Edna Carol Farley Dies at 74

Edna Carol Farley, a longtime publicist, died on Monday. She was 74. Farley grew up in Westchester and worked as a reporter for a string of local newspapers before joining the former Warner book division as a publicist in 1971. After leaving the job to care for her children, Farley started handling assignments from home at the request of her boss.

Job Moves: April 6, 2011

Lauren Spiegel has been promoted to editor at Touchstone. Spiegel started at the imprint as an editorial assistant in 2006. She was promoted to assistant editor in 2008, not long after she acquired her first book, 72 Things Younger Than John McCain, and in August 2010 she was promoted to associate editor.

Comings and Goings: April 5, 2011

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Debra Woodward, formerly a sales representative with Watson & Woodward where she worked for 13 years, can now be reached at woodwardda@aol.com.

Allan Wolfe Dies

Former East Coast regional sales manager for Penguin, Allan Wolfe, died on April 2. Wolfe started with New American Library in 1975 and continued to work in sales after the company merged with Penguin Group USA in 1986.

Job Moves: April 5, 2011

Philip Budnick has been named editorial director for Plume. Budnick has a part of the Penguin sales team for 17 years; he was most recently national account sales manager and worked on titles from Viking, Dutton, Gotham, Portfolio, and Sentinel.

Job Moves: March 31, 2011

Adam Rothberg, who joined Simon & Schuster as v-p of corporate communications in 1999, has been promoted to senior v-p corporate communications. In announcing Rothberg's promotion, S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy observed that under his leadership, "we can be confident that our many accomplishments will be presented in their proper context and that Simon & Schuster will continue to be viewed as a publishing industry leader."

Sawako Noma, President of Kodansha, Dies

Sawako Noma, president of Kodansha, died of heart failure on March 31. She was 67. A former housewife, Noma was thrust into the top position of the largest trade publishing house in Japan in 1987, when her husband, the fifth Kodansha president, Koremichi Noma, suddenly died.

Crown Forum Hires White House Press Secretary Dana Perino

Crown Publishing Group has named Dana Perino, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush and now a communications strategist and Fox News contributor, as editorial director of Crown Forum, the group’s conservative books imprint. Perino will recommend, initiate, and submit exclusively to Crown Forum six to eight nonfiction book projects each year, to be written by conservative political or media personalities.

Job Moves: March 30, 2011

Digital publishing software and services provider codeMantra, LLC, has hired David Saracco as director of strategic accounts and business development. Saracco was formerly v-p, e-publishing and business development at Impelsys, where he led the sales and market launch of iPublishCentral.

Job Moves: March 28, 2011

Derry Wilkens has joined Sourcebooks as publicity manager, children’s & YA. Wilkens has 11 years of experience in book publicity, and was most recently at Sterling Publishing, where she was manager of children’s publicity.

Capstone Hires New Group Publisher

Capstone Publishing, headquartered in Mankato, Minn., announced Thursday that Ashley Andersen Zantop has been hired as group publisher and general manager of the children book publishing company's four imprints. She replaces Lori Benton who left Capstone in November to become v-p and publisher of Scholastic's trade book publishing division.

Job Moves: March 25, 2011

Turner Publishing has hired Caroline Garner as director of publicity. Garner was previously a senior publicist at the Penguin Press, where she handled campaigns for Michael Pollan, Bryan Burrough, LeBron James, and Buzz Bissinger.

Job Moves: March 24, 2011

Sue Grimshaw is joining Ballantine Bantam Dell as category specialist and editor-at-large, effective March 28, reporting to Gina Wachtel, v-p associate publisher, mass market, Ballantine Bantam Dell. Grimshaw was most recently at Borders, where she was a buyer for romance, horror, westerns and large print books; she also wrote for the retailer’s blog True Romance.

Cool Springs Founder Roger Waynick Dies

Cool Springs Press founder and president Roger Waynick died yesterday following complications from a massive stroke. A statement from Cool Springs said, “We are unbelievably shocked. Roger was larger than life and always sought new adventures, both in life and in the publishing world he loved.”

Job Moves: March 23, 2011

The Book Industry Study Group has hired Mindy Im to the newly created position of marketing director. Im will be responsible for membership outreach, media relations, and overall organization branding, as well as general project management across a range of BISG activities.

Random House Tokyo Rep Safe in New York

As Japan struggles with horrifying devastation and loss, Random House this week announced one bright spot: its Tokyo regional sales manager for Random House International, Akiko Iwamoto, is safe, and she, along with her family, are now in New York.

Seo Named Children's Publishing Director at Chronicle

Chronicle Books has appointed Ginee Seo as children's publishing director. Her first day at the publisher's San Francisco offices will be May 12.

Job Moves: March 22, 2011

Justine Trubey rejoins Random House as senior v-p, technology and operations. She was previously senior manager of global content operations for Amazon’s Kindle, and before that, executive director, operations, RH Audio. Nihar Malaviya has been named v-p, strategy, analytics and program development at Random House; he was v-p, strategy, sales, operations, and digital. Both are newly created positions and report to Madeline McIntosh.

Q & A with Cheryl B. Klein

Senior editor of Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine Books imprint, Cheryl B. Klein steps into another publishing role this week with the release of Second Sight: An Editor’s Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults.