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Job Moves: August 3, 2012
Tracy Menzies has been promoted to v-p, production and creative operations at HarperCollins, replacing John Vitale, who has left the company.
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Authors on the Air August 3, 2012: Michael Singer
Oprah will interview Michael Singer, author of The Untethered Soul (New Harbinger Publications, 978-1572245372), on August 5 at 11am ET on OWN.
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Job Moves: August 2, 2012
Dan Mallory will join William Morrow as v-p, executive editor. He was previously publisher of Sphere in the U.K. In addition to acquiring and editing books for William Morrow, Dan will also be spearheading a digital first line, focusing on crime and thrillers.
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Authors on the Air August 2, 2012: Joshua Henkin, Cheryl Strayed, Christopher Hayes
On The Leonard Lopate Show, Joshua Henkin will talk about PW Pick The World Without You (Pantheon, 978-0375424366), and Cheryl Strayed will talk about Tiny Beautiful Things (Vintage, 978-0307949332).
Christopher Hayes, author of Twilight of the Elites (Crown, 978-0307720450), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: August 1, 2012
Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed the U.S. literary scout for Gimm Young in Korea.
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Authors on the Air August 1, 2012: Charles Yu, Fred Guterl
Charles Yu will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for his short story collection Sorry Please Thank You (Pantheon, 978-0307907172).
Fred Guterl will be on The Daily Show for The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It (Bloomsbury, 978-1608192588).
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Authors on the Air July 31, 2012: Dambisa Moyo, Joseph Stiglitz
Dambisa Moyo, author of Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (Basic Books, 978-0465028283), will be on The Daily Show.
Joseph Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality (W.W. Norton, 978-0393088694), will be on Tavis Talks.
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Books-A-Million Hires Development Analyst
Following the decision by the Anderson family to drop its plans to buy back all of the shares in Books-A-Million that it does not own, the bookstore chain has hired Michel Rediker as corporate development analyst.
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Job Moves: July 31, 2012
Edmund Salt has been appointed president of Whitehots, the Canadian library services provider. He was previously v-p, sales and marketing.
Hannah Buchsbaum has joined Little Simon as associate editor. She was most recently at Disney Press.
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Job Moves: July 30, 2012
Crown has made the following promotions in its subsidiary rights deparment:
Karin Schulze is now associate director, foreign sales.
Courtney Snyder is assistant director, domestic rights.
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Authors on the Air July 30, 2012: Bridget Siegel, Joan Rivers
Bridget Siegel will be on MSNBC's Morning Joe on July 31 for her novel Domestic Affairs (Weinstein Books, 978-1602861640).
Joan Rivers will be on The Colbert Report for I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me (Berkley, 978-0425248300).
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Authors on the Air July 27, 2012: Shawn Lawrence Otto, Andrew Zolli, Nikki Stern
Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America (Rodale, 978-1605292175), will be on NPR's "Science Friday." Also on "Science Friday," Andrew Zolli will talk about his book Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back (Free Press, 978-1451683806).
Nikki Stern, author or Hope in Small Doses (Humanist Press), will be a guest on WPRR's Reality Check at 3 p.m. CST.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Daily Show' Propels Stiglitz
On July 25, Joseph Stiglitz appeared on The Daily Show for his book The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (W.W. Norton). On July 26, the book saw significant increases on Amazon: it jumped to #57 from #544 in print and, for Kindle, #215 from #1,121.
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Authors on the Air July 26, 2012: Christina Steinorth
Christina Steinorth, author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 9780897936163) will be on 1380 WNRI with host John Holt July 26, at 7:00 pm EST.
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Job Moves: July 26, 2012
Nellie Kurtzman will join Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as v-p of marketing. She was most recently director of digital and trade marketing at Disney/Hyperion.
Karen Wojtyla has been promoted to v-p, editorial director of Margaret K. McEldrerry Books. She was formerly editorial director.
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Authors on the Air July 25, 2012: Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (W.W. Norton, 978-0393088694), will be on The Daily Show.
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Job Moves: July 25, 2012
Meg Leder has been promoted to executive editor at Perigee Books. She has been with Perigee since 2005.
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Authors on the Air July 24, 2012: David Niose, James Fallows, Pat Cooper
David Niose, author of PW Pick Nonbeliever Nation (Palgrave Macmillan, 978-0230338951), will be on "The Cycle" on MSNBC.
James Fallows, author of China Airborne (Pantheon, 978-0375422119), will be on The Colbert Report.
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F+W Hires Former Amazon Exec to Head E-commerce Unit
F+W Media has announced the hiring of Lucas Hilbert, formerly senior product manager, marketing and merchandising at Amazon, to the position of v-p of eCommerce.
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