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Job Moves: June 16, 2014
Lisa Barnes, formerly Ballantine Bantam Dell assistant director of publicity, has joined the Random House Speakers Bureau as assistant agent director.
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Meet the Editor: Julie Strauss-Gabel
It was an often dreaded scenario that led editor Julie Strauss-Gabel to meet John Green.
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ALA 2014: The Exit Interview: PW Talks with Scholastic’s John Mason
John Mason, the esteemed director of library and educational marketing at Scholastic, will officially hang up his tote bag on July 3. We caught up with Mason as he was preparing for the transition.
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Authors on the Air Friday June 13, 2014: Rick Rinehart and Ron Deal
Taylor Trade’s editorial director, Rick Rinehart, will appear on "Weekend Edition Sunday" on Sunday, June 15, to discuss his grandmother, the mystery author Mary Roberts Rinehart.
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Job Moves: June 13, 2014
At Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Bob Hetico has been named the new director of sales.
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Job Moves: June 12, 2014
At Scholastic Trade, Lizette Serrano has been promoted to director of education/library marketing and conventions, succeeding John Mason who is retiring on July 3 after 28 years at the company.
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Lellos to Head Klutz
Stacy Lellos has been appointed senior v-p and general manager for Klutz, Scholastic’s books-plus unit.
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Job Moves: June 11, 2014
Carrie Thornton has been promoted to editorial director, Dey Street Books.
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Job Moves: June 10, 2014
Lathea Williams has joined Sourcebooks as an assistant publicity manager, working out of the company’s New York office.
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PRH's Lidofsky to Retire
Norman Lidofsky will retire as the Penguin Group (USA)’s president, director of paperback sales, at the end of 2014.
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Strothman Agency Relocating to NYC
After a decade in Boston, the agency will be moving its headquarters to New York on July 1.
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Crewe Named President, Director at CUP
The appointment, said Columbia University Press, makes Jennifer Crewe the first female director of an Ivy League university press.
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Authors on the Air June 9, 2014: Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan, author of "Not to be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film" (PublicAffairs, 9781586483968 ) will appear on the "Diane Rehm Show" on Tuesday, June 10.
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Job Moves: June 9, 2014
Moira McCann is stepping down as the head of Perseus Books Group's London office.
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Job Moves: June 6, 2014
Baker Publishing Group has appointed Kim Bangs as senior acquisitions editor for the Bethany House and Chosen divisions.
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Authors on the Air June 5, 2014: Thom Shea
Thom Shea, author of "Unbreakable: A Navy Seal’s Way of Life" (Clovercroft Publishing, 9781940262376), will appear on the "Sean Hannity Show" on Thursday, June 5.
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Job Moves: June 5, 2014
Gary Zelko, director and publisher of the Merck Publishing Group since 1982, has retired.
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Job Moves: June 4, 2014
Patricia Stockland has been promoted to v-p, editor in chief at Lerner Publishing Group.
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Einhorn Joining Flatiron Books
Amy Einhorn, who recently left her eponymous imprint at Penguin Random House, is joining Macmillan’s Flatiron Books imprint as senior v-p and publisher.



