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Job Moves: February 21, 2012
Basic Books has made the following promotions: Cassie Dendurent Nelson has been promoted from assistant director to associate director. She has been with Basic since February 2008. Caitlin Graf has been promoted from publicist to senior publicist. She has been with Basic since July 2010. Dori Gelb has been promoted from publicity assistant to associate publicist. She has been with Basic since May 2010.
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Job Moves: February 17, 2012
Bookmasters has hired Jocelyn Kepko as national accounts manager, focusing on Baker & Taylor and Barnes & Noble and Robert Troast as national account manager for the ID wholesaler channel nationwide.
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Authors on the Air February 17, 2012: Kelly McGonigal, Christina Steinorth
Kelly McGonigal will appear on NPR's Marketplace to discuss her new book The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It (Avery 978-1583334386).
Christina Steinorth author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 978-0897936163) will be a guest on "InterViews & Interactions" with Linda A. Strasburg. KTKK Radio Salt Lake City, February 18th, at 5 p.m.
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New Trade Leadership at Zondervan
Zondervan has appointed Tracy Danz as v-p and publisher of its Trade Group, reporting to Annette Bourland, who has been promoted to senior v-p and publisher for the Trade Group and for Zonderkidz.
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Authors on the Air February 16, 2012: John Campbell
John Campbell, author of The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Prime Minister (Penguin, 978-0143120872), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Job Moves: February 16, 2012
At Tor/Forge, Cassie Ammerman has moved from publicist to digital marketing and Alexis Nixon has been promoted from associate publicist to publicist.
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Pohlman Named Open Road Publisher
Tina Pohlman, whose career in publishing most recently included serving as v-p and publisher for trade paperbacks at Crown Publishing, will join Open Road Integrated Media March 5 as publisher.
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Strayed Comes Out As Rumpus 'Sugar' Columnist
The Rumpus online magazine revealed last night that Cheryl Strayed is popular advice columnist, "Dear Sugar."
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Authors on the Air February 14, 2012: Edward St. Aubyn, William J. Broad, Karen Gravano
Edward St. Aubyn, author of the novel At Last (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 978-0374298890), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
William J. Broad, author of The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451641424), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Obituary: Jeffrey Zaslow
Wall Street Journal writer and author Jeffrey Zaslow died February 10 from injuries he sustained in a car accident. He was 53.
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Authors on the Air February 13, 2012: Eowyn Ivey, Jill Salzman, Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Eowyn Ivey author of The Snow Child (Reagan Arthur Books, 978-0316175678) will be a guest on "Write The Book" with Shelagh Shapiro. WOMM-LP Burlington, Vermont, at 2 p.m.
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Job Moves: February 10, 2012
Amazon has appointed Jamie S. Gorelick as a director.
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Authors on the Air February 10, 2012: Suze Orman, William Broad, Jim Baumer, Tonya Reiman
Suze Orman, author of The Money Class: How to Stand in Your Truth and Create the Future You Deserve (Spiegel & Grau, 978-0812982138), will be on Tavis Smiley.
William Broad, author of The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451641424), will be on NPR's Science Friday.
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BISG Add Four New Board Members
BISG has appointed four new board members: Mark Bide, Kyusik Chung, Dan Cullen, and Sharon Lubrano.
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Authors on the Air February 9, 2012: Kate Shaffer, Joseph Marshall III, Karen Gravano
Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier (Down East Books, 978-0892729913) author Kate Shaffer will be the guest on MPBN’s new call-in radio show “Maine Calling” from 12:15-1pm, with host Keith Shortall. Listen live or hear the archive at Maine Calling.
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Obituary: John T. Sargent, Sr.
John Turner Sargent, Sr. , who helped Nelson Doubleday Jr. turn Doubleday & Co. into one of the most powerful publishing entities of its time, died February 5. He was 87 years old.
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MIBA Lays Off Assistant Director
Citing a struggling economy, the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced yesterday that assistant director Kati Gallagher has been laid off.
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Authors on the Air February 7, 2012: Eric Klinenberg, Wael Ghonim, Margot Livesey
Eric Klinenberg, author of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (Penguin Press, 978-1594203220), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.
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Job Moves: February 7, 2012
Mark Weinstein has been hired as executive editor at Rodale. Previously, Weinstein served as senior editor at Skyhorse Publishing.
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Authors on the Air February 6, 2012: Kareem Adbul-Jabbar, Krys Lee, Robert Harris
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be on The View on February 7 for his children's book What Color is My World: The Lost History of African American Inventors (Candlewick Press, 9780763645649).
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