Authors on the Air August 23, 2012: Paul and Rachel Chandler, Ruben Martinez

Paul and Rachel Chandler, authors of Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Pirates (Chicago Review Press, 9781613744420), will be on NPR's Tell Me More on Friday, August 24th.

Ruben Martinez, author of Desert America (Metropolitan Books, 978-0805079777), will be on Tavis Talks.

Authors on the Air August 22, 2012: Luis Rodriguez, Mallory Factor

Luis Rodriguez, author of It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing (Touchstone, 978-1416584179), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Mallory Factor will be on Morning Joe on August 23 for Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind (Center Street, 978-1455522743).

Job Moves: August 22, 2012

Kim Burns joins Chronicle Books as national account manager. She was most recently director, children's trade and digital marketing at Bloomsbury.

Darin Sennett joins Zola Books as director of bookseller relations. He was previously with Powell's Books.

Authors on the Air August 21, 2012: Mallory Factor, Michael A Jawer

Mallory Factor will be on Hannity and, on August 22, Fox & Friends, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and The Rachel Maddow Show  for Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind (Center Street, 978-1455522743).

Michael A. Jawer, author of Your Emotional Type: Key to the Therapies That Will Work for You (Healing Arts Press, 978-1594774317), will be on The Dr. Pat Show on August 22 at 2 pm ET.

Job Moves: August 21, 2012

strong>Sally Feller has joined Tor as senior publicist. She was previously with Black Dog & Leventhal.

Michael Barrs has been promoted to associate director of marketing at It Books.

Job Moves: August 20, 2012

Siobhan O'Hare has been promoted to director, content management and publishing technology at Fodor's.

Authors on the Air August 20, 2012: Amy Sohn, Robert Crais

Amy Sohn, author of Motherland: A Novel (Simon & Schuster, 978-1439158494), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Robert Crais, author of The Sentry (Berkley, 978-0425245729), was on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.

Authors on the Air August 17, 2012: Danica McKellar, BeBe Winans, Luis Granados

Danica McKellar, author of Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape (Hudson Street Press, 978-1594630941), will be on NPR's "Science Friday."

BeBe Winans will be on "Morning Express with Robin Meade" and Piers Morgan Tonight for The Whitney I Knew (Worthy Publishing, 978-1617950841).

Stephen Laster Named Chief Digital Officer at McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Education appointed Stephen Laster to the newly created position of chief digital officer. He will report to McGraw-Hill Education president and CEO Lloyd “Buzz” Waterhouse.

Job Moves: August 17, 2012

Joan Lee is joining Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group as senior marketing manager. She was previously marketing manager at Hyperion Books.

Kate Jacobs has been promoted to editor, Roaring Brook Press.

Authors on the Air August 16, 2012: Chesley Sullenberger, BeBe Winans

Chesley Sullenberger, author of Making a Difference (William Morrow, 978-0061924705), will be on Tavis Talks.

BeBe Winans will be on Piers Morgan Tonight for The Whitney I Knew (Worthy Publishing, 978-1617950841).

Job Moves: August 16, 2012

Patton Dodd has been named executive editor for Bondfire Books. He was previously with Patheos.com.

Authors on the Air August 15, 2012: Brenda Jackson and Michelle Monkou, Joe Gibbs

Brenda Jackson, author of Dreams of Forever (Harlequin, 978-0373534760), and Michelle Monkou, author of If I Had You (Harlequin, 978-0373862511), were both on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.

Joe Gibbs, author of The NIV Game Plan for Life Bible (Zondervan, 978-0310949916) and Chalk Talks Devotional (Zondervan, 978-0310330370), was on Fox & Friends.

Job Moves: August 15, 2012

Jessica Bromberg has joined Grand Central as publicity manager for Forever and Grand Central Publishing. She was previously with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Authors on the Air August 14, 2012: Ken Perenyi, Virginia Wright

Ken Perenyi, author of Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger (Pegasus, 978-1605983608) will be on the Today show on August 15.

Virginia Wright, author of The Maine Lobster Book (Down East Books, 978-1608930418), will be on "207" at 7:00pm. Watch here.

Job Moves: August 14, 2012

Sydney Jarrard has been named sales and marketing manager at Cider Mill Press Book Publishers. She was formerly trade sales and marketing coordinator at Hachette Book Group.

Julian Pavia has joined Crown as editor.

Obituary: Helen Gurley Brown

Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and author, died August 13 at 90. She wrote her first bestseller, Sex and the Single Girl, in 1962, and then worked at Cosmopolitan for more than 30 years.

Qureshi Out at Viking

Amber Qureshi has left Viking. Qureshi, an up-and-coming literary editor profiled in PW's 2008 series 50 Under 40, was at Free Press before she joined Viking in 2011.

Authors on the Air August 13, 2012: Dinesh D'souza, Julian Tepper

Dinesh D'souza will be of Fox and Friends and Lou Dobbs Tonight on August 14 for Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream (Regnery, 978-1596987784).

Julian Tepper, author of Balls (Rare Bird Books, 978-0983925576), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

An Agent for a Changing Book Business

Much like the book industry itself, the role and expectations for literary agents are changing dramatically, and Regina Brooks, founder and president of Serendipity Literary Agency, offers an up-to-the-minute example. Besides managing the careers—conventional and self-published—of more than 100 authors, launching a gourmet tea line, and cofounding a book imprint at Akashic Books, she’s an author as well. This month, St. Martin’s Press is publishing her second nonfiction book, You Should Really Write a Book: How to Write, Sell, and Market Your Memoir.