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Tracking Amazon: 'Daily Show' Propels Stiglitz
On July 25, Joseph Stiglitz appeared on The Daily Show for his book The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (W.W. Norton). On July 26, the book saw significant increases on Amazon: it jumped to #57 from #544 in print and, for Kindle, #215 from #1,121.
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Authors on the Air July 26, 2012: Christina Steinorth
Christina Steinorth, author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 9780897936163) will be on 1380 WNRI with host John Holt July 26, at 7:00 pm EST.
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Job Moves: July 26, 2012
Nellie Kurtzman will join Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as v-p of marketing. She was most recently director of digital and trade marketing at Disney/Hyperion.
Karen Wojtyla has been promoted to v-p, editorial director of Margaret K. McEldrerry Books. She was formerly editorial director.
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Authors on the Air July 25, 2012: Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (W.W. Norton, 978-0393088694), will be on The Daily Show.
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Job Moves: July 25, 2012
Meg Leder has been promoted to executive editor at Perigee Books. She has been with Perigee since 2005.
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Authors on the Air July 24, 2012: David Niose, James Fallows, Pat Cooper
David Niose, author of PW Pick Nonbeliever Nation (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230338951), will be on "The Cycle" on MSNBC.
James Fallows, author of China Airborne (Pantheon, 978-0375422119), will be on The Colbert Report.
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F+W Hires Former Amazon Exec to Head E-commerce Unit
F+W Media has announced the hiring of Lucas Hilbert, formerly senior product manager, marketing and merchandising at Amazon, to the position of v-p of eCommerce.
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Job Moves: July 24, 2012
Tina Bennett has joined WME's New York literary division. She was previously a director at Janklow & Nesbit.
At SelectBooks, Molly Stern has joined as assistant editor and Lauren Cantos has joined as assistant marketer.
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Authors on the Air July 23, 2012: Jo Nesbo
Jo Nesbo was on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.
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Job Moves: July 23, 2012
Sarah Beatty has joined Hachette Book Group as publicist for the Hachette Nashville division. She was previously publicity assistant for the Basic Books imprint of Perseus Books Group.
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Authors on the Air July 20, 2012: Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper, author of Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The Science Behind Drugs in Sport (Oxford University Press, 978-0199581467), will be on NPR's "Science Friday."
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Job Moves: July 20, 2012
Mary Ann Naples has been appointed chief of business development to lead development of exclusive e-book partnerships at Zola Books. She was previously v-p of business development at OpenSky.
Also at Zola Books, Seale Ballenger is now head of marketing and publicity. He was previously v-p and group publicity director at HarperCollins.
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Authors on the Air July 19, 2012: Caitlin Moran, E.J. Dionne
Caitlin Moran will be on The Brian Lehrer Show for her book How to Be a Woman (Harper, 978-0062124296).
E.J. Dionne will be on The Daily Show for Our Divided Political Heart (Bloomsbury, 978-1608192014).
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Job Moves: July 19, 2012
Mark Chait is joining HarperCollins's It Books imprint as executive editor. Chait is currently at Penguin's NAL imprint.
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Authors on the Air July 18, 2012: John Feinstein, Mary C. Neal, Nora Gedgaudas
John Feinstein was on the Today show for Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics (Knopf, 978-0-375-86963-1).
On the July 19 edition of the Today show, Mary C. Neal, author of To Heaven and Back (WaterBook, 978-0307731715), will be a guest.
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Job Moves: July 18, 2012
Kristin Ostby has joined Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers as an editor. She was most recently a senior editor for Albert Whitman & Co.
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Authors on the Air July 17, 2012: Carol Alt, Victor Cruz, Patricia Walker
Carol Alt will be on The View on July 18 for Easy Sexy Raw (Clarkson Potter, 978-0307888693).
Victor Cruz, author of Out of the Blue, will be on The Daily Show (Celebra, 978-0451416155).
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Job Moves: July 17, 2012
At Publishing Technology, Rebecca Cullen and Toby Plewak are both taking the role of customer strategist at the Oxford and Cambridge offices, respectively.
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'7 Habits' Author Stephen R. Covey Dies
Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, died July 16 at the age of 79 from injuries sustained in an April bicycle accident. 7 Habits was published in 1989 and has sold over 20 million copies to date and has been published in 38 languages.
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Authors on the Air July 16, 2012: Brian Castner, Bruce DeSilva
Brian Castner, author of PW Pick The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows (Doubleday, 978-0385536202), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
Bruce DeSilva, author of Rogue Island (Forge, 978-0765329813), was on NPR's "Morning Edition."
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