Brandi Larsen has joined Penguin's Book Country as director. She was previously with the Chicago Tribune, where she focused the company's content for mobile devices and tablets. In her new role at Book Country, Larsen will focus on growing the community and attracting more writers to self-publish using the company's new e-book publishing tools.

Jonathan Perry is no longer director of TIMS Bibliographic Processes at Ingram Content Group. He can be reached at jonathanperry@comcast.net.