At Tor/Forge, Cassie Ammerman has moved from publicist to digital marketing and Alexis Nixon has been promoted from associate publicist to publicist. Additionally, department assistant Leah Withers has moved up to associate publicist.

Mary Cullinane has been appointed senior v-p of global corporate social responsibility at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Cullinane comes most recently from Microsoft, where she was the company's worldwide director of innovation.

Rachel Kahan will join William Morrow as executive editor. Kahan has been with G.P. Putnam's Sons since 2005.

Barnes & Noble romance buyer Jules Herbert will contribute to Random House's RomanceAtRandom.com website, giving his personal recommendations.