05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
At Algonquin Books, Debra Linn has been named online marketing manager. She was previously the events and marketing director at Books & Books.
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
Deni Béchard, author of Cures for Hunger: A Memoir and Vandal Love: A Novel (Milkweed Editions, 978-1571310910) will be on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Daily Circuit" hosted by Kerri Miller, May 16 at 11 am CST.
H. Norman Wright, author of What's Next: Navigating Transitions to Make the Rest of Your Life Count (Bethany House, 978-0-7642-0963-5) will be interviewed at 12 pm CST on May 16 on Moody’s Midday Connection.
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
Following yesterday's announcement that Kimberly Snead will fill the new role of director of brand strategy at Crown, the publisher has announced May 15 that Leigh Ann Ambrosi will join as v-p, brand publishing project director, reporting to Tina Constable.
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
Liza Kaplan has been promoted to assistant editor at Dutton Children's Books.
At Berean, Bill Nielsen has been appointed as COO and Fred Ichniowski has been appointed director of business operations.
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
As part of the process of spinning of McGraw-Hill Education into its own company, McGraw-Hill Cos. this morning announced a number of high level management appointments as well as the executives who will lead its various business units.
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
The McEvoy Group LLC, a San Francisco–based media company whose book properties include Chronicle Books, Princeton Architectural Press, and becker&mayer!, announced that Bill Miller has joined the company as president of Galison Publishing LLC.
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
Laurie Puhn, author of Fight Less, Love More: 5 Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In (Rodale, 9781605295985) will be on the Bill Cunningham Show.
Marshall Reid and his mom Alexandra Reid, co-authors of Portion Size Me: A Kid Driven Plan to a Healthier Family (Sourcebooks, 978-1402265822), appeared on the Today Show.
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
Mark Oppegard, CEO of Nebraska Book Company, is retiring and will be replaced by Barry Major, the current president and COO at NBC. Steven Clemente, a current senior v-p, has been named to fill Major's previous position as president and COO.
05/11/2012 @ 12:00AM
Frances Gilbert will join Random House Children’s Books as editorial director, Doubleday Children's Books, effective June 18. Gilbert will leave her current post at Sterling Children’s Books, where she has worked for twelve years, most recently as v-p, publisher.
Patrick Barry and Brian Moore have been promoted to senior designers at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
05/11/2012 @ 12:00AM
Peter Wayner, author of Disappearing Cryptography: Information Hiding: Steganography & Watermarking (Morgan Kaufmann, 978-0123744791), will be on NPR's "Science Friday."
Peter Levenda will be on "Coast to Coast AM" with Ian Punnett on May 13 for Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolph Hitler (Ibis Press, 978-0892541706).
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Mike McGrady, author of "Naked Came the Stranger," has died at 78.
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Along with Oprah and the Obamas, Ann Patchett has been nominated for Time's 100 most influential people of 2012 list.
The legendary feminist poet has died at 82.
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