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  • Bertelsmann to Get New CEO

    | 10/10/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Hartmut Ostrowski, who became chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann on January 1, 2008, will step down from those roles at the end of the year for personal reasons and will be succeeded by Thomas Rabe, currently CFO.

  • Authors on the Air November 9, 2011: James Martin, Niall Ferguson

    | 10/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

    James Martin, SJ, author of Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life (HarperOne, 978-0062024268), will be on The Colbert Report.

    Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization: The West and the Rest (Penguin Press, 978-1594203053), will be on Tavis Smiley.

  • Authors on the Air October 7, 2011: Michael Starr, Michael Krondl, Anna Perera

    | 10/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Michael Starr, author of Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story (Applause, 978-1557837547), will be on Tavis Smiley.

    Michael Krondl will be on All Things Considered on Sunday for his book Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert (Chicago Review Press, 978-1556529542).

  • Comings and Goings: October 7, 2011

    | 10/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Kira Citron has joined public relations and marketing firm February Partners as a consultant.

  • Comings and Goings: October 6, 2011

    | 10/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Robert Rooney has been appointed executive director of NAIPR, effective October 1. Rooney was most recently v-p of sales for Jessica Kingsley Publishers. He can be reached at robert.rooney@naipr.org, or at (888) 624-7779.

  • Job Moves: October 6, 2011

    | 10/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher and multimedia content company, announced that Christopher Davis will become executive v-p and chief operating officer.

  • Authors on the Air October 6, 2011: William Kennedy, Jeanne Darst, Naomi Klein

    | 10/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

    On The Leonard Lopate Show, William Kennedy will talk about his newest novel Chango's Beads and Two Tone Shoes (Viking Adult, 978-0670022977).

    Also on The Leonard Lopate Show is Jeanne Darst, talking about Fiction Ruined My Family (Riverhead, 978-1594488146).

  • Authors on the Air October 5, 2011: Mrs. Q, Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki, Margaret Hawkins

    | 10/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Fed Up with Lunch: The School Lunch Project: How One Anonymous Teacher Survived a Year of School Lunches (Chronicle, 978-1452102283) author Mrs. Q was on Good Morning America.

    Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki will be on Fox & Friends for their book Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich -- And Why Most Don't (Plata, 978-1612680958).

  • Job Moves: October 5, 2011

    | 10/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Matt Weiland, currently senior editor at Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, will move to W. W. Norton & Company this autumn as senior editor in the trade department. While at Ecco, Weiland acquired and edited a wide range of fiction and nonfiction including Padgett Powell’s The Interrogative Mood and Philip Connors’ debut Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout.

  • Authors on the Air October 4, 2011: Julianne Moore, Scott Bolzan, Margaret Hawkins

    | 10/04/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Julianne Moore was on the Today show to discuss her third picture book Freckleface Strawberry Best Friends Forever (Bloomsbury, 9781599905518).

    Scott Bolzan, author of My Life, Deleted: A Memoir (HarperOne, 978-0062025470), appeared on Good Morning America.

  • Job Moves: October 4, 2011

    | 10/04/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Elda Rotor has been promoted to associate publisher of Penguin Classics in addition to her current title of editorial director, Penguin Classics. Rotor came from Oxford University Press in 2006.

    Stephanie Swane will assume the position of senior sales manager, becker&mayer! Books. Swane was most recently at Simon & Schuster as the manager of customer driven publishing.

  • Bookish Gets New CEO as Lemgruber Departs

    | 10/03/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Bookish, the fledgling industry-wide digital platform for readers backed by Penguin, Hachette Book Group and Simon & Schuster, has appointed Caroline Marks CEO, replacing Paulo Lemgruber who has left the company.

  • Job Moves: October 3, 2011

    | 10/03/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Barbara Jones will be joining Henry Holt as executive editor.

    Adam Wilson will be joining Gallery Books as editor, effective October 10th, 2011.

  • Jane Friedman Named One of 'Fortune's' Top Ten Women Entrepeneurs

    | 10/03/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Jane Friedman, cofounder and CEO of Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher and multimedia content company, was named to Fortune Magazine’s 2011 Ten Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs list. Fortune called Friedman and the other entrepreneurs “extraordinary innovators, game-changers and groundbreakers.” They are taking part in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, CA from October 3-5th.

  • Authors on the Air October 3, 2011: Charles Eisenstein, John Paul Stevens, Thomas Friedman

    | 10/03/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Charles Eisenstein will appear on Butler on Business (WAFS-AM Atlanta) for his book Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition (Evolver Editions, 978-1583943977).

    Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir (Little, Brown, 978-0316199803) author Justice John Paul Stevens was on Good Morning America.

  • Authors on the Air September 30, 2011: Mark Bowden, Stephane Hessel, Alton Brown, Rick Tramonto

    | 09/30/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Mark Bowden, author of Worm: The First Digital World War (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0-8021-1983-4), will be on Fox & Friends.

    Stéphane Hessel, author of Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous! (Twelve/Hachette Book Group, 978-1455509720 ) will be interviewed by Ray Suarez on PBS-TV/Newshour.

  • Job Moves: September 30, 2011

    | 09/30/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Lara Heimert has been promoted to the position of v-p, editorial and publishing director, Basic Books. Heimert joined Basic Books in 2005 and was promoted to editorial director in 2007.

  • Rinaldi Leaves Rodale

    | 09/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Karen Rinaldi, who left Bloomsbury Press in March 2008 to head the book division at Rodale, has left the company. Rodale CEO Maria Rodale has named Stephen Perrine acting publisher.

  • Authors on the Air September 29, 2011: James Munton, Kate Beaton, Ellen E. Schultz

    | 09/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

    James Munton, 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).

    Kate Beaton, author of Hark! A Vagrant (Drawn and Quarterly, 978-1770460607), was on NPR's Morning Edition.

  • Job Moves: September 29, 2011

    | 09/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Brad Martin has announced that Robert Wheaton, formerly of Indigo Books and Music, will join Random House of Canada overseeing the digital department in the new role of v-p, strategic digital business development.

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