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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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Job Moves: February 6, 2012
Wyatt Mason has been named consulting editor at large for the Margellos World Republic of Letters, Yale University Press's series of literature in translation.
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Job Moves: February 3, 2012
Angela Tribelli has been appointed to the newly created position of chief marketing officer, general books group for HarperCollins. She was previously with NYC & Company, where she served as senior v-p, digital.
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Comings and Goings: February 3, 2012
Kristina Holmes is leaving her position as an agent at Ebeling & Associates Literary Agency after six years to move forward with her new agency, The Holmes Agency.
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Job Moves: February 2, 2012
Juliette van Wersch has been promoted to associate publisher of A.W. Bruna Fiction. She joined the company in 2006 as commissioning editor.
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Authors on the Air February 1, 2012: Michael Hastings, Adam Johnson, Baratunde Thurston
Michael Hastings will be on Tavis Smiley for his book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan (Blue Rider Press, 978-0399159886).
Adam Johnson will talk about his new novel The Orphan Master's Son (Random House, 978-0812992793) on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Job Moves: February 1, 2012
Jim Johnston, Mariella Molloy, and Bill Sinnott have all been named to senior v-p positions at Random House.
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Obituary: Sam Vaughan
Sam Vaughan, former president, publisher, and editor-in-chief of Doubleday, and later editor and senior v-p at Random House, died January 30 at age 83.
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FSG's Elie Joins Georgetown
Senior editor at Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Paul Elie will join the Georgetown University faculty as a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, working out of New York.
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Kirkus Expands Author Services, Promotes Kuehn to COO
Kirkus Media has named Meg LaBorde Kuehn chief operating officer. Her promotion comes as part of an expansion within the company, which is known for its pre-publication reviews of books geared to the library market, into the author services area.
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Authors on the Air January 31, 2012: Robert Harris, Stephanie Izard
Robert Harris will talk about his novel The Fear Index (Knopf, 978-0307957931) on the Leonard Lopate Show.
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Comings and Goings: January 31, 2012
Robie Rogge is leaving to set up her own company to generate income for other clients, to develop new products, to reinvent existing ones, or to extend successful lines, on a company's behalf. She can be reached at Robie.NYC@gmail.com.
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Job Moves: January 31, 2012
Kristin Cochrane has been promoted from v-p to senior v-p at Random House of Canada, in addition to her ongoing role as publisher of Doubleday Canada. Cochrane joined the company in 2005 as associate publisher.
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Authors on the Air January 30, 2012: Colman Andrews, Mary Curren Hackett, Christopher Boucher, Hillary Jordan
On the January 31 episode of the Today show, Colman Andrews will talk about his new book, The Country Cooking of Italy (Chronicle, 9780811866712).
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Job Moves: January 30, 2012
Triumph Books has made the following staff changes:
Adam Motin has been named managing editor. He has been with the company since 2007, and was previously developmental editor.
Noah Amstadter has been appointed senior acquisitions editor. He has been with Triumph since 2010.
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