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.

Job Moves: August 25, 2010

International journal and book publisher Emerald Group Publishing Inc. has appointed Deanna Wamae senior v-p of the Americas. Wamae will work out of Emerald's U.S. head office in Boston and will focus on driving sales growth and usage development across North and South America.

Borders Hires Delahunty-Cloutier as EVP, CMO

Borders Group announced Tuesday it has appointed Michele Delahunty-Cloutier as the company's new executive v-p, chief merchandising officer. Borders CEO Mike Edwards had been serving as CMO up until now.

B&N Appoints Iannone and Foley to Digital and E-Commerce Biz Positions

Barnes & Noble today announced two new appointments to its digital and e-commerce businesses. Jamie Iannone has been named president of Barnes & Noble Digital Products, and John Foley has joined the company as president of Barnes & Noble eCommerce.

Job Moves: August 24, 2010

Susan Petersen Kennedy, president of Penguin Group, has been named chair of the AAP trade division. Kennedy has been president of Penguin since 2001 and, before that, was chairman and publisher of Viking.

Adri Cowan has joined Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, as senior publicist. She was previously with Mark Batty Publisher.

Obit: NAIPR Head Paul Williams (1959-2010)

Paul C. Williams, executive director of the National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives and copublisher of Bunim & Bannigan, Ltd, died Monday in New York City of complications from throat cancer. He was 51 years old.

Authors on the Air: Growing Up Jung; Strangers at the Feast; Manal Omar

Canadian journalist Micah Toub, whose Growing Up Jung: Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks (W. W. Norton, 978-0393067552, $23.95) pubbed last week. PW found it an “engaging and illuminating memoir. Toub writes with wit, humor, and a penetrating honesty as he examines his family life, his relationships with various women and his marriage, along with sexual fantasies, masturbation, the I Ching, and meditation.”

Hultenschmidt, D'Auria Out at Dorchester

Leah Hultenschmidt and Don D'Auria, Dorchester's two top editors, have left the company, but the publisher said it will release all titles signed through 2011 and will continue to acquire new books. New partnerships are said to be in the works.

Job Moves: August 19, 2010

Marlene Blessing has moved to the editorial director position in Interweave's book division. Before her arrival at Interweave in 2005, Blessing was editor-in-chief at Fulcrum Publishing and editor-in-chief at Alaska Northwest Books.

Job Moves: August 18, 2010

Mary Kate Maco has joined Stanford University Press as publicity manager. Maco was publicity director at Harvard University Press from 1999 to 2009.

Stern Joins Crown

Molly Stern has broken free of her contract with Penguin and will join Crown as senior v-p, publisher of Crown and Broadway Books, reporting to Crown Publishing Group president and publisher Maya Mavjee. As PW reported last month, Stern, who has been editor-in-chief at Penguin's Viking, was reportedly offered the job at Crown, but was held back by the fact that she had nearly eight months left on her deal with Penguin.

Job Moves: August 17, 2010

Anjali Singh will be joining Simon & Schuster's flagship imprint as a senior editor, starting September 20. Singh began her publishing career in 1997 as a book scout for Mary Anne Thompson.

Jim Dana to Leave GLIBA

In an open letter to the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, executive director Jim Dana, who has led the organization since its founding in 1989, announced yesterday that he will retire after this fall's trade show. Starting November 2, he will serve in the Peace Corps as an education volunteer in Lesotho, a small country surrounded by South Africa.

Karp Reorganizes Simon & Schuster Imprint; Victoria Meyer Leaving Company

Jonathan Karp announced that the staff of the Simon & Schuster flagship imprint will now be organized into small teams composed of editors, publicists and marketers working together on the same books. He also announced that Victoria Meyer, executive director of publicity, will be leaving the company.

Job Moves: August 11, 2010

John Kilcullen has joined FastPencil's board of directors. Kilcullen, creator and publisher of the "For Dummies" brand, will work on developing FastPencil's new imprint.

Rosen Named 'PW' Bookselling Editor

Judith Rosen, PW's longtime New England correspondent, has been named the magazine's new bookselling editor beginning September 1. Rosen will continue to cover the New England region from her Cambridge office, but will now expand her reporting on all areas of bookselling.