciFri Book Club will discuss its latest book, A Walk in the Woods (Broadway, 978-0767902526) by Bill Bryson.
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Job Moves: May 31, 2013
Tracy Guest's last day as v-p, director of publicity at Simon & Schuster is May 31. She can be reached at tracey.guest@ymail.com.
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Authors on the Air May 30, 2013: Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Guns at Last Light (Holt, 978-0805062908).
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Job Moves: May 30, 2013
Don Share is editor of Poetry magazine; he is currently senior editor of the magazine. He will begin his tenure on July 1.
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Suchomel to Head New Unit at Perseus
Following his surprise departure as president of the Independent Publishers Group in March, Mark Suchomel is returning to the distribution business as head of a new unit that will be part of Perseus Books Group’s Publishers Group West division.
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Children's Job Moves: May 2013
New job announcements in children's publishing for May 2013.
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Authors on the Air May 29, 2013: Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno will be on Tavis Talks for Rita Moreno: A Memoir (Celebra, 978-0451416377).
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Job Moves: May 29, 2013
Sean McDonald has been appointed publisher of FSG Originals and director of digital and paperback publishing. He joined the company three years ago as v-p and executive editor.
Evan Bayh has been appointed to McGraw-Hill Education's board of directors. The former senator is now a senior advisor at Apollo Global Management and a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods.
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