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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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Authors on the Air December 22, 2011: Laurell K. Hamilton, Mark Danner
As part of Sirius XM's "Twelve Days of Book Radio," Laurell K. Hamilton will talk about her latest novel, Hit List (Berkley, 978-0425241134) with Kim Alexander and Maggie Linton on Book Radio channel 80 at 9:30 pm EST.
Mark Danner, author of Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War (Nation Books, 1568586353) will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.
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Job Moves: December 22, 2011
Jane Rice will retire as Simon & Schuster national account manager on December 30. She has been with the company for 29 years.
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Job Moves: December 21, 2011
Shannon Welch will join Scribner as a senior editor on January 9. She was previously an executive editor at Rodale.
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Authors on the Air December 20, 2011: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kathy Gunst, Kim Alexander and Maggie Linton
Jon Kabat-Zinn will be on Forum / KQED NPR for Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life (Sounds True, 978-1-60407-658-5).
Kathy Gunst will be featured on New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth at 12:30pm with host Virginia Prescott, discussing her newest cookbook, Notes From A Maine Kitchen (Down East Books, 978-0892729173). Tune in or listen live at http://www.nhpr.org/.
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Comings and Goings: December 20, 2011
Gary Krebs, formerly with McGraw-Hill, can now be reached at garykrebs@optonline.net and (617) 834-8405.
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Job Moves: December 20, 2011
Darla Freeman has been promoted to associate director of sales at Kensington. Freeman joined Kensington in 2006 as sales manager.
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Authors on the Air December 19, 2011: Anna Quindlen
As part of Sirius/XM's "Twelve Days of Book Radio," Anna Quindlen will talk with Pia Lindstrom about Every Last One (Random House, 978-0812976885). The show airs at 8:00 pm on Book Radio channel 80.
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Obituary: Jim Ethridge
James M. Ethridge, executive v-p and editorial director of Gale Research Company until his retirement in 1985, died December 13, 2011 at the age of 90.
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Authors on the Air December 16, 2011: Rita Dove, Lisa Lillien, Kim Alexander
Rita Dove will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about editing The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry (Penguin, 978-0143106432).
Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl Supermarket Survival Guide (St. Martin's Griffin, 978-0312676735) will be on The View.
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Job Moves: December 16, 2011
Casey McIntyre will be joining HarperCollins Children’s Books as publicity manager on January 9th. McIntyre was most recently with Penguin Young Readers Group, where she was a senior publicist.
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Authors on the Air: James Munton, John Hodgman
James Munton, co-author of The Con: How Scams Work, Why You're Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself (Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1442207318) will appear on Good Morning Texas, on WFAA-TV, Channel 8 (http://www.wfaa.com/good-morning-texas).
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Job Moves: December 15, 2011
Milkweed Editions has announced that Sue Ostfield will be joining its staff as sales and marketing director, effective February 1st, 2012. She was most recently director of national accounts at Publishers Group West.
Angela Scheff has joined Thomas Nelson as a freelance acquisitions editor to develop Christian nonfiction titles. Scheff was formerly an associate publisher at Zondervan.
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Moran Stepping Down as Whitman Publisher
Josalyn Moran, who left her job as children's publishing director at Chronicle Books to become v-p of publishing at Albert Whitman in May 2010, will step down from that role at the end of the year.
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Authors on the Air December 14, 2011: The Cast of Downton Abbey, Gabe Saglie and Rob Silverman
On The Today Show tomorrow (12/15), the cast of Downton Abbey will discuss The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes (St. Martin's Press, 978-1250006349).
As part of Sirius XM's "The Twelve Days of Book Radio," travel writers including Travelzoo's senior editor Gabe Saglie and author Rob Silverman. The show will air at 7:00 pm on Book Radio channel 80.
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Obituary: Ned Waldman, 78
Book publisher and distributor Ned Waldman, 78, whose PEEF the Christmas Bear books and plush toys encapsulated the joy of the holiday season for generations of Minnesota children while A Cup of Christmas Tea inspired their parents, died December 13.
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