Kelly Gallagher Moving to Ingram

The Ingram Content Group has made two new executive appointments, including naming Kelly Gallagher v-p of content acquisition.

Authors on the Air September 26, 2012: Jim Holt

Jim Holt, author of Why Does the World Exist: An Existential Detective Story (Liveright, 978-0871404091), will be on The Colbert Report.

Job Moves: September 26, 2012

At BookExpo America, Maggie Donovan, who had been the conference coordinator on BEA and another Reed event (Global Gaming Expo or G2E) was promoted to conference manager. Mackenzie Lynch has joined BEA taking over as conference coordinator. 

At ICM, Kristyn Keene and Kari Stuart have been promoted to agent. Keene joined the agency in 2006; Stuart has been at ICM for seven years.

Authors on the Air September 25, 2012: Wyclef Jean, Andrea Arden

Wyclef Jean, author of Purpose: An Immigrant's Story (It Books, 978-0061966866), will be on Tavis Talks.

Andrea Arden, author of Barron's Dog Training Bible (Barron's, 978-0764164330), will be on Live! with Kelly and Michael on Wednesday, September 26.

Job Moves: September 25, 2012

At Bloomsbury, Pete Beatty has been promoted to senior editor, moving over to the Bloomsbury imprint from Bloomsbury Press, where he's been working with Peter Ginna since 2008. Lea Beresford, who joined Bloomsbury as editorial assistant in 2011, has been promoted to editor at the Bloomsbury imprint.

Job Moves: September 24, 2012

William Clark joins Hachette as v-p of client sales and services/Nashville sales. In this new role, he will oversee client services, manage the newly formed client sales team, and act as Nashville sales liaison/sales director. Clark has spent over 18 years at Anderson Merchandisers.

Authors on the Air September 24, 2012: Salman Rushdie, Mike Isabella

Salman Rushdie, author of Joseph Anton (Random House, 978-0812992786), will be on Tavis Talks.

Mike Isabella launched his new cookbook Mike Isabella’s Crazy Good Italian (Da Capo, 978-0738215662) on the Today show.

Authors on the Air September 21, 2012: 'Flatland,' Karl Knausgaard

The classic book Flatland by Edwin Abbot will be discussed on NPR's Science Friday by Ian Stewart, who wrote the preface to The Annotated Flatland.

Karl Knausgaard, author of My Struggle (Archipelago Books, 978-1935744184), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

Obituary: Ashbel Green

Former v-p and senior editor of Knopf Ashbel Green has died at the age of 84. He began at Knopf in 1964 and worked with the likes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George H.W. Bush, Andre Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, and Ken Burns.

Authors on the Air September 20, 2012: Errol Morris, Richard L. Hatin

Errol Morris, author of A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald (Penguin Press, 978-1594203435), will be on The Colber Report.

Richard L. Hatin, author of Evil Agreement (Headline Books, 978-0938467335), will participate in a live-in-studio interview on the Rich Girard Radio Show at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept, 21, on station 90.7 FM whose broadcast coverage extends to all of southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.

Job Moves: September 20, 2012

Brettne Bloom has been named a partner of Kneerim & Williams, and the literary agency will now be called Kneerim, Williams & Bloom. She first joined the agency in 2000 after working at The Atlantic.

Lottchen Shivers has joined FSG as associate director of publicity. She has over 20 years of publicity experience, including at Random House, Viking, Henry Holt.

Also at FSG, Brian Gittis and Steve Weil have been promoted from publicist to senior publicist positions.

At Livingly Media, Inc., Georgia Rappleye will serve as account director, Erin Doyle will serve as account executive, and Chase Dashiell will serve as account manager.

Authors on the Air September 19, 2012: Pamela Peeke, Kate White

Pamela Peeke, author of The Hunger Fix: The Three-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction (Rodale, 978-1609614522), will be on Good Morning America on September 20.

Kate White, author of I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Girl Should Know (Harper Business, 9780062122124), will be on the Today show on September 20.

Job Moves: September 19, 2012

Julia Pastore has left Crown as senior editor and can be reached at pastore.j.a@gmail.com.

Authors on the Air September 18, 2012: Harlan Coben, Joel Osteen, Robert Schoch

Harlan Coben will be on CBS This Morning on September 19 for Seconds Away (Putnam, 978-0399256516).

Joel Osteen, author of I Declare (Faithwords, 978-1455516780), will be on Piers Morgan and, on September 19, on Fox & Friends.

Markham Out at Books-A-Million

In a tersely worded filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Books-A-Million disclosed Tuesday morning that executive v-p/chief administrative officer and company secretary Douglas Markham “was terminated” September 12. No reason was given for the dismissal.

MIBA Names Livingston as Interim President

The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced Monday that bookseller Chris Livingston has been appointed interim president of its board after the unexpected resignation of Lanora Haradon.

Job Moves: September 18, 2012

Michael P. Kelley, currently executive editor of news and features for Library Journal, has been named editor-in-chief. He replaces long-time LJ EIC Francine Fialkoff. Kelley has nine years of experience as staff editor at the New York Times and has been with LJ since 2010.

Bertelli Named NAIPR President, Replacing Miller

Former commission rep Eric Miller, NAIPR's president for the past decade, has passed the baton to Eileen Bertelli, a 25-year industry veteran who has worked as a Parson Weems commission rep for the past two years. Bertelli is NAIPR's first female president.

Job Moves: September 17, 2012

Kevin Doughten is senior editor at Crown. He was previously with Viking as editor.

Gene Kucinski has been hired as director of new business development at Spry Publishing. He was most recently district manager at Solvay Pharmaceuticals.

Burtenshaw Leaving the London Book Fair

Alistair Burtenshaw is stepping down from his position as director of books and publishing at Reed Exhibitions, a job which includes the post of director of the London Book Fair.