Job Moves: March 17, 2011

Matt Gonzales and Jerry Zezza have both joined the pre-press department of Everest Business Services in West Wyoming, Pa. Gonzales and Zezza most recently worked at Bertelsmann Arvato book plants. Gonzales can be reached at mgonzales@everest.us.com and Zezza at jzezza@everest.us.com.

Comings and Goings: March 16, 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@reedbusiness.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Ron Rice, after 18 years, is no longer with Bookazine Company. He can now be reached at crossrice@comcast.net.

Job Moves: March 16, 2011

Margie Chan-Yip has been named v-p of global publishing at Hasbro. Chan-Yip, who was most recently v-p of global licensing at Walt Disney Company, will be creating new ways to bring Hasbro branded stories to consumers in both print and e-book. Before Disney, Chan-Yip was at Penguin's Putnam Children's division. She has also worked for Golden Books.

O'Callaghan Resigns as HMH CEO

Barry O'Callaghan, through his ownership of Riverdeep led the 2006 purchase of Houghton Mifflin and a year later the acquisition of Harcourt from Reed Elsevier, has resigned as CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is being replaced on an interim basis by CFO Michael Muldowney. A HMH spokesperson said the board will conduct an international search for a new CEO and will consider internal and external candidates.

Job Moves: March 15, 2011

Former Barnes & Noble business book buyer Dave Hathaway has joined Greenleaf Book Group as special projects manager, a newly-created position. Hathaway will contribute cross-departmentally in identifying new opportunities and trends; provide feedback on packaging, titling, cover design, author branding, and platform development; and help design merchandising and marketing strategies across channels including retail stores, the Internet and digital media.

Job Moves: March 14, 2011

Elisa Rivlin has been promoted to executive v-p and general counsel of Simon & Schuster. Rivlin joined the company in 1998 as senior v-p and general counsel and handled S&S’s 1998 uncoupling from its educational, reference, and professional publishing units; the 2002 establishment of S&S Canada; S&S’s 2006 acquisition of Howard Books; and last year, the transition to the agency model for the sale of e-books.

The Post-Book Publishing Career

After more than 30 years working in book publishing—from executive positions in distribution, marketing, and business development to Web and digital publishing—David Wilk found himself out of a regular job. But like a lot of experienced—but now former—publishing executives, Wilk created a postpublishing career, redefining himself as a hustling freelancer, since 2007.

Job Moves: March 9, 2011

Laura Nolan has been named head of the book publishing division at Paradigm. Nolan, who starts at the entertainment agency on March 14, was most recently a literary agent at DeFiore and Company where her authors include Danica McKellar and Stephen "Steve-O" Glover. Nolan, who also worked for Barnes & Noble.com, will join Alyssa Reuben and Jason Yarn in Paradigm's literary department.

Job Moves: March 8, 2011

At Picador, James Meader has been promoted to executive director of publicity. Meader joined Picador in 2002 and has most recently overseen the paperback publicity campaigns for Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto and David Finkel’s The Good Soldiers.

Job Moves: March 4, 2011

Doug Stambaugh has been promoted to v-p of business development and operations at Simon & Schuster digital. Stambaugh joined S&S in 2007.

Obituaries: Walter Zacharius, Foxhall Jones

Walter Zacharius, founder of Kensington Publishing and long-time New England sales rep Fox Jones died this past week. Their obituaries can be found below.

Walter Zacharius Dies at 87

Walter Zacharius, founder and chairman emeritus of Kensington Publishing, died on Wednesday. He was 87. The funeral is set for Sunday at 10 a.m. at "The Riverside," at 76 Street and Amsterdam Avenue in New York. A full obituary will run in tomorrow's PW Daily.

Job Moves: March 3, 2011

Denise Oswald has been named senior editor at the HarperCollins imprint, It Books. Oswald has over 15 years of experience in the industry and was most recently editorial director of Soft Skull Press. Before Soft Skull she was at Faber and Faber. She has worked with such authors as Anne Carson, Billy Corgan, and Neil LaBute.

Job Moves: March 2, 2011

Author Michael Levin has been named an editor-at-large at Brown Books Publishing Group's new business books division. Levin has written, and co-written, a number of bestselling books, including Giants with Pat Summerall and Rules of Engagement with Chad Hennings. At Brown, Levin will be working with CEOs and other executives on titles.

People: Week of 2/28/2011

Landis, Sun to HC Children's and more.

Authors on the Air February 27, 2012: Stewart O'Nan, Douglas MacKinnon, Ayad Akhtar, Ben Winters, Roberta Gately

Stewart O'Nan, author of The Odds: A Love Story (Viking, 978-0670023165) will be a guest on "Write The Book" with Shelagh Shapiro. WOMM-LP  Burlington, Vermont, 2 p.m. EST.

Douglas MacKinnon, author of Rolling Pennies in the Dark (Howard/Simon & Schuster, 978-1451607888) was on “Fox & Friends” and “Morning Joe.”

Remembering Margaret K. McElderry and Janet Schulman

Publisher and editor Margaret K. McElderry died on February 14 at the age of 98, and editor, publisher, anthologist, and author Janet Schulman died on February 11 at the age of 77. We asked some of McElderry's and Schulman's authors, colleagues, and friends to share their thoughts and memories.

Harlequin Announces Stoecker's Retirement, Personnel Changes

After a 32-year career with Harlequin, Karin Stoecker, editorial director of Harlequin Mills and Boon UK, will retire on April 1. With Stoecker's and Randall Toye's recent retirements and the decision to phase out the Silhouette brand, Harlequin has made changes in its series editorial structure.

Job Moves: February 24, 2011

Brian McLendon has been named associate publisher of Twelve. McLendon, who will start at the Hachette imprint on March 7, is currently v-p and deputy director of publicity at Ballantine Bantam Dell, and an agent director of the Random House Speakers Bureau.