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Obituary: Patrick O'Connor
Patrick O’Connor, former editor-in-chief at Washington Square Press, Pinnacle Books, Popular Library, and Curtis Books, and former senior editor at New American Library and Warner Books, died from complications of pneumonia on Saturday, October 13 in Houston. He was 87.
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Job Moves: November 7, 2012
Allison Carroll has been named editorial assistant for Harlequin Desire and Romantic Suspense. She was previously the editorial assistant and website manager for Dorchester Publishing.
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Job Moves: November 6, 2012
Michael Szczerban has been promoted to editor from associate editor at Simon & Schuster.
Philip Rappaport has joined Open Road as senior editor. Most recently, he was executive editor at McClelland & Stewart.
Eric Jensen has been appointed v-p of marketing at House of Anansi Press.
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Book Publicist Coordinates Sandy Relief on Jersey Shore
Independent book publicist Kathleen Matthews Schmidt is using her publicity skills and publishing industry contacts to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy who live on the Jersey Shore.
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Authors on the Air November 6, 2012: Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks, author of Hallucinations (Knopf, 978-0307957245), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.
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Modugno Joining Random House
Maria Modugno has been named editorial director of picture books at Random House and Golden Books for Young Readers Group.
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Job Moves: November 5, 2012
At Palgrave Macmillan, Dominic Knight has been appointed to executive director, business programs. Sam Burridge has been promoted to managing director.
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Publisher Coordinates Grassroots Efforts on Staten Island
Bywater Books publisher Michele Karlsberg is putting her skills as a book publicist to good use this week, coordinating relief efforts on Staten Island.
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Authors on the Air November 5, 2012: Nate Silver
Nate Silver, author of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--But Some Don't (Penguin Press, 978-1594204111), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Authors on the Air October 31, 2012: Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson, author of Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries (Riverhead, 978-1594631375), will be on The Daily Show.
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Perry Retiring at UNC Press
David Perry, editor-in-chief of the University of North Carolina Press, is retiring. The industry veteran, who started at UNC Press in 1979 as an editorial assistant, will be stepping down in March 2013.
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Job Moves: October 29, 2012
Martin Rodriguez Huber has joined Bonnier Publishing in the newly created role of group Latin American sales director. He was previously with Kingfisher as director of international rights sales.
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Authors on the Air October 29, 2012: Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell, author of the foreword to The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs (Random House, 978-0679644750), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Authors on the Air October 26, 2012: Matt Kaplan
Matt Kaplan will be on NPR's "Science Friday" for Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters (Scribner, 978-1451667981).
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Weil Remembrance Set for November 15
A memorial has been set for Wendy Weil.
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Authors on the Air October 25, 2012: Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels will be on The Colbert Report for Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans (Sentinel, 978-1595230805).
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Authors on the Air October 24, 2012: Dakota Meyer, Anthony Everitt
Dakota Meyer, author of Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War (Random House, 978-0812993400), will be on The Daily Show.
On The Colbert Report, Anthony Everitt will discuss The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Random House, 978-1400066636).
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Job Moves: October 24, 2012
Ashley Garland has joined the Ecco / HarperCollins publicity team as publicity manager. She was previously with Ballantine.
Riverhead publicity has made the following promotions: Claire McGinnis is now publicity manager; Liz Hohenadel is senior publicist; Glory Plata is publicist.
Paul Bradshaw has been named v-p of sales and marketing for FutureMark Paper Group. He was formerly with Appleton Coated LLC.
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Authors on the Air October 23, 2012: John Grisham, T.C. Boyle
John Grisham will be on The Colbert Report for The Racketeers (Doubleday, 978-0385535144).
T.C. Boyle will be on Tavis Talks for San Miguel (Viking, 978-0670026241).
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