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PRH's Lidofsky to Retire
Norman Lidofsky will retire as the Penguin Group (USA)’s president, director of paperback sales, at the end of 2014.
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Strothman Agency Relocating to NYC
After a decade in Boston, the agency will be moving its headquarters to New York on July 1.
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Crewe Named President, Director at CUP
The appointment, said Columbia University Press, makes Jennifer Crewe the first female director of an Ivy League university press.
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Authors on the Air June 9, 2014: Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan, author of "Not to be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film" (PublicAffairs, 9781586483968 ) will appear on the "Diane Rehm Show" on Tuesday, June 10.
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Job Moves: June 9, 2014
Moira McCann is stepping down as the head of Perseus Books Group's London office.
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Job Moves: June 6, 2014
Baker Publishing Group has appointed Kim Bangs as senior acquisitions editor for the Bethany House and Chosen divisions.
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Authors on the Air June 5, 2014: Thom Shea
Thom Shea, author of "Unbreakable: A Navy Seal’s Way of Life" (Clovercroft Publishing, 9781940262376), will appear on the "Sean Hannity Show" on Thursday, June 5.
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Job Moves: June 5, 2014
Gary Zelko, director and publisher of the Merck Publishing Group since 1982, has retired.
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Job Moves: June 4, 2014
Patricia Stockland has been promoted to v-p, editor in chief at Lerner Publishing Group.
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Einhorn Joining Flatiron Books
Amy Einhorn, who recently left her eponymous imprint at Penguin Random House, is joining Macmillan’s Flatiron Books imprint as senior v-p and publisher.
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Job Moves: June 3, 2014
Indigo Books & Music has appointed Laura Carr, senior v-p, finance to the position of executive v-p and CFO, effective June 25.
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800-CEO-READ’s Jack Covert Retires
The founder and president of the influential business book company leaves.
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Job Moves: June 2, 2014
Long-time adult frontlist book buyer Bill Cusumano, who has been with Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor, Mich., for the past two decades, is heading South. Later this month he will become a bookseller at Square Books in Oxford, Miss.
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Authors on the Air June 2, 2014: A.J. Baime
A.J. Baime, author of "The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547719283), will appear on NPR’s "The Takeaway" on Tuesday, June 3.
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Authors on the Air May 30, 2014: Jessye Norman and Joseph Hallinan
Jessye Norman, author of "Stand Up Straight and Sing!" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544003408) will appear on "PBS Newshour" on Friday, May 30.
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Job Moves: May 29, 2014
Riverdale Avenue Books has named Joseph Pittman editorial director of Dagger, Riverdale’s new mystery and thriller imprint.
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Maya Angelou Dies, Aged 86
The author and activist Maya Angelou, who died at her home in North Carolina, is best known for her 1969 autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Random House).
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Authors on the Air May 28, 2014: Michael Waldman
Michael Waldman, author of "The Second Amendment: A Biography" (Simon & Schuster, 9781476747446), will appear on the "Diane Rehm Show" on Thursday, May 29.
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Job Moves: May 28, 2014
Chris Grimm will join Kensington as director of sales, effective June 16. He was most recently v-p of sales at Globe Pequot.



