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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Authors on the Air January 25, 2013: Dave Barry, Michael Bolton
Dave Barry will be on NPR's "Weekend Edition" on January 26 and on the Today show on January 28 for his book Insane City (Putnam, 978-0399158681).
Michael Bolton, author of The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life (Center Street, 978-1455523658), will be on CBS Sunday Morning on January 27.
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Job Moves: January 25, 2013
Laura Van der Veer has been promoted to associate editor at Spiegel & Grau. She joined the publisher in 2008 as an editorial assistant.
Emily Bell has been promoted to associate editor at FSG. She joined the publisher in 2010.
Stacie Berger has been promoted to v-p of communications at F+W Media.
At Simon & Schuster, Liz Doyle has joined the Simon Spotlight/Little Simon team as junior designer. Jeanine Henderson has joined the Aladdin team as senior designer. Jay Colvin has joined the Simon Spotlight/Little Simon team as senior designer. Sylvie Frank has joined Paula Wiseman books as associate editor.
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Authors on the Air January 24, 2013: Tavi Gevinson
Tavi Gevinson, author of Rookie Yearbook One (Drawn and Quarterly, 978-1770461123), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: January 24, 2013
Jean-Marc Dupuis, former Apple sales director, has joined Kobo as managing director for EMEA.
The Poetry Foundation has named Robert Polito president, beginning July 8. Inaugural president John Barr will retire.
Kerri Kolen is executive editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons, with a primary focus on popular nonfiction. She was previously with Hyperion.
At Tor/Forge, Melissa Frain, Kristen Sevick, and Whitney Ross have been promoted to editor from associate editor.
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IBPA Prez Retiring
After a decade overseeing the Independent Book Publishers Association, Florrie Binford Kichler will retire at the end of June. Kichler, who started as a board member at the organization, was named president five years ago, after Jan Nathan died.
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Authors on the Air January 23, 2013: Lawrence Wright, D.T. Max
Lawrence Wright, author of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Knopf, 978-0307700667), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. Later, D.T. Max will be on the program to talk about the life of David Foster Wallace.
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Job Moves: January 23, 2013
David Boyle has been appointed to the newly created role of senior v-p, consumer insight, reporting to Chantal Restivo-Alessi, beginning February 4. He was previously SVP of insight at EMI Music.
At Random House, Kate Childs has been promoted to publicity manager, digital and new media. Liza Eliano has been promoted to associate pbulicist, digital and new media. For Random House Speaker's Bureau, Jayme Boucher has been promoted to agent.
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Authors on the Air January 22, 2013: Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor will be on The Brian Lehrer Show for her new memoir, My Beloved World (Knopf, 978-0307594884).
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Job Moves: January 22, 2013
Jason Jones, formerly with Thomas Nelson, will be leaving the publisher to join forces with PR by the Book, one of Austin's leading book publicity firms. Jones will be heading PR by the Book's new Nashville office.
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Authors on the Air January 18, 2013: Julia Rothman, Terry Francona, Lisa Lillian
Julia Rothman will be on Studio 360 on January 19 for The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science (978-1-4521-0822-3, Chronicle Books).
Terry Francona will be on NPR's Weekend Edition on January 19 for Francona: The Red Sox Years (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547928173).
Lisa Lillien will be on Anderson Live for Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786).



