Job Moves: February 19, 2013

At Penguin, Colleen Lindsay is now associate director of marketing, social media and reader experience. Ashley Fisher-Tranese has been promoted to associate director of advertising and promotion. Craig Burke has been promoted to director of marketing for Riverhead trade paperbacks and Perigee Books. Erica Colon Martirano has been promoted to associate director of marketing and promotion. Jodi Rosoff has been promoted to associate director of marketing and publicity.

Authors on the Air February 15, 2013: Julia Rothman, Gina Holmes

Julia Rothman, author of The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science (Chronicle Books, 978-1-4521-0822-3), will be on Studio 360 on February 16th.

Gina Holmes, author of Wings of Glass (Tyndale House, 978-1414366418) will be interviewed on The Hour of Joy (Fox 21/27) to be aired on February 17th at 11 AM.

Job Moves: February 15, 2013

Marcia Burch is leaving Touchstone as v-p, director of publicity. She can be reached at Mburch586@gmail.com.

At Harlequin, the following moves have been made: Valerie Gray will retire at the end of March after 13 years with the company. Tara Parsons is now executive editor, Harlequin MIRA. Lenore Waldrip is now assistant editor/editorial assistant. Nicole Brebner is now senior editor. Michelle Venditti is now assistant editor/editorial assistant. Emily Martin is now director of overseas publishing. Susan Swinwood has been promoted to executive editor, Harlequin HQN and Harlequin LUNA. Margo Lipschultz is now senior edtior, Harlequin HQN and Harlequin LUNA.

Davis Gets Atria Imprint

Dawn Davis, who had been publisher of HarperCollins’s Amistad Press imprint, will join the Atria Publishing Group as v-p and publisher of a new, yet-to-be-named imprint. She will start April 1 and report to Judith Curr, Atria Group president and publisher.

Authors on the Air February 14, 2013: Gavin Newsom

On The Colbert Report, Gavin Newsom will be on for Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government (Penguin Press, 978-1594204722).

Job Moves: February 14, 2013

At Ten Speed Press, Hannah Rahill is v-p, associate publisher, reporting to Aaron Wehner. Patricia Kelly, v-p marketing and publicity, is leaving the company.

Robert Martin has joined the Midwest Booksellers Association as a part-time executive assistant. Martin is also an editorial assistant at Rain Taxi Review of Books, where he coordinates exhibits for the Twin Cities Book Festival.

Authors on the Air February 13, 2013: Philip Lopate

Philip Lopate will be on his brother's show, The Leonard Lopate Show, for his new book Portrait Inside My Head (Free Press, 978-1451695861).

On February 14, Steve Teret will be on the Today show for Reducing Gun Violence in America (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 978-1421411101).

Job Moves: February 13, 2013

Michael Tamblyn has been named Chief Content Officer for Kobo, making him responsible for Kobo’s content acquisition and sales, publisher and industry relations, and localized merchandising experiences across Kobo’s online and mobile services worldwide.

Job Moves: February 12, 2013

Kate Stark has been promoted to associate publisher for Putnam and Riverhead. The new title is in addition to her role as v-p, director of marketing. She has been with the company since 2007.

Job Moves: February 11, 2013

Brandi Larsen has joined Penguin's Book Country as director. She was previously with the Chicago Tribune, where she focused the company's content for mobile devices and tablets. In her new role at Book Country, Larsen will focus on growing the community and attracting more writers to self-publish using the company's new e-book publishing tools.

Jonathan Perry is no longer director of TIMS Bibliographic Processes at Ingram Content Group. He can be reached at jonathanperry@comcast.net.

Authors on the Air February 11, 2013: Danny Gregory, Laurie Puhn

Danny Gregory, author of A Kiss Before You Go (Chronicle, 978-1-4521-0194-1), will be on NPR's Here and Now.

Laurie Puhn, J.D., author of Fight Less, Love More: 5 Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In (Rodale, 9781609618896)  will be on Imus in the Morning.

Authors on the Air February 8, 2013: Kim Kavin, Gary Chapman, Mel Goodman

Kim Kavin will be on CNN's Weekend Early Start with Randi Kaye on February 9 at 8 am EST for Little Boy Blue: A Puppy's Rescue from Death Row and His Owner's Journey for Truth (Barron's, 978-0764165269).

Gary Chapman will be on OWN's Life Class on Sunday February 10 for The 5 Love Languages (Northfield Publishing, 978-0802473158).

Mel Goodman will be on CSPAN's Shelf Awareness at 11 pm EST on February 10 for National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism (City Lights, 978-0872865891).

Authors on the Air February 7, 2013: John Ashdown-Hill, Dari Alexander

On Friday February 8 from 11am - 12 pm ET, John Ashdown-Hill will be interviewed on "On Point" (NPR) about his book, The Last Days of Richard III (The History Press, 9780752459608), and the recent discovery of Richard III's skeleton.

February 8, on "The Wendy Williams Show," Dari Alexander, author of The Quick and Clean Diet: Lose the Weight, Feel Great, and Stay Lean for Life (Globe Pequot/Skirt, ISBN: 978-0-7627-8172-0).

Authors on the Air February 6, 2013: Ed Whitacre

Ed Whitacre, author of American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA (Business Plus, 978-1455513017), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: February 6, 2013

Karen Foster will leave BISG as director of standards and practices because of a career move to Germany. She has been with the company for more than five years.

Kirsten Reach has joined Melville House as an editor. She was previously with Grand Central.

At Ingram, Robin Cutler has been named manager, independent publisher program; Pam Dover has been promoted to general account sales manager; Craig Lupinacci is now director of international sales.

Bryan Pearce will retire after 22 years as CEO at the University of Washington Book Store. Louise Little will take over, beginning July 1.

Authors on the Air February 5, 2013: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews, author of The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316185592), will be on The Colbert Report.

Baggetta, Beatie, Zrelak Rise at Goldberg McDuffie

Angela Baggetta, formerly the head of Goldberg McDuffie’s business division and a veteran of ten years at the firm, has been named managing director of GMC. Baggeta has also been made a partner along with her colleagues at GMC, Megan Beatie and Kathleen Zrelak.

Obituary: James Plumeri

James Plumeri, cover art director for two decades (1985-2005) with Bantam Dell, and before that for 15 years with New American Library, died February 2. He was 79.

Job Moves: February 5, 2013

At Watkins, part of Osprey, Jo Lal, former marketing director of Hay House U.K. and current director of author services at HarperCollins, has been named publisher. Additionally, Séverine Jeauneau, foreign rights director at Watkins, has been named head of the newly created international publishing division.

Mark Gilroy has joined Worthy Publishing as senior v-p, associate publisher. He will manage the Freeman-Smith imprint.

Jonathan Ackerman has been named national account manager at Bookmasters. He will oversee the company's relationships with wholesalers and retailers like Barnes & Noble and Baker & Taylor.

Authors on the Air February 4, 2013: Michelle Rhee, Christopher Castellani, Eleanor Morse, Cathy Buchanan, Lisa Lillien

Michelle Rhee, author of Radical: Fighting to Put Students First (Harper, 978-0062203984), will be on The Daily Show.

The Monday, Feb. 4, episode of the Literary New England Radio Show will air at 8 p.m. on BlogTalk Radio, featuring: Christopher Castellani on the release of his third novel, All This Talk of Love (Algonquin, 978-1616201708); Eleanor Morse on White Dog Fell From the Sky (Viking, 978-0670026401); Cathy Marie Buchanan on The Painted Girls (Riverhead, 978-1594486241).

Lisa Lillien will be on The Wendy Williams Show for Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786).