Job Moves: July 23, 2010

Caitlin Graf is joining Basic Books as a publicist, replacing Jessica Krakoski. Graf was most recently at Cambridge University Press, where she worked on the house's U.S. publicity campaigns and spearheaded its blog.

Scribd Taps Former Google Staffer to Start New York Office

Scribd announced that it has hired former Google staffer Robert R. Macdonald as senior vice president of business development to open a New York office for the upstart social publisher. Macdonald will be tasked with building a business development team for Scribd that will work out of the company's soon-to-be-announced Manhattan location.

Job Moves: July 21, 2010

Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz has been hired as CEO of the Jewish Publication Society. Schwartz was most recently senior rabbi at Congregation M'kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, N.J., for 11 years.

Comings and Goings: July 20, 2010

If you've been laid off recently, or left your job, and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Isabel C. Stein, formerly a project editor at Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., is currently freelancing as a copy editor and developmental editor. She can be reached at isabelstein@mindspring.com.

David Coggins, formerly with Berean Christian Stores, is starting his own services company, Campfire Solutions. He can be reached at campfiresolutions@gmail.com.

Tom Willshire, former v-p of sales and marketing at Continuum International Publishing, can now be reached at TDWillshire@gmail.com.

You can find a full list of all those who have appeared in Comings and Goings here.

Comings and Goings: July 19, 2010

If you've been laid off recently, or left your job, and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Gretchen Crary, former publicity director at HarperCollins, is starting her own book publicity company, February Partners. She can be reached at gretchen@februarypartners.com.

You can find a full list of all those who have appeared in Comings and Goings here.

Job Moves: July 16, 2010

Helen Atsma will be joining Grand Central Publishing as a senior editor, reporting to v-p, editor-in-chief of hardcovers Deb Futter, at the end of August. Atsma started her publishing career at Little, Brown, went to Holt, and is now returning to Hachette.

Brown Named President of Klutz

Scholastic has hired Matt Brown, co-founder and "play czar" at strategic innovation company big BOING LLC, to head up its Klutz division. Brown joins Scholastic as president of Klutz and a senior v-p at Scholastic Inc., a new role occasioned by the recent retirement of Klutz co-founder John Cassidy, and the departure earlier this summer of Debra Lande, who joined Klutz as publisher last year.

Job Moves: July 15, 2010

Ben Loehnen and Jofie Ferrari-Adler have been named senior editors at Simon & Schuster's adult trade imprint, hired by newly installed executive Jonathan Karp. The two will start on July 26. Loehnen, who arrives from HarperCollins, has edited such books as Change by Design by Tim Brown and The Myth of the Rational Market by Justin Fox. Before HC, he was at Random House, where he acquired and edited the bestseller Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. Ferrari-Adler, who started his publishing careeer at Housing Works Bookstore in Soho, went on to work for Four Walls Eight Windows, Thunder’s Mouth Press, and Viking. He was most recently an editor at Grove/Atlantic. At Grove, he edited such books as Karl Marlantes’s Vietnam novel Matterhorn and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Kinney’s The Big One. At S&S he will be acquiring and editing narrative non-fiction, fiction, modern history, and sports.

People: July 15

Reka Simonsen will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group as executive editor, Casey McIntyre has been promoted to publicist at Penguin Young Readers Group, and Connie Hsu and Kate Sullivan have been promoted to associate editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Smetanka Joins Counterpoint

Dan Smetanka, editor-in-chief of Phoenix Books before it was abruptly shut in April, has been named editor-at-large for both Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press. Smetanka will remain in Los Angeles and will acquire fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoir, current events, and history titles. Counterpoint has already acquired a couple Phoenix titles and Smetanka will add more.

Comings and Goings: July 14, 2010

If you've been laid off recently, or left your job, and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Junie Dahn, former associate editor at Little, Brown, has left the company.

David Coggins, former senior buyer for Berean Christian Stores, can now be reached at campfiresolutions@gmail.com.

You can find a full list of all those who have appeared in Comings and Goings here.

Job Moves: July 14, 2010

National Book Network has hired John Groton as v-p of sales effective August 2. Groton has held senior and executive sales positions at Simon & Schuster, Random House, Globe Pequot Press, and, most recently, Nicholas Brealey Publishing.

Lotz Named Managing Director of Walker Group

Karen Lotz, president and publisher of Candlewick Press, has been named joint group managing director for parent company Walker Group and will become sole managing director in July 2011.

'L.A. Times' Names Thurber New Book Review Editor

The Los Angeles Times has named Jon Thurber as its new book review editor. Thurber will take over from David Ulin, who ran the section for five years and is now a book critic for the paper.

Job Moves: July 13, 2010

Random House's international sales department has appointed Mindy Chon manager of international sales operations. She will report to Cyrus Kheradi. Based in New York, Chon will support and work with N.Y. and overseas sales personnel, and work with warehouse operations, customer service, credit, IT, digital operations, international vendors, and freight forwarders.

Kinsella Joins Cleis

Bridget Kinsella, PW alum, is joining Cleis Press and Viva Editions as marketing and publicity manager. In the newly created position, Kinsella, who has covered the book business for 17 years, will turn the tables and be pitching the media story ideas based on Cleis's and Viva's books.

Terry Locke New President of Loyola Press

Loyola Press has named Teresa (Terry) Locke as president, succeeding George Lane, S.J. Locke has been COO and associate publisher of the Chicago-based, Catholic publisher since 2006. In her new position, she will report to Theodore G. Munz, S.J., Chairman.

Schnittman Joins Bloomsbury; Bowers Promoted at OUP

Evan Schnittman is leaving Oxford University Press to become managing director of group sales and marketing, print and digital for Bloomsbury.

Comings and Goings: July 12, 2010

If you've been laid off recently, or left your job, and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Nettie Bleich Aljian, former sales director at Princeton Architectural Press, can be reached at nettiea@optonline.net.

Howard M. Goldstein, former v-p of strategic sourcing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at howgold@yahoo.com.

You can find a full list of all those who have appeared in Comings and Goings here.

Job Moves: July 12, 2010

Scholastic Press has promoted Lisa Sandell from senior editor to executive editor. The company has also made two new hires: Bess Braswell, former marketing manager for Aladdin and Pulse at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, has come on as associate director of marketing for Scholastic paperbacks and the Point, Cartwheel, Licensing, and Graphix imprints; and David Sandler, former manager of marketing and social media for American Express' establishment services division, is now Scholastic's associate director of digital marketing and advertising.