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Job Moves: February 4, 2013
Eric Price has been named director of sales, marketing & publicity for Quercus. He was previously with Grove/Atlantic.
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Jordan Leaving Columbia U Press
James Jordan is retiring from Columbia University Press. Jordan, who is currently president and director of CUP, is stepping down in September.
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Authors on the Air February 1, 2013: Gina Keating, Christina Steinorth
Gina Keating, author of Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs (Portfolio, 978-1591844785), was on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.
Christina Steinorth author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 978-0897936163) will be a guest on "InterViews & Interactions" with Linda A. Strasburg. KTKK Radio Salt Lake City, February 2 , at 5:30 p.m MT.
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Obituary: Carolyn Forsman
Carolyn Forsman, former librarian and advocate for free speech, died January 19 at the age of 69. According to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, she raised more than $150,000 for free expression groups, mainly through designing jewelry and creating pieces that celebrated the freedom to read, including her well-known "I Read Banned Books" bracelet. In 2011, Forsman began donating to ABFFE 10 per cent of her sales to independent bookstores. A memorial service will be held in the spring. Memorial contributions may be made to FTRF, www.ftrf.org, and the Cancer Research Institute, www.cancerresearch.com.
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Job Moves: February 1, 2013
At Random House, Kaela Myers, Sam Nicholson, and Anna Pitoniak have been promoted to the position of associate editor.
At Kensington, Peter Senftleben has been promoted to associate editor and Vida Engstrand has been promoted to assistant director of publicity.
Julia O'Halloran has joined DK Publishing as publicist. She was formerly at the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins.
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Children's Job Moves: January 2013
New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2013.
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Dryden Joins Month9Books Advisory Board
Emma D. Dryden, founder of drydenbks LLC and former v-p, publisher at Simon & Schuster, has joined Month9Books, a publisher of speculative fiction for teens and tweens, as an advisor to publisher Georgia McBride.
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Authors on the Air January 31, 2013: Matthew Guerrieri
Matthew Guerrieri, who recently wrote a feature for PW for his book The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination, will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: January 31, 2013
Hannah Rahill will leave Weldon Owen Publishing after 18 years as its food and drink publisher to explore new opportunities. Rahill worked on developing the cookbook publishing program and contributed to the publication of over 300 titles. Executive editor Jennifer Newens and associate publisher Amy Marr will now oversee food and drink.
Scott Parris will join the editorial team at Oxford University Press USA as executive editor for economics. He has spent two decades as executive editor for economics at Cambridge University Press.
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Harrison Named E-I-C at Scribner
Colin Harrison has been promoted to v-p and editor-in-chief at Scribner. Harrison, who was a senior editor, has been at the Simon & Schuster imprint for 11 years.
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Authors on the Air January 30, 2013: Jayson Calton and Mira Calton, Michael Bolton
Dr. Jayson Calton and Mira Calton, co-authors of Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (Primal Nutrition Inc., 978-098475517-2), will be on Fox and Friends on Thursday. January 31.
Michael Bolton will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for his book The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life (Center Street, 978-1455523658).
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Job Moves: January 30, 2013
Dennis Lee has been promoted to director of business management. Since 2009, he has been a business manager at Penguin, overseeing the budgets and P&Ls of many hardcover and trade imprints. Prior to Penguin, he spent six years at Simon and Schuster as a financial analyst and an associate business manager.
Anthony Gosling has been named director of sales at Crossway.
Rob Birkhead has been named v-p, client development and creative strategy.
Iain Morris has been named v-p of creative at Cameron + Company. He has held positions at DK Publishing, LucasFilm Licensing, and Charles Schulz.
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Former ICM Chief Starts New Agency
Jeffrey Berg, who ran ICM for over 20 years, has started a new full service agency called Resolution which will have offices in Los Angeles and New York. Jeff Franklin, an entrepreneur and film producer, is COO.
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Authors on the Air January 29, 2013: George Saunders
George Saunders, author of Tenth of December (Random House, 978-0812993806), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Firebrand Announces New Hires
Firebrand Technologies, provider of NetGalley, has announced that Steve Rutberg is director of marketing and sales. He has worked for WoltersKluwer Health, Taylor & Francis, and McGraw-Hill. Annie Johnston has been named content services specialist. She is formerly the digital content manager at Independent Publishers Group. Stuart Evers is now U.K. community manager, based in London. He is a former bookseller and editor. Lastly, Steve Manes has been appointed to the development team. He was formerly with the Children's Health Fund.
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Job Moves: January 29, 2013
Margot Atwell is leaving Beufort Books as publisher, as of January 31. Beaufort president Eric Kampmann will be taking over as publisher.
Heather Hust Rivera has been named director, communications, Disney Publishing. Most recently, she was the director of corporate communications at the Walt Disney Company.
Amy Achaibou has been promoted to associate design manager, new format development at Chronicle Books.
At Ballantine, Mark Tavani has been promoted to v-p, and remains an editorial director; Kara Cesare has been promoted to v-p and remains an executive editor; Junessa Viloria has been promoted to editor; Ratna Kamath has been promoted to assistant editor.
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Authors on the Air January 28, 2013: Eve Bridburg, Annie Kelleher, Caragh O'Brien, Wendy Francis, Nick Turse
The Literary New England Radio Show tonight at 8 p.m. will feature: Grub Street founder and director Eve Bridburg on the Boston-based writing center's Launch Lab program, Annie Kelleher on How David Met Sarah (978-1467951937) and Conjuring Johnny Depp (B00B2LVJMY), Caragh O'Brien on her Birthmarked trilogy's release as audiobooks, and Wendy Francis on her debut novel Three Good Things (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451666342).
Nick Turse, author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (Metropolitan Books, 978-0805086911), will appear on "Fresh Air."
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Authors on the Air January 25, 2013: Dave Barry, Michael Bolton
Dave Barry will be on NPR's "Weekend Edition" on January 26 and on the Today show on January 28 for his book Insane City (Putnam, 978-0399158681).
Michael Bolton, author of The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life (Center Street, 978-1455523658), will be on CBS Sunday Morning on January 27.
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Job Moves: January 25, 2013
Laura Van der Veer has been promoted to associate editor at Spiegel & Grau. She joined the publisher in 2008 as an editorial assistant.
Emily Bell has been promoted to associate editor at FSG. She joined the publisher in 2010.
Stacie Berger has been promoted to v-p of communications at F+W Media.
At Simon & Schuster, Liz Doyle has joined the Simon Spotlight/Little Simon team as junior designer. Jeanine Henderson has joined the Aladdin team as senior designer. Jay Colvin has joined the Simon Spotlight/Little Simon team as senior designer. Sylvie Frank has joined Paula Wiseman books as associate editor.
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Authors on the Air January 24, 2013: Tavi Gevinson
Tavi Gevinson, author of Rookie Yearbook One (Drawn and Quarterly, 978-1770461123), will be on The Colbert Report.