Job Moves: May 20, 2013

Jessica Sindler is now editor at Spiegel & Grau. She began her career with Gotham Books in 2003.

Stambaugh Appointed to Top E-book Position at S&S

Doug Stambaugh has been named to the newly created position of v-p, global e-book market development and strategy at Simon & Schuster, reporting to Dennis Eulau.

Authors on the Air May 20, 2013: Helene Wecker, Julie Wu, Douglas Trevor, Shannon Polson, Pamela Ryckman, George Packer

On The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m.: Helene Wecker for The Golem and the Jinni (Harper, 978-0062110831); Julie Wu for The Third Son (Algonquin, 978-1616200794); Douglas Trevor for Girls I Know (SixOneSeven Books, 978-0983150534); and Shannon Huffman Poslon for North of Hope (Zondervan, 978-0310328766). Listeners can win copies of the books. Listen here.

Pamela Ryckman will be on The Cycle for Stiletto Network (AMACOM, 978-0814432532).

On May 21, George Packer will be on Morning Joe, On Point, Now with Alex Wagner, and The Leonard Lopate Show for The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0374102418).

Goldstein Joins S&S, Guest Leaves

Cary Goldstein, who was relieved of his job as publisher of Twelve in April, is joining his old boss, Jon Karp, at Simon & Schuster.

Authors on the Air May 17, 2013: Pamela Ryckman, George Packer, John R. Erickson

Pamela Ryckman will be on Rock Center and the Today show for Stiletto Network: Inside the Women's Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business (Amacom, 978-0814432532).

On Weekend Edition on May 19, George Packer will talk about PW Pick The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0-374-102418).

Author of Hank the Cowdog (Maverick Books, Inc. 978-1591881018) series John R. Erickson will be on the Family Talk radio program.

Job Moves: May 17, 2013

Richard V. Hopple will retire as president and CEO of Guideposts, as of August 31. Former president and CEO John F. Temple has been named interim CEO.

OCLC Names Skip Prichard President and CEO

OCLC has announced that Skip Prichard will succeed Jay Jordan as president and CEO on July 1.

Authors on the Air May 16, 2013: George Packer

George Packer will be on The Daily Show for The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0374102418).

Job Moves: May 16, 2013

Brenda Marsh has left her position as v-p, author relations at B&N, where she has worked since 1998, and can be reached at brendasmarsh@gmail.com, Publishing Trends reports.

Authors on the Air May 15, 2013: Norman Geisler, Olympia Snowe

Norman Geisler will be interviewed on In the Market with Janet Parshall (700 stations + online) about his book Reasons for Belief: Easy-to-Understand Answers to 10 Essential Questions (Bethany House, 978-0764210570).

Olympia Snowe will be on The Daily Show for Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress (Weinstein Books, 978-1602862173).

Job Moves: May 15, 2013

Clay Farr will be joining Basic Books as v-p, associate publisher & marketing director. He was previously with Perseus Books, a company he was with for nine years.

Emily van Beek has been named senior vice president at Folio Jr., the children’s division of Folio Literary Management.

Rachel Meier is joining Crown as managing editor for the Crown trade, Broadway Books, and Hogarth imprints. She has been the marketing manager for the Crown Trade imprint for the last two years.

Summer Smith will be joining Bloomsbury Adult Trade as associate director of publicity. Previously, she was publicity manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Authors on the Air May 14, 2013: Dan Brown, Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm, Lisa Lillien

Dan Brown will be on The Colbert Report for Inferno (Doubleday, 978-0385537858).

Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm will be on Charlie Rose and Hannity for Impossible Odds (Atria, 978-1476725161).

Lisa Lillien will be on the Today show for Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 Just Desserts (St. Martin’s Griffin; 0-312-67674-3).

Job Moves: May 14, 2013

Patrick Brown is director of author marketing at Goodreads; Cynthia Shannon has joined Goodreads as author marketing coordinator.

At Avon, Erika Tsang has been promoted to editorial director. Amanda Bergeron has been promoted to editor.

Fiona Brown joins the Little, Brown publicity department as a senior publicist. She comes, most recently, from Riverhead.

Joe Perez has joined Random House as senior art director. He was previously art director at Portfolio Books.

Kerri Buckley is now editor at Carina Press.

Christopher Reggio joins I-5 Publishing as the new general manager in charge of the book division.

Authors on the Air May 13, 2013: Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm, Elisabeth Rohm, Jessica Wapner, Lit New England

The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m. Monday, May 13, on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Douglas Kennedy on Five Days (Atria, 978-1451666359); Cathie Pelletier on One-Way Bridge (Sourcebooks, 978-1402280733); Leah Stewart on The History of Us (Touchstone, 978-1451672626); Pam Belluck on Island Practice (PublicAffairs, 1586487515).

Jessica Wapner, author of The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level (The Experiment, 9781615190676), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

On the Today show, Elisabeth Rohm will talk about Baby Steps (Da Capo, 978-0738216638). Later this week, she'll be on Fox & Friends, Showbiz Tonight, and Say Anything with Joy Behar.

Job Moves: May 13, 2013

Doug Pocock is managing director of Abrams & Chronicle Books in the U.K., a partnership formed in 2010 by the two U.S. publishers based in London.

At Knopf/Delacorte/Dell, Alison Impey joines as art director. Stephanie Moss has been promoted to associate art director.

Matt Adamec has been promoted from designer to senior designer at Simon & Schuster's Children's.

Diana Blough joins Random House Publisher Services as imprint sales director.

JD Wilson has been named director of sales and marketing of the University of Alabama Press. Wilson is currently academic sales manager at Tuttle Publishing and blogs at LanguageOmnivore.com.

Authors on the Air May 10, 2013: Sjon, Teresa Giudice

Sjon, author of The Whispering Muse (FSG, 978-0374289072), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Teresa Giudice will be on Fox & Friends for Fabulicious! On the Grill (Running Press, 978-0762449774).

Job Moves: May 10, 2013

Julie Buntin, formerly the literary events coordinator at The powerHouse Arena, is now director of programs and strategic outreach at CLMP (Council of Literary Magazines & Presses).

Cohen, Rekulak Rise at Quirk

Jason Rekulak and Brett Cohen have both been promoted at Quirk Books. Rekulak, who was associate publisher and creative director, has been bumped up to publisher. Cohen, who was v-p, is now president.

Job Moves: May 9, 2013

David Dilkes has been promoted to editor-in-chief of Enslow Publishers, Inc. The previous editor-in-chief at Enslow, Dorothy Goeller, will remain with the company on a part-time basis as an editor at large.

Rittenhouse Book Distributors, Inc. has announced the addition of two new members to the company’s sales team: Elizabeth Davtian, West Coast institutional and digital territory manager, and Carrie Vikner, territory manager for bookstore and institutional accounts in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, both joined Rittenhouse’s field sales team in April.

Authors on the Air May 9, 2013: Famous Dave Anderson, Leonard Slatkin, James Salter

Famous Dave Anderson, author of Famous Dave's Barbeque Party Cookbook: Secrets of a BBQ Legend (Famous Dave Anderson, 978-0989286817), will be on Fox & Friends.

On The Leonard Lopate Show, Leonard Slatkin, author of Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro (Amadeus, 978-1574672046), and James Salter, author of All That Is (Knopf, 978-1400043132), will be on.