Jason Pinter is joining the Waxman Literary Agency as an agent. Pinter, who has been writing full-time (and occasionally blogging about publishing at The Huffington Post), previously worked as an editor at St. Martin's Press, Crown, and Warner Books (now Grand Central). He will be representing primarily commercial fiction (mysteries, thrillers, suspense), along with pop culture, sports, and YA/middle grade fiction. He will be starting at Waxman on August 2.

DK Publishing has announced three promotions and one new hire. Rachel Kempster has been promoted to director of marketing and publicity. She was formerly associate director of publicity. In her new role, she will oversee both the marketing and publicity groups. Mindy Fichter has been promoted to publicity manager. She started at the company as an assistant in 2005. Laura Rose has been promoted to director of contracts; she joined DK in 2007 as contracts manager. Finally, Lauren Steffens has been hired as licensed marketing manager. She comes to DK from DC Comics.