Authors on the Air October 13, 2011: Lynn Neary, Ariel Dorfman

Lynn Neary discussed Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451626650) on NPR's Morning Edition.

Ariel Dorfman, author of Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile (Houghton Mifflin Houcourt, 978-0-547-54946-0), will be on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.

Authors on the Air October 12, 2011: Harry Belafonte, Margaret Hawkins

Harry Belafonte was on NPR's Morning Edition for his new book My Song (Knopf, 978-0307272263).

Margaret Hawkins, author of After Schizophrenia: The Story of My Sister's Reawakening After 30 Years (Conari Press, 978-1573245357) will be on Strategies for Living, KEEL Radio, Shreveport, Louis., and Morning Show, KBEM Radio, 88.5 FM, Independent Public Radio, Minneapolis, Minn.

Authors on the Air October 11, 2011: Jill Abramson, Jeffrey Eugenidies, Michael Seth Starr

Jill Abramson, author of The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout (Times Books, 978-0805093421), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Marriage Plot (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 978-0374203054), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Comings and Goings: October 11, 2011

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John Groton has left his position of v-p, sales for National Book Network. On October 17th he will be joining Innodata Isogen as account executive, e-book publishing. He can be contacted at jgroton@innodata.com or jgroton@gmail.com.

HC's Redmayne Named CEO of Pottermore

Charlie Redmayne is leaving his post as executive v-p and chief digital officer of HarperCollins to assume the role of CEO of Pottermore, J.K. Rowling’s new online reading experience.

Bertelsmann to Get New CEO

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

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

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

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

Comings and Goings: October 6, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.