Leonard Named GLIBA Executive Director

Deborah Leonard has been named executive director of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, succeeding Jim Dana, who is stepping down October 15. Leonard officially starts October 4 and will be at the fall trade show that starts October 8.

Comings and Goings: September 29, 2010

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Ann Forstenze, formerly at Scholastic, is now handling special sales part-time for the Overlook Press. She is also handling rights and special sales for Star Bright Books. She can be reached at Forstenz@aol.com.

Abrams and Harper Media Beef Up Digital Staffs

Abrams and Harper Media have both made personnel changes to their digital divisions, marking increased efforts to move into the e-book space. Abrams has hired Lindy Humphreys, formerly of Wiley and Chronicle Books, to take on the newly created position of director of digital assets and publishing technology.

Job Moves: September 28, 2010

Media Source, Inc., yesterday announced Ian Singer is taking over as publisher of School Library Journal, Library Journal, The Horn Book Magazine, and The Horn Book Guide. Singer joined Media Source in 2010 as v-p, content and business development.

Job Moves: September 27, 2010

Former Houghton Mifflin Houghton publicist Emer Flounders has moved to Simon & Schuster, where he starts today as a senior publicist. Flounders was at HMH for five years.

Bellevue Literary Press Promotes Two, Hires One

Bellevue Literary Press has made some title changes and a staff addition. Erika Goldman is now publisher and editorial director (she was editorial director); Leslie Hodgkins is now associate editor (he was assistant editor); and Caroline Marris has joined the house as editorial assistant.

Job Moves: September 24, 2010

Dystel & Goderich Literary Management has added two agents: John Rudolph and Stephanie DeVita. Rudolph was most recently executive editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons, where he oversaw books in the children's, middle grade, and young adult categories.

Schultz New 'PW' Southern Correspondent

Former Publishers Weekly reviews editor Marc Schultz has been named the magazine's southern correspondent, beginning Sept. 27. Now living in Atlanta, Schultz will report on news and developments taking place in the southeast and south-central regions. A graduate of Vanderbilt in Nashville, Schultz can be reached at mschultz@publishersweekly.com; phone number is 678-478-0304.

Job Moves: September 23, 2010

Andrew Pate has been named director of digital and program sales at Edwards Brothers. Hiring Pate in the newly-created position is part of Edwards Brothers' continuing push into the short-run offset, digital, and print-on-demand book and journal manufacturing segment.

Job Moves: September 22, 2010

Tom Willshire has been named national accounts manager at The Overlook Press. He was previously at Continuum and Oxford University Press. Stephanie Gorton also joined Overlook as editor. She was most recently with BGC publications and, before that, worked for Canongate Books in the UK as managing editor.

Rob Prichard Named Chairman of Penguin Canada

Rob Prichard has been named chairman of Penguin Canada. Prichard was chair of the law firm Torys LLP (which has offices in Toronto and New York) and, before that, president and CEO of Metrolinx. Prichard also served as president and CEO of the Canadian media company Torstar.

Farley Stepping Down as Head of Macmillan Children's

In a memo to his staff Monday afternoon, Dan Farley, president and publisher of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, said he will step down from those posts sometime in the next few months.

Knudsen to Leave MPiBA

Lisa Knudsen, executive director of the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPiBA) announced Friday that she is retiring at the end of this year. Knudsen is the third regional director to announce in recent weeks plans to step down at the end of the year.

Comings and Goings: September 20, 2010

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Ausbert de Arce is leaving Assouline Publishing after 10 years. He can be reached at adea@themotherland.net.

Comings & Goings: September 17, 2010

Heather Adams, director of publicity of nonfiction trade marketing at Thomas Nelson, has left the company. She can be reached at hrdadams@gmail.com; cell phone is 404-423-8411.

Smith to Succeed Pesce at Wiley

Will Pesce will retire as president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons on April 30, the end of the company's current fiscal year, to be succeed by Stephen Smith, Wiley's chief operating officer since 2009. Pesce joined Wiley in 1989 and was named president and CEO in 1998, succeeding Charles Ellis.

Job Moves, September 16, 2010

Little, Brown executive director of publicity Heather Rizzo is stepping down from the post December 1 to to become the publicity and marketing director for LB bestselling author Michael Connelly.

Lehman Picked to Head Twelve

Hachette Book Group made good on its promise to keep the Twelve imprint alive despite the departure of founding editor/publisher Jonathan Karp by appointing Susan Lehman editor in chief and publisher. The announcement was made by Jamie Raab, executive v-p and publisher of Grand Central Publishing. Lehman will start September 27.

Job Moves: September 15, 2010

Adrienne Ingrum has joined Hachette's FaithWorks imprint as an editor. During her 30 year publishing career, Ingrum has held a number of positions, including roles at Crown, Putnan and Waldenbooks. Most recently she served as a consultant and edited manuscripts for a number of authors, including titles from FaithWorks authors.

Job Moves: September 14, 2010

Starting September 20, Kevin Lewis will join Disney Book Group's Disney-Hyperion Books as executive editor, where he will acquire and edit picture books, as well as middle-grade and young adult novels. He will report to Stephanie Owens Lurie, editorial director at Disney-Hyperion.