Job Moves: February 10, 2011

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced two promotions this week. Paul Shannon has been named svp, finance in HMH's trade and reference group. He was most recently v-p of finance. And Cheryl Toto has been named svp, business planning and strategy in the trade and reference group.

Job Moves: February 9, 2011

F+W Media, Inc. has appointed Alison Norrington as chairperson of the company’s upcoming transmedia event, the StoryWorld Conference + EXPO. The conference, under the umbrella of the company’s Digital Book World Conference + EXPO, will take place from October 31 to November 2 in San Francisco.

Job Moves: February 8, 2011

At Maria B. Campbell Associates, Mary Pender-Coplan has been promoted to v-p. Pender-Coplan, who handles the dramatic rights and children’s book scouting, has been at MBCA for five years.

Jill Lamar Named Editor-in-Chief at Henry Holt

Jill Lamar, who has been overseeing Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers program, has been tapped to head Henry Holt, succeeding Marjorie Braman. Lamar, named editor-in-chief of the Macmillan imprint, has been at B&N since 1999. At Holt, executive editor Gillian Blake, senior editor Aaron Schlechter, and editor Sarah Bowlin will now report to Lamar.

Job Moves: February 7, 2011

At D4EO Literary Agency, Kristin Miller has been promoted to associate agent. Miller, who interned at the agency for nine months, co-founded the young adult blog YA Highway and will be focusing on the agency's young adult and middle grade list.

Comings and Goings: February 7, 2011

If you've been laid off recently, left your job or landed a new position and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Regina Kanicki, former retail buyer at Atlantic Books (a regional chain in Pennsylvania), can now be reached at regina.kanicki@gmail.com.

Job Moves: February 4, 2011

Abrams has promoted six employees and hired one: Jason Wells has been promoted to executive director of children’s marketing and publicity; Tamar Brazis has been promoted to editorial director of Abrams Books for Young Readers and Amulet Books....

Job Moves: February 3, 2011

Lia Ronnen has been named executive editor and associate publisher at Artisan Books. Ronnen was most recently executive editor at Melcher Media, where she has spent the last 10 years and worked on books like Domino: The Book of Decorating and The Lucky Shopping Manual. Prior to Melcher, Ronnen was an associate editor at Abrams.

Job Moves: February 2, 2011

Nan Graham has been promoted to senior v-p and editor-in-chief of Scribner. Graham has been at Scribner for 16 years and has worked with a very long lost of established and up-and-coming authors such as Don DeLillo, Annie Proulx, Jeannette Walls, Monica Ali, Anthony Doerr, and Miranda July.

Job Moves: February 1, 2011

Kevin Moran has been named director of marketing at Skyhorse Publishing. He was formerly operations director at Overlook Press and prior to that, publisher of Hatherleigh Press.

Comings and Goings: January 31, 2011

If you've been laid off recently, left your job or landed a new position and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@reedbusiness.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

Erika Imranyi, former editor at Dutton, can now be reached at eimranyi@gmail.com.

Job Moves: January 31, 2011

Mary Allen has been named director of events and publicity at Vermont's Northshire Bookstore. Allen is replacing Zachary Marcus, longtime events director, who is returning to his writing and production work at Maverick Media Projects. Allen was promoted from her position as marketing assistant at Northshire.

Memorial Service Set for Manie Barron

A memorial service will be held February 5 for literary agent Manie Barron, who passed away January 8. The service will be held at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Ave. in New York City.

Job Moves: January 27, 2011

Larry Hughes is joining Free Press as associate director of publicity, reporting to Carisa Hays. Hughes, who has worked at various houses including HarperCollins and Penguin (for their NAL imprint), was most recently an independent consultant. Hughes has also blogged for the Huffington Post and writes the personal blogs Classics Rock! and Book Flack at Large.

At Harlequin, Toye Retires, Moggy Rises

After more than 27 years at Harlequin, Randall Toye, v-p of series editorial, has decided to take early retirement and will leave the company on March 31. Additionally, longtime Harlequin staffer Dianne Moggy has been appointed v-p, series editorial and sub rights, effective January 31.

Media Coalition Elects Platt as 2011 Chair

Media Coalition has elected Judy Platt, director of communications/public affairs and Freedom to Read at the Association of American Publishers, as its 2011 chair. Platt has been at AAP for more than 30 years and joined the board of Media Coalition in 1996.

Job Moves: January 26, 2011

Planman Technologies has appointed Orville Dykes director of publishing services in its Cincinnati office. Dykes has been in educational publishing and manufacturing for 40 years and his appointment is part of Planman’s expansion in the U.S. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, Planman is a content solution provider in all aspects of developing and managing content in books, digital media, scholarly works, newspapers, journals, and magazines.

Job Moves: January 24, 2011

Anna Erickson has joined the Minnesota-based Creative Company as v-p of retail sales, managing the Creative Editions and Creative Paperbacks imprints. Erickson was previously director of distribution client services at Chronicle Books and, before that, director of marketing at Ten Speed Press.

Job Moves: January 21, 2011

Pamela Paul has been named children's books editor of the New York Times Book Review. Paul is a journalist and book critic, is the author of three nonfiction books, and is a columnist for the NYT’s Style section. She has also been book critic for the Economist, and began her career at Scholastic, where she was an editor and managed a book club.