Grann to Retire

Phyllis Grann will end more than 40 years in the publishing business June 9 when she retires from her role as senior editor at the Doubleday division of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Grann joined Doubleday in 2002 after stepping down as the CEO of Penguin Putnam in 2001.

Comings and Goings: May 20, 2011

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Ron Maas, former v-p of operations at Libraries Unlimited and ABC-CLIO, can now be reached at ronmaas99@gmail.com.

Comings and Goings: May 19, 2011

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Carolyn Schwartz, former v-p and director of advertising and promotion for Random House Publishing Group, can now be reached at CarolynWillisSchwartz@gmail.com.

Job Moves: May 19, 2011

Emily Santos has been named v-p of gift market sales at Penguin. Santos, who started hew own consulting company after becoming v-p of global sales in Simon & Schuster's new video group, will report to Barbara O’Shea, president of non-trade sales and special markets.

Lubeck Resigns from BISG, Will Join Bert Davis

Book Industry Study Group executive director Scott Lubeck has resigned his position and will return to his home in Austin, Tex. where he will work for Bert Davis & Associates in a couple of new roles. BISG deputy executive director Angela Bole will carry out the executive director’s duties on an interim basis and a search committee has been formed to identify candidates for the position.

Job Moves: May 18, 2011

Random House has made several executive appointments in the digital channel and marketing development department, a newly integrated unit under Madeline MacIntosh. Amanda Close, previously v-p, digital business development, has been named v-p digital channel and marketing development and will direct this department.

Job Moves: May 16, 2011

Random House CEO Markus Dohle has been named to the National Book Foundation's board of directors. The title comes with a three-year term. Dohle has been at RH since 2008 and in his role oversees the U.S, Canadian, German, British, Australian, Spanish and Latin American divisions of the company. Before heading up RH, Dohle was CEO of the Bertelsmann company, Mohn Media Group. Dohle is also a member of the executive board of Bertelsmann AG.

Job Moves: May 13, 2011

Sabrina Farber, associate publisher of Bloomsbury, will be departing the company at the end of this month. Since 2003, Farber has played a critical role in Bloomsbury's expanding adult publishing program in the U.S.

Job Moves: May 12, 2011

Educational publisher Carson-Dellosa has appointed Al Greco as senior vice president of sales. Greco was most recently v-p, online sales director at Random House.

Job Moves: May 11, 2011

Scott Moyers has been named publisher at Penguin Press. Moyers, who will start at the imprint on May 16, is leaving his position as an agent at The Wylie Agency for the exeuctive spot. The hiring also marks a return for Moyers, who was a senior editor at Penguin Press when it launched its first list in 2004. Ann Godoff, president and editor-in-chief at Penguin Press said: "[Scott's] return to The Penguin Press, the publishing program we established together, insures that our growth plan will continue to center on quality and be informed by the breadth of his experience and dedication to his authors."

Comings and Goings: May 11, 2011

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Jay Schaefer, most recently editor at large for Workman and Algonquin Books (and previously an editorial director at Chronicle Books, where he worked for more than 20 years), can now be reached at jay@jay-schaefer-books.com.

Job Moves: May 10, 2011

Erika Imranyi has joined Harlequin imprint MIRA Books as senior editor. She will focus on acquiring commercial literary women’s fiction.

Job Moves: May 9, 2011

Duriya Aziz has been named v-p, educational publishing in the international group at Scholastic. Aziz was most recently at Marshall Cavendish International, which is the largest educational publisher in Singapore, where she oversaw the Marshall Cavendish Education and Panpac Education imprints for Singapore and international markets. Aziz will remain based in Singapore with her new job at Scholastic.

Memorial Set for Owen Laster

A memorial tribute has been scheduled for literary agent Owen Laster, who was at William Morris for 42 years and died in March. The tribute will take place on Thursday, May 19, at the New York Society for Ethical Culture (2 W. 64th St., New York, NY), beginning at 5:30 P.M., with a reception immediately following.

Job Moves: May 5, 2011

Lauren Flower has been named director of integreated marketing at HarperCollins Children’s Books. Flower spent the last eight years at Random House Children’s Books New Media, where her most recent title was senior manager, new media marketing.

Job Moves: May 4, 2011

At Random House adult sales, Jeff Weber, previously director of digital sales, has been promoted to director of online and digital sales.

Job Moves: May 3, 2011

Allison McLean has been promoted to publicity director for Portfolio, Sentinel and Current. McLean has worked on campaigns for All the Devils Are Here by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera and Known and Unknown by Donald Rumsfeld, among others.

Nancy Pearl to Write Library Column for 'PW'

Award-winning librarian, author and NPR commentator Nancy Pearl will begin writing a new monthly library-themed column for Publishers Weekly called “Check It Out” with Nancy Pearl later this month. The first column will run in the May 30 issue of PW, which is the magazine's pre-ALA issue, as well as online at www.publishersweekly.com.

Comings and Goings: May 3, 2011

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Rob Dyer, former director of independent accounts at Wiley, can be reached at contactdyer@gmail.com.

Job Moves: May 2, 2011

Jennifer Hunt has been appointed v-p of acquisition and development and editor-at-large, Dial Books for Young Readers. She was most recently editorial director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.