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Galassi, Others Join Words Without Borders Board
Jonathan Galassi, Teresa Melhado and Theodore Rogers have been elected board members for Words Without Borders. The nonprofit organization publishes and supports (through grants and other activities) international literature.
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Job Moves: June 29, 2012
Seale Ballenger is leaving HarperCollins after her position was eliminated.
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Ballast Named Interim Head of PR at GCP
In the wake of the departure of Jennifer Romanello last week, Grand Central Publishing has named Matthew Ballast acting director of publicity for the Hachette division.
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Authors on the Air June 29, 2012: Rod Thompson, David Leavitt
Rodney Thompson, author of The Black Hills (Berkeley, 978-0425243107), will be on South Dakota Public Radio at 10:05 PT. Listen here.
David Leavitt, author of The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (W.W. Norton, 978-0393329094), will be on NPR's Science Friday.
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Authors on the Air June 28, 2012: Jonathan Fleece, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Jonathan Fleece, co-author of The New Health Age: The Future of Health Care in America (Sourcebooks, 978-1402273933), will be on CNN Newsroom with Wolf Blitzer and WGN Midday.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of PW Pick Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan (Knopf, 978-0307957146), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Job Moves: June 28, 2012
Katie Freeman has been named associate director of publicity at Riverhead Books, beginning July 2. She was previously with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Lisa Westmoreland has been promoted to senior editor at Ten Speed Press.
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Authors on the Air June 27, 2012: Jimmie Walker
Jimmie Walker, author of Dyn-o-Mite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times (Da Capo Press, 978-0306820830), will be on Fox & Friends, The Leonard Lopate Show, and The Wendy Williams Show.
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Perseus Phasing Out Vanguard, Making Shifts at Running Press
Perseus Books Group is phasing out its Vanguard Press imprint. The publish is also making some management changes at Running Press, to focus more on areas of strength.
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Authors on the Air June 26, 2012: Yoko Ono, Dave Hill
Yoko Ono will be on NPR's On Point on Wednesday June 27, 2012 talking about An Invisible Flower (Chronicle Books, 978-14521-0911-4).
Dave Hill, author of Tasteful Nudes:...and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation (St. Martin's Press, 978-1250002037), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Job Moves: June 26, 2012
Jennifer Romanello has left Grand Central Publishing. She was v-p, executive director of publicity at the Hachette division. She can be reached at Jennifer.romanello65@gmail.com.
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Miller to Leave B&N Board
Irene Miller will not run for re-election for the Barnes & Noble board of directors, the company reported in an SEC filing Friday. Miller, one-time B&N vice chairman and CFO, has been a board member since May 1995.
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Authors on the Air June 25, 2012: Marco Rubio, Marcus Samuelsson
Marco Rubio, author of An American Son (Sentinel, 978-1595230942), will be on The Daily Show.
Marcus Samuelsson, author of PW Pick Yes, Chef: A Memoir (Random House, 978-0385342605), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.
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Job Moves: June 25, 2012
Scott Edinburgh has joined Perseus as director, corporate strategy and business development, reporting to Clare Peeters, v-p corporate strategy & business develop. Edinburgh was previously at the InterContinental Hotels Group, where he served for two years as manager, Global Strategy and Corporate Development.
Also at Perseus, Timothy Cheng is now special sales manager reporting to Jeanne Emanuel, v-p gift/special sales. He was previously with Sterling.
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Job Moves: June 22, 2012
Claire Daniel has joined Hilsinger-Mendelson East as digital media manager. Previously, Daniel was YourTango.com’s associate editor and marketing coordinator.
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Authors on the Air June 21, 2012: Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, Lawrence M. Krauss
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson will be on the Brian Lehrer Show for The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It (Princeton University Press, 978-0691153919).
Lawrence M. Krauss will be on The Colbert Report for A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing (Free Press, 978-1451624458).
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Authors on the Air June 20, 2012: Oliver Potzsch, Daniel Klaidman
Oliver Pötzsch, author of The Dark Monk: A Hangman's Daughter Tale (Mariner, 978-0547807683), will be on NPR’s "On Point."
Daniel Klaidman, author of Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547547893), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Obituary: Tony Schulte, 82
Tony Schulte, whose long career in publishing included top spots with Simon & Schuster and Knopf, drowned while swimming in a lake at his summer home in Rangeley, Me. He was 82.
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Morin Named Ingram COO
Shawn Morin has been named chief operating officer of Ingram, effective immediately. Morin joined the company in 2009 and has served as chief information officer since then.
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O'Shea Moving to Crown
Sheila O'Shea, who is currently overseeing public relations for Random House's digital initiatives, is moving within the house, taking over as associate publisher at Crown.
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