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  • Job Moves: May 22, 2013

    At Abrams, Elisa Garcia is promoted to director of trade sales; Jody Mosley is promoted to director of special markets; Erica Warshal has been promoted to director of national accounts; Erin Hotchkiss has joined the adult marketing department as senior marketing manager.

  • It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, May 2013

    First NIV from Thomas Nelson; honors for B&H Spanish Bibles; Lifeway rebrands Bible software.

  • Authors on the Air May 21, 2013: Peter Hessler

    Peter Hessler, author of Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West (Harper Perennial, 978-0062206237), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

  • Cal Morgan Promoted at HarperCollins

    Cal Morgan, who has been overseeing It Books for the last two years, has been promoted to senior v-p and executive editor at Harper. Morgan will keep his role as editorial director of both Harper Perennial and Harper paperbacks.

  • Job Moves: May 21, 2013

    Kelly Burdick has been named associate publisher at Melville House. He has been with the company since 2005.

    Angela May Chen will be joining the Chronicle Books marketing communications team as the new Jr. designer.

    At HMH, James Phirman is national account manager selling to the wholesale clubs and grocery chains. Jessica Gilo has joined the culinary team as a marketing specialist.

    Greg Mortimer has joined Simon & Schuster Digital as senior online marketing manager.

    Mark Mouser is stepping down as manager of general books at University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., in order to work part-time. He will continue to buy bargain books. Pam Cady, currently assistant manager, will become manager effective July 1.

  • 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.

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