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Job Moves: October 29, 2012
Martin Rodriguez Huber has joined Bonnier Publishing in the newly created role of group Latin American sales director. He was previously with Kingfisher as director of international rights sales.
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Authors on the Air October 29, 2012: Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell, author of the foreword to The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs (Random House, 978-0679644750), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Authors on the Air October 26, 2012: Matt Kaplan
Matt Kaplan will be on NPR's "Science Friday" for Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters (Scribner, 978-1451667981).
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Weil Remembrance Set for November 15
A memorial has been set for Wendy Weil.
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Authors on the Air October 25, 2012: Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels will be on The Colbert Report for Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans (Sentinel, 978-1595230805).
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Authors on the Air October 24, 2012: Dakota Meyer, Anthony Everitt
Dakota Meyer, author of Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War (Random House, 978-0812993400), will be on The Daily Show.
On The Colbert Report, Anthony Everitt will discuss The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Random House, 978-1400066636).
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Job Moves: October 24, 2012
Ashley Garland has joined the Ecco / HarperCollins publicity team as publicity manager. She was previously with Ballantine.
Riverhead publicity has made the following promotions: Claire McGinnis is now publicity manager; Liz Hohenadel is senior publicist; Glory Plata is publicist.
Paul Bradshaw has been named v-p of sales and marketing for FutureMark Paper Group. He was formerly with Appleton Coated LLC.
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Authors on the Air October 23, 2012: John Grisham, T.C. Boyle
John Grisham will be on The Colbert Report for The Racketeers (Doubleday, 978-0385535144).
T.C. Boyle will be on Tavis Talks for San Miguel (Viking, 978-0670026241).
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Khazaei Named Bookish CEO
Ardy Khazaei has been named the new CEO of Bookish, succeeding Caroline Marks who left in mid-September.
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Obituary: Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz, founder of Prometheus Books, died on October 20 at age 86.
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Pinsker Appointed President of Klutz
Filling a position that has been opened since Matt Brown left at the end of 2011, Jeff Pinsker has been named president of Klutz and v-p of Scholastic.
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Job Moves: October 22, 2012
At Harvard Business Review Press, Nina Nocciolino has been promoted to senior publicist.
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Authors on the Air October 22, 2012: Ron Deal, Timothy Egan, Lisa Lillien
Ron Deal, author of Dating and the Single Parent (Bethany House, 9780764206979), will be on Focus on the Family.
Timothy Egan, author of Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0618969029), will be on NPR's "On Point."
Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786), will be on The Talk.
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Job Moves: October 19, 2012
Miranda Indrigo has stepped into the newly created position of author liaison, concierge services at Harlequin. Indrigo has been with Harlequin for more than 15 years, most recently as editor at Harlequin MIRA.
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Former Borders HR Director Joins Books-A-Million
Books-A-Million has named Mary Jane Karwoski v-p of human resources. Prior to joining BAM, Karwoski was director of human resources at Borders where she also was a regional sales director. She also served as a regional director of operations at Blockbuster.
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Medallion Media Makes Changes in Executive Lineup
Adam Mock, president of the Medallion Media Group, has been promoted to acting COO of the company, while senior v-p Ali DeGray has been promoted to president and Medallian Press v-p Heather Musick has been promoted to Medallion Media Group senior v-p.
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Job Moves: October 18, 2012
Joey McGarvey has been named associate editor at Ballantine Bantam Dell, and will start at the RH imprint on October 22. She was an editorial assistant at Knopf.
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Schulte Tribute Set for October 30
A tribute to Tony Schulte has been set for 5:30 on October 30 at The Quaker Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, in New York City. The former Simon & Schuster and Knopf executive died in June at age 82. After a formal program, time will be set aside for remarks from friends and colleagues.
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Job Moves: October 16, 2012
Emily Baar has joined the Florida-based Oceanview Publishing as editorial assistant. Baar, since graduating from Florida State, has worked for Barnes & Noble in a variety of roles.
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Perseus Adds Two New Positions
Perseus has made a number of new changes in its client services department, hiring two new people and restructuring the department and expanding the role of Heidi Sachner.
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