Authors on the Air September 21, 2012: 'Flatland,' Karl Knausgaard

The classic book Flatland by Edwin Abbot will be discussed on NPR's Science Friday by Ian Stewart, who wrote the preface to The Annotated Flatland.

Karl Knausgaard, author of My Struggle (Archipelago Books, 978-1935744184), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

Obituary: Ashbel Green

Former v-p and senior editor of Knopf Ashbel Green has died at the age of 84. He began at Knopf in 1964 and worked with the likes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George H.W. Bush, Andre Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, and Ken Burns.

Authors on the Air September 20, 2012: Errol Morris, Richard L. Hatin

Errol Morris, author of A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald (Penguin Press, 978-1594203435), will be on The Colber Report.

Richard L. Hatin, author of Evil Agreement (Headline Books, 978-0938467335), will participate in a live-in-studio interview on the Rich Girard Radio Show at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept, 21, on station 90.7 FM whose broadcast coverage extends to all of southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.

Job Moves: September 20, 2012

Brettne Bloom has been named a partner of Kneerim & Williams, and the literary agency will now be called Kneerim, Williams & Bloom. She first joined the agency in 2000 after working at The Atlantic.

Lottchen Shivers has joined FSG as associate director of publicity. She has over 20 years of publicity experience, including at Random House, Viking, Henry Holt.

Also at FSG, Brian Gittis and Steve Weil have been promoted from publicist to senior publicist positions.

At Livingly Media, Inc., Georgia Rappleye will serve as account director, Erin Doyle will serve as account executive, and Chase Dashiell will serve as account manager.

Authors on the Air September 19, 2012: Pamela Peeke, Kate White

Pamela Peeke, author of The Hunger Fix: The Three-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction (Rodale, 978-1609614522), will be on Good Morning America on September 20.

Kate White, author of I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Girl Should Know (Harper Business, 9780062122124), will be on the Today show on September 20.

Job Moves: September 19, 2012

Julia Pastore has left Crown as senior editor and can be reached at pastore.j.a@gmail.com.

Authors on the Air September 18, 2012: Harlan Coben, Joel Osteen, Robert Schoch

Harlan Coben will be on CBS This Morning on September 19 for Seconds Away (Putnam, 978-0399256516).

Joel Osteen, author of I Declare (Faithwords, 978-1455516780), will be on Piers Morgan and, on September 19, on Fox & Friends.

Markham Out at Books-A-Million

In a tersely worded filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Books-A-Million disclosed Tuesday morning that executive v-p/chief administrative officer and company secretary Douglas Markham “was terminated” September 12. No reason was given for the dismissal.

MIBA Names Livingston as Interim President

The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced Monday that bookseller Chris Livingston has been appointed interim president of its board after the unexpected resignation of Lanora Haradon.

Job Moves: September 18, 2012

Michael P. Kelley, currently executive editor of news and features for Library Journal, has been named editor-in-chief. He replaces long-time LJ EIC Francine Fialkoff. Kelley has nine years of experience as staff editor at the New York Times and has been with LJ since 2010.

Bertelli Named NAIPR President, Replacing Miller

Former commission rep Eric Miller, NAIPR's president for the past decade, has passed the baton to Eileen Bertelli, a 25-year industry veteran who has worked as a Parson Weems commission rep for the past two years. Bertelli is NAIPR's first female president.

Job Moves: September 17, 2012

Kevin Doughten is senior editor at Crown. He was previously with Viking as editor.

Gene Kucinski has been hired as director of new business development at Spry Publishing. He was most recently district manager at Solvay Pharmaceuticals.

Burtenshaw Leaving the London Book Fair

Alistair Burtenshaw is stepping down from his position as director of books and publishing at Reed Exhibitions, a job which includes the post of director of the London Book Fair.

Job Moves: September 14, 2012

Elke Villa has been named director, marketing for Disney Book Group. Previously, Villa was associate director, marketing of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Authors on the Air September 14, 2012: Gary Lincoff

Gary Lincoff, author of The Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (Knopf, 978-0394519920 ), will be on NPR's "Science Friday."

Authors on the Air September 13, 2012: Zadie Smith, Judi and Shari Zucker

Zadie Smith will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for her novel NW (Penguin Press, 978-1594203978). After the segment airs, listen here.

Job Moves: September 13, 2012

Tal Goretsky will join Scribner as art director. He was previously senior designer at the Penguin Press.

Mary Ann Zissimos is senior publicist at HarperCollins Children's Books. She was previously a senior publicist at Abrams.

Mike Underwood has joined Osprey as sales and marketing manager. He was previously with the Wybel Marketing Group.

Rowling Event Moved to Larger Venue After Ticketing Snafu

It was pretty much a given that J.K. Rowling’s appearance at Lincoln Center on October 16 -- her only public event in the U.S. to promote The Casual Vacancy -- would be a tough ticket. But the situation became a bit tense for fans when an unauthorized link to purchase tickets to the event went live 12 hours before the official on-sale time.

Job Moves: September 12, 2012

James Meader will become publicist-at-large for Henry Holt, adding to his continuing responsibilities as Picador's executive director of publicity.

Authors on the Air September 12, 2012: Brian Castner

Brian Castner, author of PW Pick The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows (Doubleday, 978-0385536202), was on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.