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Myers Up, Thompson Moving On at New Leaf
President Irv Myers has been named CEO effective March 1.
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Job Moves: February 6, 2014
Scottie Bowditch will be joining Macmillan as the director of the Macmillan speakers bureau on February 24.
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Authors on the Air February 5, 2014: Su Meck
Su Meck, author of "I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia" (Simon & Schuster, 9781451685817) will appear on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday, February 5.
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Job Moves: February 5, 2014
Stephanie Sirabian has been promoted to marketing operations manager for Grand Central Publishing.
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Rachel Williams to Head New NF Imprint in U.K.
Aurum Publishing Group has added a new strand to its children's publishing with the appointment of Rachel Williams as publisher of a nonfiction, design-led imprint that will sit alongside Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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PRH Makes Finance Group Appointments
Milena Alberti takes the newly created position of senior v-p, head of global corporate finance, PRH.
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Job Moves: February 4, 2014
Adia Wright has been appointed director at Sobel Weber Associates. She will continue as contracts and royalties manager.
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Authors on the Air February 4, 2014: Tony and Lauren Dungy
Tony and Lauren Dungy, authors of "Uncommon Marriage: Learning about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life's Obstacles Together" (Tyndale Momentum, 9781414383699), will appear on NPR's "Tell Me More" on Tuesday, February 4.
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Kobo Gets New CEO, Serbinis is Vice Chair
Michael Serbinis, founder and CEO of Kobo, has given up his CEO role and has been succeeded by Takahito “Taka” Aiki.
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Job Moves: February 3, 2014
Jen Reynolds has been named director of field sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Authors on the Air February 3, 2014: Su Meck
Su Meck, author of "I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia" (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451685817) will appear on CBS "This Morning" on February 4.
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Job Moves: January 31, 2014
Mary Beth Roche, v-p and publisher, Macmillan Audio, has been promoted to president and publisher.
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Authors on the Air January 31, 2014: Lee Ellis, Tony and Lauren Dungy
Lee Ellis, author of "Leading with Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton" (FreedomStar Media, Greenleaf, dist.; 9780983879305), will appear on C-SPAN's Book TV on Sunday, February 2.
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Children's Job Moves: January 2014
New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2014.
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Job Moves: January 30, 2014
At Simon & Schuster, Bryony Weiss has been promoted to senior marketing manager in the corporate marketing group.
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Appointments at PW
Clare Swanson, news editor at PW, has been named editor for audio news as well.
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Authors on the Air January 29, 2014: Norman Van Aken
Norman Van Aken, author of "No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken" (9781589799141, Taylor Trade Publishing, National Book Network, dist.) will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, January 29.
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Job Moves: January 29, 2014
Rose Else-Mitchell has been promoted to the new position of executive v-p, Scholastic Education, and publisher, Global Education.
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Job Moves: January 28, 2014
Larry Kirshbaum is joining the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency as a senior agent, effective February 24.
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Job Moves: January 27, 2014
Molly Barton, global digital director at Penguin and founder of Book Country, has accepted a faculty position at Wesleyan University and to consult for NYC- and Silicon Valley-based publishing-related start-ups.



