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Portia Clark Remembered
Portia Clark, a well-known figure in New York publishing from the 1960s to the 1980s, died on January 1. She was 91.
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Authors on the Air January 12, 2012: Connie Rice, Heather Donahue
Connie Rice was on NPR's Morning Edition for her book Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones (Scribner, 978-1416575009).
Heather Donahue will be on Growgirl: How My Life After the Blair Witch Project Went to Pot (Gotham, 978-1592406920).
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Authors on the Air January 11, 2012: Jim DeMint, Dave Barry, Kathy Gunst
Senator Jim DeMint will be on The Daily Show and Hannity for Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse (Center Street, 978-1455511846).
Dave Barry will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about Lunatics (Putnam, 978-0399158698).
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Job Moves: January 11, 2012
Leila Porteous has been hired as senior editor at Crown, reporting to Victoria Craven. Porteous was previously with McGraw-Hill Professional, where she was an editor acquiring business books.
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Obituary: Milburn Calhoun
Pelican Publishing is mourning the loss of its longtime publisher, Dr. Milburn Calhoun, who passed away on Saturday, January 7, at the age of 81.
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Authors on the Air January 10, 2012: Andrew P. Napolitano, Gary Shteyngart
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, author of It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong: The Case of Personal Freedom (Thomas Nelson, 978-1595553508), will be on The Daily Show.
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Farley Joins SwoopThat
Publishing veteran Dan Farley, most recently head of Macmillan’s children’s publishing group, has been named executive v-p of business development for SwoopThat LLC.
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Job Moves: January 9, 2012
Haights Cross Communications has appointed Scott August as chief financial officer for both HCC and Triumph Learning. August was previously chief financial officer for Kaplan Test Prep.
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Authors on the Air January 9, 2012: Tom Ryan, Alison Hawthorne Deming, John Dufresne, Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Rick Riordan will be on Rock Center with Brian Williams giving clues to the next Kane Chronicles novel.
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Amanda Cook Takes Exec Editor Spot at Crown
Amanda Cook, current executive editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has been hired by Crown. Starting on February 6, Cook will step into the role of v-p and executive editor at the Random House division.
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Authors on the Air January 6, 2012: Chris Gethard, Sam Sommers, Tran Ahn Hung
Chris Gethard will talk about his new book A Bad Idea I'm About to Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure (De Capo Press, 978-0306820304) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
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Job Moves: January 6, 2012
Libby McGuire has been promoted to executive v-p and publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell. She was formerly senior v-p and publisher.
Lindsay Guzzardo has joined Amazon Publishing’s romance imprint, Montlake, as an associate acquisitions editor. She has previously worked at Guideposts Books and NAL.
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Job Moves: January 5, 2012
Anthony Goff has been promoted to v-p, audio and large print at Hachette Digital.
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Obituary: Sam Levin
Levin began his career with Random House selling to hundred of bookstores in Pennsylvania, then eschewing a management position, he elected to be the rep to Random House's three largest accounts, the job he said he loved most.
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Comings and Goings: January 5, 2012
Jim DiMiero has left Bookazine and can be reached at james.dimiero@gmail.com.
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Authors on the Air January 4, 2012: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, John Heilemann
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, author of A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230108936), will be on The Daily Show.
John Heilemann, author of Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (Harper, 0061733636), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: January 4, 2012
Nicole Judge will join Free Press in the newly created position of marketing director. Judge was most recently with HarperCollins, where she was associate director of marketing for Harper and HarperBusiness.
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Job Moves: January 3, 2012
Sarah Pelz has been promoted to senior editor of nonfiction at Harlequin. Pelz joined Harlequin in 2008 as an editor.
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Authors on the Air December 23, 2011: Joyce Tenneson, Philip Galanes, David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult
Joyce Tenneson will talk about her new book Shells: Nature's Exquisite Creatures (Down East Books, 978-0892729760) on WCSH6's program 207 at 7:30 pm. Watch online at wcsh6.com.
Philip Galanes will be on The Martha Stewart Show for Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandries and Quagmires of Today (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451605785).
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Napack Resigns as Macmillan President
Brian Napack will step down as president of Macmillan at the end of the year and work with the publishing company on an as needed basis to help ensure a smooth transition into the new year, Macmillan CEO John Sargent told employees in a memo.
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