Comings & Goings: September 17, 2010

Heather Adams, director of publicity of nonfiction trade marketing at Thomas Nelson, has left the company. She can be reached at hrdadams@gmail.com; cell phone is 404-423-8411.

Smith to Succeed Pesce at Wiley

Will Pesce will retire as president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons on April 30, the end of the company's current fiscal year, to be succeed by Stephen Smith, Wiley's chief operating officer since 2009. Pesce joined Wiley in 1989 and was named president and CEO in 1998, succeeding Charles Ellis.

Job Moves, September 16, 2010

Little, Brown executive director of publicity Heather Rizzo is stepping down from the post December 1 to to become the publicity and marketing director for LB bestselling author Michael Connelly.

Lehman Picked to Head Twelve

Hachette Book Group made good on its promise to keep the Twelve imprint alive despite the departure of founding editor/publisher Jonathan Karp by appointing Susan Lehman editor in chief and publisher. The announcement was made by Jamie Raab, executive v-p and publisher of Grand Central Publishing. Lehman will start September 27.

Job Moves: September 15, 2010

Adrienne Ingrum has joined Hachette's FaithWorks imprint as an editor. During her 30 year publishing career, Ingrum has held a number of positions, including roles at Crown, Putnan and Waldenbooks. Most recently she served as a consultant and edited manuscripts for a number of authors, including titles from FaithWorks authors.

Job Moves: September 14, 2010

Starting September 20, Kevin Lewis will join Disney Book Group's Disney-Hyperion Books as executive editor, where he will acquire and edit picture books, as well as middle-grade and young adult novels. He will report to Stephanie Owens Lurie, editorial director at Disney-Hyperion.

Dawn Davis Promoted to Publisher of Amistad and Executive Editor of Ecco

Today, HarperCollins announced that Dawn Davis, editorial director of the Amistad imprint, has been promoted to publisher of that imprint, and will now also serve as executive editor of Ecco, reporting to Dan Halpern.

Job Moves: September 13, 2010

Seth Fishman has joined The Gernert Company as an agent. Fishman, who was most recently at agent at Sterling Lord, represents, among others, Tea Obreht (who wrote The Tiger's Wife and appeared in The New Yorker's recent "20 Under 40" series), Shawn Goodman (Something Like Hope), Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole), and John Lutz (Down the Mystery River). Before joining Sterling Lord, Fishman was at the Donald Maass Agency, where he started his publishing career.

Ferrari Leaves BN.com for Borders

Borders has hired former Barnes & Noble.com digital content director Mike Ferrari as merchandising director of trade books. Ferrari will oversee mystery/thriller, fiction, romance, science fiction, graphic novels, sports, local titles, business, computers, literary fiction, poetry, performing arts, and Spanish-language books.

Job Moves: September 10, 2010

Jill Schwartzman has joined Hyperion as senior editor. She will focus on acquiring books in pop culture, humor, memoir, biography, narrative nonfiction, popular history, and "up-market" commercial fiction.

Comings and Goings: September 9, 2010

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After nearly 40 years with Barnes & Noble, Jeanette Limondjian is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Limondjian has worked in various capacities for the chain; she was instrumental in opening the Sale Annex on 18th Street; she worked in reprint publishing; and, most recently, as v-p of B&N's proprietary publishing program. She can now be reached at Jeanette.Limondjian@gmail.com.

Job Moves: September 8, 2010

Dee Dee De Bartlo is leaving HarperCollins after 12 years to join February Partners, a public relations and marketing firm, co-founded with her former HarperCollins colleague Gretchen Crary. DeBartlo was senior director of publicity at William Morrow, where she created campaigns for Freakonomics and other bestsellers.

Job Moves: September 7, 2010

E-reading service Kobo has hired former Lavalife CEO Marina Glogovac as chief marketing officer. Glogovac has more than 10 years of experience growing magazine brands, building online and mobile communities, and launching new business across multiple consumer communication channels.

Job Moves: September 3, 2010

Eric Mullett is the new marketing director at Thomas Nelson Fiction. Mullett began his career at the Christian division of Warner Bros. Records and most recently led the marketing of the gift book division at Thomas Nelson, where he was honored with the company’s prestigious Star Award.

Job Moves: Sept. 2, 2010

Peter Conners has been promoted to Publisher of BOA Editions, Ltd, the Rochester, NY-based nonprofit publisher specializing in poetry and short fiction. His previous title was Editor/ Marketing Director.

Job Moves: August 31, 2010

Andrew Beckman will be the new editorial director for Workman Publishing subsidiary Timber Press, beginning September 27. Beckman was formerly editorial director of gardening and v-p for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

Hultenschmidt Joins Sourcebooks' Romance Imprint

Leah Hultenschmidt, former editorial director at Dorchester Publishing, has been named senior editor at Sourcebooks' romance imprint, Casablanca. This appointment comes just over a week after Hultenschmist was let go from the embattled Dorchester.

People: Week of 8/30/10

Job Moves: August 30, 2010

Melanie Chang has been promoted to vice-president and executive director of publicity at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Chang has been with the company since 2007 and has helped expand LBYR's media presence.

Job Moves: August 27, 2010

Christopher Dufault is rejoining Random House on September 1 in the newly created position of senior director, international marketing and British Commonwealth sales. He will work in New York and report to Cyrus Kheradi, svp, director of international sales and marketing.