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Job Moves: June 17, 2013
Beth Lamb has been appointed to the newly created position of v-p, associate publisher, Vintage Anchor. She was previously at Rodale.
Lindsey Schwoeri joins Penguin Books as editor. She began her career in 2007 as an editorial assistant at Random House.
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Authors on the Air June 17, 2013: Judith Schwartz, Joanne Chang
Judith Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet (Chelsea Green, 978-1603584326), will be on Talk of the Nation.
Joanne Chang, author of Flour, Too: Indispensable Recipes for the Café’s Most Loved Sweets & Savories (Chronicle Books, 9781452106144), will appear on the Today Show on Tuesday, June 18.
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Authors on the Air June 14, 2013: Tom Drury
Tom Drury will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Pacific (Grove, 978-0802119995).
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Nagler Moves to Random House
Michelle Nagler, editorial director of Bloomsbury Children's Books, will join Random House Children's Books on July 15 as associate publishing director of Random House/Golden Books.
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Job Moves: June 13, 2013
Barry Baird has been named v-p, HarperCollins Christian Publishing Bargain Books. He had been executive director, Thomas Nelson Bargain Books.
At Baker Publishing Group, Bobbi Jo Heyboer will step down as leader of academic marketing; Bryan Dyer will fill the role, effective July 18.
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Authors on the Air June 13, 2013: Kjerstin Gruys
Kjerstin Gruys will be on The Colbert Report for Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year (Avery, 978-0399160172).
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Authors on the Air June 12, 2013: Claire Messud
Claire Messud will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Woman Upstairs (Knopf, 978-0307596901).
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Job Moves: June 12, 2013
Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Palgrave Macmillan as executive editor on June 24 with a focus on acquiring books in history.
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Job Moves: June 11, 2013
Deltina Hay is new board chair for IBPA, replacing the outgoing Steve Metee.
Rebecca Miller, editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, has also been named editorial director of Media Source’s other library publication, Library Journal. She replaces Michael Kelley who has left the company.
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Authors on the Air June 11, 2013: Daniel Bergner, Craig Lounsbrough
Daniel Bergner will be on The Colbert Report for What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire (Ecco, 978-0061906084).
Craig Lounsbrough, author of An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus (Ambassador International, 978-1620202135), can be heard at 9pm EST on LIFT-FM with Greg Hennis, host of Second Chances.The interview is also available at http://www.lift985.com.
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Job Moves: June 10, 2013
Jacob Lewis is v-p, publishing director for Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway Books, effective July 8. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of figment.com.
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Authors on the Air June 10, 2013: Nathaniel Philbrick, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Erika Marks, Kate Southwood
The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m. Monday, June 10, on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Nathaniel Philbrick on Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution (Viking, 978-0670025442); Jennifer Finney Boylan on Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders (Crown, 978-0767921763); Erika Marks on The Guest House (NAL, 978-0451418852); Kate Southwood on Falling to Earth (Europa Editions, 978-1609450915). Listen here.
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Authors on the Air June 7, 2013: George Packer
George Packer will be on Real Time with Bill Maher for PW Pick The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0-374-102418).
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Job Moves: June 7, 2013
Seta Zink has been promoted to publicity manager of Running Press. She was previously senior publicist.
Barry Harbaugh has been promoted to editor at Harper. He has been with the company for three years.
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Yeh Named Publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers
Phoebe Yeh will join Random House Children’s Books in the newly created post of v-p, publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers, effective June 21.
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Authors on the Air June 6, 2013: Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm, Jon Wiederhorn, Katherine Turman
Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday for Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Deadly Rescue by SEAL Team Six (Atria Books, 978-1476725161).
Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, authors of Louder Than Hell (It Books, 978-0061958281) and special guest Alex Skolnick of Testament will be doing a live video chat at 5PM. Register and listen here.
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Job Moves: June 6, 2013
At Red Wheel/Weiser, Kat Salazar has been promoted to publicist. She was associate publicist. Jordan Overby has been promoted to associate production director. He was production manager.
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Authors on the Air June 5, 2013: Jonathan Alter, Phil Jackson
Jonathan Alter will be on The Colbert Report for The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451646078).
On Tavis Talks, Phil Jackson will discuss Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Penguin Press, 978-1594205118).
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Job Moves: June 5, 2013
Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to v-p, publicity at HarperCollins. She will continue to act as the group publicity director for all of the William Morrow Group, including Morrow hardcover, trade paperback, Avon, Harper Voyager, It Books, Impulse and Cookbooks.
Michael Connor has left his position as director, editorial lead for The Quality Paperback Book Club/Insightout Book Club at Direct Brands. He is looking for new opportunities and can be reached at michaelconnor718@gmail.com.
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Levesque Named Editorial Director at Rodale
Jennifer Levesque has been tapped to oversee Rodale's trade books division.
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