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Bethany House Author Finds Success With Small-Town Tour
Bethany House author Beverly Lewis' book tours focusing on small cities and towns in the rural Midwest are drawing large crowds.
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Nolan Named EIC, Associate Publisher of Penguin Books
Patrick Nolan has been named editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Penguin Books, reporting to Kathryn Court, effective immediately.
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Authors on the Air April 10, 2012: Jonathan Gottschall, Richard Hersh
Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547391403), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.
Richard Hersh, co-author of We're Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230339828), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: April 10, 2012
John K. Dragoon has been appointed executive v-p and chief marketing officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, with a focus on education marketing. Dragoon has spent seven of the last 10 years as chief marketing officer and channel chief of software provider Novell.
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Job Moves: April 9, 2012
Paul Mueller-Breuhl has joined zuuka, publishers of iStoryTime, as creative director. He comes from Apple, where he was design lead, mobile commerce since 2010.
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Authors on the Air April 6, 2012: Ian Tattersall
Ian Tattersall, author of Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230108752), will be on NPR's Science Friday.
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Job Moves: April 6, 2012
Chris Lederer, previously at Open Road Integrated Media, has joined AlixPartners as a director in its media practice. He can be reached at clederer@alixpartners.com.
Elizabeth Yarborough is now an editorial assistant at Chronicle Books. She was previously a sales associate at Chronicle Books Union Street and Metreon store.
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Authors on the Air April 5, 2012: Jorge E. Rodriguez, Paul K. Campbell
Jorge E. Rodriguez, MD will be on The View tomorrow morning, April 6, for The Acid Reflux Solution: A Cookbook and Lifestyle Guide for Healing Heartburn Naturally (Ten Speed Press, 978-1-60774-227-2).
Paul K. Chappell will talk about his book Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival (Easton Studio Press, 978-1935212768) on Tavis Talks.
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Job Moves: April 5, 2012
Lidia Agraz has been named executive director of the Texas Book Festival. She previously served as a volunteer for education, arts and literacy programs, and has served as v-p of government relations and public affairs for Time Warner Cable in central Texas.
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Authors on the Air April 4, 2013: Jonathan Rieder
Jonathan Rieder, author of Gospel of Freedom (Bloomsbury, 978-1620400586), will be on Tavis Talks.
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Authors on the Air April 4, 2012: Jim Bouton, Jack Goldsmith, Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry
Jim Bouton will be on Imus in the Morning on April 5 to talk about the re-release of his book Ball Four (RosettaBooks, B007MTR4AQ) for Kindle.
Jack Goldsmith, author of Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency After 9/11 (W.W. Norton, 978-0393081336), will be on The Daily Show.
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Job Moves: April 4, 2012
Maggie Sivon has joined Amazon Publishing New York as lead publicist. She was previously with Henry Holt.
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Baker Named Harper's Associate Publisher
Amy Baker has been promoted to associate publisher of Harper Perennial and Harper paperbacks, making her responsible for all marketing and publicity relating to the paperback lists under Harper.
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Authors on the Air April 3, 2012: Jack Abramoff, Nikki Haley
Jack Abramoff, author of Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist (WND Books, 978-1936488445), will be on Tavis Talks.
Nikki Haley, author of Can't Is Not an Option (Sentinel, 978-1595230850), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Authors on the Air April 2, 2012: Peter Popham, Robert Shiller
Peter Popham, author of The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi (The Experiment, 978-1615190645), will be on MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner.
Robert Shiller, author of Finance and the Good Society (Princeton University Press, 978-0691154886), will be on NPR's Morning Edition tomorrow, April 3.
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Job Moves: April 2, 2012
Gabrielle Gantz will join Picador April 9 as senior publicist. She was most recently a publicist at Viking/Penguin.
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Authors on the Air March 30, 2012: Eric Kandel, Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind and Brain (Random House, 978-1400068715) author Eric Kandel will be on NPR's Science Friday.
Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry will discuss Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547746722) on NPR's Weekend Edition on Saturday, March 31.
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Job Moves: March 30, 2012
Kate Travers will join Workman as director, digital business development. She was previously with F+W Media.
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Comings & Goings: March 30, 2012
Ron Watson is retiring after 21 years at Ingram Book Group, where he has been lead buyer for the University Press Group.
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