National Book Network has hired John Groton as v-p of sales effective August 2. Groton has held senior and executive sales positions at Simon & Schuster, Random House, Globe Pequot Press, and, most recently, Nicholas Brealey Publishing. Groton will be based in Stonington, Conn.
Edward Orloff, who for the past six years has been with The Wylie Agency, has joined McCormick & Williams. Orloff will represent authors who write literary fiction and narrative nonfiction including cultural history, politics, biography, and the arts.
