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Job Moves: November 16, 2011
Alyson Sinclair has been named publicity director at McSweeney's, effective November 21st.
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LeBien Joining Simon & Schuster
Thomas LeBien will join Simon & Schuster December 21 as v-p and senior editor, specializing in history and other nonfiction works.
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Authors on the Air November 15, 2011: Kate Ascher, Regis Philbin, Shaquille O'Neal
Kate Ascher, author of The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper (Penguin Press, 978-1594203039), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.
On Good Morning America, Regis Philbin talked about his new book How I Got This Way (It Books, 978-0062109750).
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Job Moves: November 15, 2011
Monsoon Commerce, Inc., a preferred provider of online marketplace and e-commerce solutions for merchants, announced the appointment of three new company officers. Peter Bohnert was named v-p of technology; Casey Carey was appointed v-p of marketing; and John Seaner is the v-p of Stone Edge Technologies.
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Correction
In last Friday's Job Moves, we reported Nicole Mitchell has been appointed director of the University of Georgia Press. She has actually been appointed director of the University of Washington Press, beginning January 2012.
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Authors on the Air November 14, 2011: Thomas Thwaites, Lee Myun-Bak, Bill Maher
Thomas Thwaites, author of The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch (Princeton Architectural Press, 978-1-56898-997-6), will be on The Colbert Report.
President Lee Myung-Bak, author of The Uncharted Path: The Autobiography of Lee Myung-Bak (Sourcebooks, 978-1402262913), will be on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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Job Moves: November 14, 2011
Sumya Ojakli has been named senior director of special sales for Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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Comings and Goings: November 14, 2011
Frank Fochetta, formerly at Simon & Schuster, can now be reached at ffochetta@aol.com and his cell is 646-294-5363.
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Authors on the Air November 11, 2011: Iris Krasnow, Kurt Loder
Iris Krasnow, author of The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married (Gotham, 978-1592406807), will be on The Talk.
Kurt Loder, author of The Good, The Bad, and the Godawful (Thomas Dunne Books, 0-312-64163-X) was on CBS' The Early Show.
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Obituary: Morris Philipson, Univ. of Chicago Press Director
Morris Philipson, the director of the University of Chicago Press from 1967 to 2000, died November 3 at 85 from a heart attack.
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Obituary: Barbara Grier, Founder of Naiad Press
Barbara Grier, the founder of Naiad Press, what was once the world's largest publisher of literature about gays and lesbians, died Thursday at 78 in Tallahassee, Fla.
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Job Moves: November 11, 2011
Nicole Mitchell has been appointed director of the University of Washington Press, beginning January 2012. The current director, Pat Soden, is retiring.
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Authors on the Air November 10, 2011: Michael Ruhlman, Colson Whitehead, George Ayittey
Michael Ruhlman will be on the Martha Stewart Show to discuss and cook from his latest book, Ruhlman’s Twenty: 20 Techniques, 100 Recipes, A Cook’s Manifesto (Chronicle, 9780811876438).
Colson Whitehead will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for his new novel Zone One (Doubleday, 978-0385528078).
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AAUP Executive Director Peter Givler to Retire
Peter Givler, longtime executive director of the Association of American University Presses has announced plans to retire—but with a June, 2013 date, it’s a little too early for strolls down memory lane.
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Savikas and Kolenda Up at Safari
On-demand digital library Safari Books Online has named Andrew Savikas CEO. The company has also hired Steve Kolenda, full-time, as CFO and COO.
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Authors on the Air November 8, 2011: John Lithgow, Umberto Eco, Jeanne Adlon
John Lithgow will be on Tavis Smiley to talk about his new memoir Drama: An Actor's Education (Harper, 978-0061734977).
Umberto Eco will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about his newest book, The Prague Cemetery (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547577531).
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Job Moves: November 8, 2011
Douglas Pocock, executive v-p and managing director of Egmont USA, has announced his plans to return to England for family reasons. Pocock has spent the last four years in New York, where he launched Egmont’s U.S. business, building a publishing team of eight people and introducing EUSA’s inaugural list of 15 books in Fall 2009.
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Job Moves: November 7, 2011
Bree Ogden is the new associate agent at D4EO Literary Agency. Ogden, who specializes in children's books, YA and graphic novels, has spent two years with the Sharlene Martin Agency.
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Authors on the Air November 7, 2011: Niall Ferguson, Lawrence Lessig
Niall Ferguson will be on The Colbert Report for his new book Civilzation: The West and the Rest (Penguin Press, 978-1594203053).
Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It (Twelve, 978-0446576437), will be on Tavis Smiley.
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Authors on the Air November 4, 2011: Philip Galanes, Lawrence Lessig, Michael Seth Starr
Philip Galanes, author of the book Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandries and Quagmires of Today (Simon & Schuster, 978-1-4516-0578-5) was on the Today show.
Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress (Twelve, 978-0446576437) will be on Tavis Smiley.
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