Harvard Business Review Announces New Leadership Team

Harvard Business Review Press, the book publishing unit of Harvard Business Review Group, has named Sarah McConville as publisher and Tim Sullivan as editorial director.

Authors on the Air November 3, 2011: Bill Cosby, Mark Bowden, Lisa Randall, Nathan Wolfe

Bill Cosby, author of I Didn't Ask to Be Born (But I'm Glad I Was) (Center Street, 978-0892969203), will be on The Tom Joyner Show, Access Hollywood, and CBS' Up to the Minute.

Mark Bowden, author of Worm: The First Digital War (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0802119834), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Job Moves: November 3, 2011

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company has promoted Josh Dykstra to inside sales representative. Dykstra was formerly Eerdmans' marketing associate.

Katie Henderson Adams has joined Liveright & Company as editor, acquiring literary non-fiction and fiction. She was previously at Other Press, Doubleday, Bloomsbury Press, and Oxford University Press.

Authors on the Air November 2, 2011: Condoleezza Rice, Michael Pollan, Buddy Valastro.

Condoleezza Rice, author of the new book No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington (Crown, 978-0307587862), will be on David Letterman.

Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules: An Eater's Manual (Penguin Press, 978-1594203084), will be on The Colbert Report.

Zimmerman Leaving Courier

Eric Zimmerman, v-p of publishing for Courier Corp., is leaving the company on November 15, the same day the printer/publisher is scheduled to report its results for fiscal 2011.

Authors on the Air November 1, 2011: Daniel Holzman and Michel Chernow, Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, Ariel Dorfman

The Meatball Shop Cookbook (Ballantine Books, 978-0440423164) authors Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow were on Good Morning America.

Also on Good Morning America were Mike Bender and Doug Chernack for their book Awkward Family Pet Photos (Three Rivers Press, 978-0307888129).

Obituary: Richard Kinney

Richard R. Kinney, who was the director of two university presses as well as the director of publications at the Getty Trust and Museum of Los Angeles, died October 21 at age 78.

Job Moves: November 1, 2011

INscribe Digital has hired Kristin Ellison as director of business development. Ellison was previously editorial director of WOWIO.

Nadine Vassallo has joined The Book Industry Study Group as project coordinator. Vassallo has previously worked at Penguin, Phaidon Press and Borders.

Job Moves: October 31, 2011

Abingdon Press has hired Julie Solomon Backman as associate publicity manager. Prior to her start at Abingdon Press, Backman worked for Thomas Nelson Publishing, Inc. as a publicist for the specialty division.

For Goodman Media International, Virginia Anagnos has been promoted from senior v-p to executive v-p.

Authors on the Air October 31, 2011: Tony Iommi, Mindy Kaling, Stacy Schiff

Tony Iommi was on "Opie & Anthony" for his new book, Iron Man: My Journey Throguh Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath (De Capo Press, 978-0306819551).

Mindy Kaling, author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns)? (Crown Archetype, 978-0307886262), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: October 28, 2011

At Knopf, publisher Pat Johnson is taking early retirement to, as a spokesperson noted in a company-wide announcement, "pursue some long-held dreams." She has been at Knopf for 16 years and will leave at the end of this year.

Authors on the Air October 27, 2011: Jerry West, Andrew P. Napolitano, Andrea Arden

Jerry West, author of West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life (Little, Brown and Company, 978-0316053495), will be on Tavis Smiley.

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government is Wrong: The Case for Personal Freedom (Thomas Nelson, 978-1595553508) author, Andrew P. Napolitano, will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: October 27, 2011

Tiffany Tomlin was promoted to director, Penguin Speakers Bureau. Tomlin has been with PSB for the past five years.

Nancy Miller Named E-I-C at Bloomsbury USA

Nancy Miller has been promoted from executive editor at Bloomsbury to editor-in-chief at Bloomsbury USA.

Authors on the Air October 26, 2011: Lisa Randall, Anita Hill, Frank DeCaro

Lisa Randall, author of Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World (Ecco, 978-0061723728), will be on The Daily Show.

Anita Hill, author of Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race and Finding Home (Beacon Press, 978-0807014370), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Job Moves: October 26, 2011

Karyn Marcus has been hired as a senior editor at the Simon & Schuster imprint, beginning on October 31st. Marcus comes from St. Martin’s Press, where she has been an editor with Thomas Dunne Books since 2008.

Michael Cairns has been named to the newly created position of chief revenue officer for SharedBook Inc. Cairns was most recently managing partner of Information Media Partners.

Killick Named Associate Publisher of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

Jon Yaged, who took over as president of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group at the start of 2011, has rounded out his management team, appointing Angus Killick v-p and associate publisher.

Authors on the Air October 25, 2011: Joseph Galliano, Nile Rodgers, Ron Deal

Joseph Galliano was on Good Morning America for Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen Year Old Self (Atria Books, 978-1451649642).

Nile Rodgers, author of Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny (Spiegel & Grau, 978-0385529655), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Comings and Goings: October 25, 2011

If you've been laid off recently, left your job or landed a new position and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Harry Burton was publicity director for Newmarket Press. His email is harry.burton@earthlink.net and his cell is 917-553-5674.

Authors on the Air October 24, 2011: Alan Hollinghurst, Margaret Hawkins

Alan Hollinghurst will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for his new novel, The Stranger's Child (Knopf, 978-0307272768).

Margaret Hawkins, author of After Schizophrenia: The Story of My Sister's Reawakening After 30 Years (Conari Press, 978-1573245357) appeared on Morning Edition, KVON radio, Napa, Calif.