Obituary: James Plumeri

James Plumeri, cover art director for two decades (1985-2005) with Bantam Dell, and before that for 15 years with New American Library, died February 2. He was 79.

Job Moves: February 5, 2013

At Watkins, part of Osprey, Jo Lal, former marketing director of Hay House U.K. and current director of author services at HarperCollins, has been named publisher. Additionally, Séverine Jeauneau, foreign rights director at Watkins, has been named head of the newly created international publishing division.

Mark Gilroy has joined Worthy Publishing as senior v-p, associate publisher. He will manage the Freeman-Smith imprint.

Jonathan Ackerman has been named national account manager at Bookmasters. He will oversee the company's relationships with wholesalers and retailers like Barnes & Noble and Baker & Taylor.

Authors on the Air February 4, 2013: Michelle Rhee, Christopher Castellani, Eleanor Morse, Cathy Buchanan, Lisa Lillien

Michelle Rhee, author of Radical: Fighting to Put Students First (Harper, 978-0062203984), will be on The Daily Show.

The Monday, Feb. 4, episode of the Literary New England Radio Show will air at 8 p.m. on BlogTalk Radio, featuring: Christopher Castellani on the release of his third novel, All This Talk of Love (Algonquin, 978-1616201708); Eleanor Morse on White Dog Fell From the Sky (Viking, 978-0670026401); Cathy Marie Buchanan on The Painted Girls (Riverhead, 978-1594486241).

Lisa Lillien will be on The Wendy Williams Show for Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786).

Job Moves: February 4, 2013

Eric Price has been named director of sales, marketing & publicity for Quercus. He was previously with Grove/Atlantic.

Jordan Leaving Columbia U Press

James Jordan is retiring from Columbia University Press. Jordan, who is currently president and director of CUP, is stepping down in September.

Authors on the Air February 1, 2013: Gina Keating, Christina Steinorth

Gina Keating, author of Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs (Portfolio, 978-1591844785), was on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.

Christina Steinorth author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 978-0897936163) will be a guest on "InterViews & Interactions" with Linda A. Strasburg.  KTKK Radio Salt Lake City, February 2 , at 5:30 p.m MT.

Obituary: Carolyn Forsman

Carolyn Forsman, former librarian and advocate for free speech, died January 19 at the age of 69. According to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, she raised more than $150,000 for free expression groups, mainly through designing jewelry and creating pieces that celebrated the freedom to read, including her well-known "I Read Banned Books" bracelet. In 2011, Forsman began donating to ABFFE 10 per cent of her sales to independent bookstores. A memorial service will be held in the spring.  Memorial contributions may be made to FTRF, www.ftrf.org, and the Cancer Research Institute, www.cancerresearch.com.

Job Moves: February 1, 2013

At Random House, Kaela Myers, Sam Nicholson, and Anna Pitoniak have been promoted to the position of associate editor.

At Kensington, Peter Senftleben has been promoted to associate editor and Vida Engstrand has been promoted to assistant director of publicity.

Julia O'Halloran has joined DK Publishing as publicist. She was formerly at the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins.

Children's Job Moves: January 2013

New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2013.

Dryden Joins Month9Books Advisory Board

Emma D. Dryden, founder of drydenbks LLC and former v-p, publisher at Simon & Schuster, has joined Month9Books, a publisher of speculative fiction for teens and tweens, as an advisor to publisher Georgia McBride.

Authors on the Air January 31, 2013: Matthew Guerrieri

Matthew Guerrieri, who recently wrote a feature for PW for his book The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination, will be on The Colbert Report.

Job Moves: January 31, 2013

Hannah Rahill will leave Weldon Owen Publishing after 18 years as its food and drink publisher to explore new opportunities. Rahill worked on developing the cookbook publishing program and contributed to the publication of over 300 titles. Executive editor Jennifer Newens and associate publisher Amy Marr will now oversee food and drink.

Scott Parris will join the editorial team at Oxford University Press USA as executive editor for economics. He has spent two decades as executive editor for economics at Cambridge University Press.

Harrison Named E-I-C at Scribner

Colin Harrison has been promoted to v-p and editor-in-chief at Scribner. Harrison, who was a senior editor, has been at the Simon & Schuster imprint for 11 years.

Authors on the Air January 30, 2013: Jayson Calton and Mira Calton, Michael Bolton

Dr. Jayson Calton and Mira Calton, co-authors of Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (Primal Nutrition Inc., 978-098475517-2), will be on Fox and Friends on Thursday. January 31.

Michael Bolton will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for his book The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life (Center Street, 978-1455523658).

Job Moves: January 30, 2013

Dennis Lee has been promoted to director of business management. Since 2009, he has been a business manager at Penguin, overseeing the budgets and P&Ls of many hardcover and trade imprints. Prior to Penguin, he spent six years at Simon and Schuster as a financial analyst and an associate business manager.

Anthony Gosling has been named director of sales at Crossway.

Rob Birkhead has been named v-p, client development and creative strategy.

Iain Morris has been named v-p of creative at Cameron + Company. He has held positions at DK Publishing, LucasFilm Licensing, and Charles Schulz.

Former ICM Chief Starts New Agency

Jeffrey Berg, who ran ICM for over 20 years, has started a new full service agency called Resolution which will have offices in Los Angeles and New York. Jeff Franklin, an entrepreneur and film producer, is COO.

Authors on the Air January 29, 2013: George Saunders

George Saunders, author of Tenth of December (Random House, 978-0812993806), will be on The Colbert Report.

Firebrand Announces New Hires

Firebrand Technologies, provider of NetGalley, has announced that Steve Rutberg is director of marketing and sales. He has worked for WoltersKluwer Health, Taylor & Francis, and McGraw-Hill. Annie Johnston has been named content services specialist. She is formerly the digital content manager at Independent Publishers Group. Stuart Evers is now U.K. community manager, based in London. He is a former bookseller and editor. Lastly, Steve Manes has been appointed to the development team. He was formerly with the Children's Health Fund.

Job Moves: January 29, 2013

Margot Atwell is leaving Beufort Books as publisher, as of January 31. Beaufort president Eric Kampmann will be taking over as publisher.

Heather Hust Rivera has been named director, communications, Disney Publishing. Most recently, she was the director of corporate communications at the Walt Disney Company.

Amy Achaibou has been promoted to associate design manager, new format development at Chronicle Books.

At Ballantine, Mark Tavani has been promoted to v-p, and remains an editorial director; Kara Cesare has been promoted to v-p and remains an executive editor; Junessa Viloria has been promoted to editor; Ratna Kamath has been promoted to assistant editor.

Authors on the Air January 28, 2013: Eve Bridburg, Annie Kelleher, Caragh O'Brien, Wendy Francis, Nick Turse

The Literary New England Radio Show tonight at 8 p.m. will feature: Grub Street founder and director Eve Bridburg on the Boston-based writing center's Launch Lab program, Annie Kelleher on How David Met Sarah (978-1467951937) and Conjuring Johnny Depp (B00B2LVJMY), Caragh O'Brien on her Birthmarked trilogy's release as audiobooks, and Wendy Francis on her debut novel Three Good Things (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451666342).

Nick Turse, author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (Metropolitan Books, 978-0805086911), will appear on "Fresh Air."