Job Moves: July 14, 2010

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.

Lotz Named Managing Director of Walker Group

Karen Lotz, president and publisher of Candlewick Press, has been named joint group managing director for parent company Walker Group and will become sole managing director in July 2011.

'L.A. Times' Names Thurber New Book Review Editor

The Los Angeles Times has named Jon Thurber as its new book review editor. Thurber will take over from David Ulin, who ran the section for five years and is now a book critic for the paper.

Job Moves: July 13, 2010

Random House's international sales department has appointed Mindy Chon manager of international sales operations. She will report to Cyrus Kheradi. Based in New York, Chon will support and work with N.Y. and overseas sales personnel, and work with warehouse operations, customer service, credit, IT, digital operations, international vendors, and freight forwarders.

Kinsella Joins Cleis

Bridget Kinsella, PW alum, is joining Cleis Press and Viva Editions as marketing and publicity manager. In the newly created position, Kinsella, who has covered the book business for 17 years, will turn the tables and be pitching the media story ideas based on Cleis's and Viva's books.

Terry Locke New President of Loyola Press

Loyola Press has named Teresa (Terry) Locke as president, succeeding George Lane, S.J. Locke has been COO and associate publisher of the Chicago-based, Catholic publisher since 2006. In her new position, she will report to Theodore G. Munz, S.J., Chairman.

Schnittman Joins Bloomsbury; Bowers Promoted at OUP

Evan Schnittman is leaving Oxford University Press to become managing director of group sales and marketing, print and digital for Bloomsbury.

Comings and Goings: July 12, 2010

If you've been laid off recently, or left your job, 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.

Nettie Bleich Aljian, former sales director at Princeton Architectural Press, can be reached at nettiea@optonline.net.

Howard M. Goldstein, former v-p of strategic sourcing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at howgold@yahoo.com.

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Job Moves: July 12, 2010

Scholastic Press has promoted Lisa Sandell from senior editor to executive editor. The company has also made two new hires: Bess Braswell, former marketing manager for Aladdin and Pulse at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, has come on as associate director of marketing for Scholastic paperbacks and the Point, Cartwheel, Licensing, and Graphix imprints; and David Sandler, former manager of marketing and social media for American Express' establishment services division, is now Scholastic's associate director of digital marketing and advertising.

Ross Takes Spot at Abrams Artists

Steve Ross, who's been consulting since leaving HarperCollins, has taken a new position at the Abrams Artists Agency. Ross has been running his own author services business since last February, when HarperCollins closed the unit Ross was president and publisher of, Collins.

Comings and Goings: July 8, 2010

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Diane Salvatore, former v-p and publisher of Broadway Books, can be reached at dianejsalvatore@gmail.com.

Gonzalo Ferreyra, former v-p of sales for VIZ Media, can be reached at gonzalopferreyra@gmail.com.

You can find a full list of all those who have appeared in Comings and Goings here.

Jacobs Named Editorial Director at HC Children's Books

HarperCollins's Children's Books has announced several promotions, including that of Farrin Jacobs to the position of editorial director. As the head of the teen series team in the division's fiction group, Jacobs oversaw the publication of the L.A. Candy, Vampire Diaries, and The Luxe series, among others; she also acquired and edited the Pretty Little Liars series and acquired the 2009 Printz winner Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta.

Bryan Named President of Penguin Canada; Rundle to Return

The Penguin Group has moved quickly to solve its Penguin Canada problem, announcing this morning that Penguin veteran Mike Bryan has been named president of the company and that it has reached an agreement with Lisa Rundle to settle all outstanding claims made by Rundle against the publisher and David Davidar, the former Penguin Canada president who resigned amid sexual harassment charges made by Rundle. Although terms of the settlement were not disclosed, Rundle will return to her previous role as rights and contracts director for Penguin Canada in a few weeks' time.

Comings and Goings: July 7, 2010

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Allison Elsby, former director of merchandising at Borders Group Inc, can now be reached at aelsby2@gmail.com.

You can find a full list of all those who have appeared in Comings and Goings here.

Job Moves: July 6, 2010

Zel McCarthy has been named west coast sales representative at Phaidon Press. McCarthy is based in Los Angeles and handles California and the west coast as well as the southwest, including Colorado; he was most recently at Taschen, where he started as an editorial intern and wound up managing the publisher's store in Los Angeles.

Job Moves: July 2, 2010

Milkweed Edtions has hired Ethan Rutherford as marketing and publicity manager, effective July 12. Rutherford began his career as a bookseller at Three Lives in New York and later worked in publicity and marketing at Walker and Co., Vintage, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Job Moves: July 1, 2010

Following the recent birth of her third daughter, Martha Kanya-Forstner is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Doubleday Canada Publishing Group. Kanya-Forstner was with Doubleday for 12 years, starting as an intern and moving up through the editorial ranks.

Byram Named Director at UNM Press

The University of New Mexico Press has named John W. Byram director. Byram was editor-in-chief and director of development at the University Press of Florida. Byram started his career at Norton, where he worked as a sales rep, then transitioned into marketing before moving into editorial in 1998, when he focused on academic science titles.

Wohl Departing Macmillan

Effective June 30, Lauren L. Wohl will step down from her position as associate publisher for Roaring Brook Press, Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, and First Second Books. However, Wohl won’t be leaving the publisher entirely: she will immediately begin consulting for Macmillan Children’s Book Group's institutional marketing division as well as for ReadKiddoRead, an organization founded by author James Patterson to help adults find good books for children and teens, and for other projects as they arise.

Job Moves: June 29, 2010

Hachette Digital has announced three promotions and two new hires, and Penguin Group has announced a new head of its worldwide digital strategy.