North America

AMS
Has promoted vice president, sales Tara Catogge to executive vice president, sales and merchandising.
(Publishers Lunch)

HarperCollins
At the Children's Books division, Martha Rago has been named associate creative director. Andrea Pappenheimer has been promoted to senior vice president, sales and associate publisher. Brian Grogan, previously senior vice president and director of distributor sales, has been promoted to the newly created role of senior vice president of sales for general.
(Publishers Weekly)

Has hired Jennifer Sheridan as sales representative for the New York region, selling adult books to Bookazine, Barnes & Noble College Stores, and area independents.
(Publishers Lunch)

Ingram Publisher Services Harry Kirchner joins the national accounts sales team. He was national accounts director for competitor PGW.
(Publishers Lunch)

Kodansha International
Hector DeJean has joined Kodansha America as publicity manager for the Kodansha International, Japan Publications Trading, and Kodansha America imprints. He was a senior publicist at Dutton and Gotham.
(Publishers Lunch)

New Press
Joel Ariaratnam is now an assistant editor and Maury Botton has become senior managing editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Palgrave Macmillan
Has hired Jodie Hockensmith as senior publicist. She was at Harcourt Trade. She will also serve as the liaison between Palgrave and St. Martin's publicity departments. Emily Beckman has joined the department as trade publicity assistant.
(Publishers Lunch)

Warner Faith
The Nashville-based Christian publishing division of the Time Warner Book Group, announced that it is changing its name to FaithWords.
(Publishers Weekly)

Workman
Has hired Raquel Jaramillo as vice president and director of children's publishing. Jaramillo, who is creative director at Henry Holt, replaces David Allender, who left for Scholastic in January.
(Publishers Weekly)

UK/Europe

Bertelsmann's Direct Group
Is buying Bertrand Livreiros, Portugal's largest bookstore chain, for an estimated 20 to 30 million euros.
(Publishers Lunch)

Bloomsbury
Stephanie Duncan has joined the executive board. She is in charge of the group's bibliographic information services, IT and websites for Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury USA, Walker & Company, Berlin Verlag and A&C Black, as well as individual author and book websites which both promote and sell our books internationally.
(Publishing News)

Headline
Has promoted Emily Kennedy to marketing director from head of marketing.
(The Bookseller)

Portfolio Books
Charles Arnold, founder and m.d.is to retire this month. David Lester, the company's majority shareholder and non-executive director, is to take over as chief executive.
(The Bookseller)

Quercus
Sue Freestone, outgoing Hutchinson Publishing Director, is to join as publisher of its Trade Division.
(Publishing News)

Random House
Former Granta Books publisher Gail Lynch is to provide maternity leave cover for Kate Elton, Arrow Publishing Director, from 17 July to January 2007. Rebecca Carter, currently editorial director of Chatto & Windus, will be stepping up to the specially created post of editor-at-large for the Random House Division. She will be starting in October, taking on specially selected projects from all Random House Division imprints.
(Publishing News)

Sage Publications
Has acquired the 33 social science titles on Hodder Arnold 's journals list from Hodder Education, a division of Hodder Headline.
(Book Trade News Digest)

Virgin
Is expanding its editorial team with the appointment of Claire Kingston (moving from Ebury) and Edward Faulkner (joining from John Murray) as commissioning editors. Han Ismail has been promoted to key accounts manager, from her previous role as marketing manager.
(Publishing News)

North America

Bloomsbury
Peter Ginna, who was editorial director of the trade division at Oxford University Press, has been given the title of publisher and editorial director of a new imprint.
(Publishers Weekly)

Borders
Ann Binkley has returned to Borders Group as director of public relations.
(Publishers Lunch)

DC Comics
Rich Johnson, longtime vice president for trade book sales at DC Comics, is leaving the company.
(Publishers Weekly)

HarperCollins
At Morrow editor Harriet Bell has been put on a three-day work week and cookbook publicist Carrie Bachman was let go.

HarperCollins Children's Books has hired Mary Albi, most recently a consultant for Virgin Books, as director of marketing. Cristina Gilbert has been promoted to senior director of marketing at HarperCollins Children's Books.
(Publishers Weekly)

Howard Morhaim Literary Agency
Kate McKean has joined as an agent.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House
Ruth Liebmann has been promoted to the new position of vice president, director, retail field marketing & merchandising

Reader's Digest
Jodi Kahn has been tapped to run the digital operations, joining with the title president of digital business.
(Publishers Weekly)

Sandvik Innovations
Patricia Rauch has been promoted to president from v-p and general manager. Ann Szamboti has been promoted to director of sales. Margaret Fehrenbacher has been promoted to product manager.
(Publishers Weekly)

Scholastic
Devereuz Chatillon has been named general counsel.
(Publishers Weekly)

Scribner
Molly Dorozenski has been promoted to associate publicist, and Kate Bittman has been promoted to senior publicist.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Anova Books
Has promoted Laura Brudenell to head of marketing.
(Publishing News)

Headline
Emma Kennedy has been promoted to marketing director.
(Publishing News)

Random House
Has acquired a majority shareholding in BBC Books which will now become part of the Ebury Publishing Division under Publisher Fiona MacIntyre.
(Publishing News)

Sterling
Adrian Greenwood, currently head of international sales at Penguin for the Asian market, is joining the company as director of UK and export sales. Jason Prince has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing.
(Publishing News)

Waterstone's
Has appointed Rachael Swindlehurst Internet marketing manager. Bijoux M'Bayo has been named Internet product planning manager. Kieron Smith joins as Internet commercial operations manager.
(Publishing News)

North America

Bloomsbury Children's Books
Has promoted Stacy Cantor to assistant editor from editorial assistant, and Rachel Wasdyke to assistant publicist from marketing and publicity assistant.
(Publishers Weekly)

Chronicle Books
Christine Carswell, associate publisher of adult books at Chronicle, has taken over as publisher.
(Publishers Weekly)

Free Press
Maris Kreizman has been promoted to associate editor. Kate Harris Jay is joining the imprint as senior publicist.
(Publishers Lunch)

Greenwood Press
Karin Kuczynski Holmgren has joined the press as senior marketing mana
ger for the Praeger imprint. (Publishers Lunch)

HarperCollins
Virginia Stanley has been promoted to director, academic and library marketing.
(Publishers Lunch)

Interactive Composition Corp
Macmillan India Ltd. has bought the Portland-based publishing company, which specializes in textbooks and professional and trade books.
(Book Trade News Digest)

Penguin Group
Alan Walker is taking over for recently deceased colleague Dan Lundy as senior director of academic marketing and sales.
(Publishers Lunch)

Putnam
Brendan Duffy has been promoted to associate editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House Children's Books
Elizabeth Mackey has been hired as publicist. Noreen Marchisi has been promoted to senior publicist. Laurie Hogan has been promoted to associate publicist.
(Publishers Lunch)

Simon & Schuster Children's
Lucille Rettino has been named director of marketing for SSE and Simon Pulse.
(Publishers Lunch)

St. Martin's Press
Hired Andrew Martin for the new position of vice president, publisher of the Minotaur imprint.
(Publishers Lunch)

Viking
Hilary Redmon has been promoted to editor. Alessandra Lusardi has been promoted to associate editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Borders
Caroline Mileham, previously Waterstone's fiction and non-fiction manager, has been appointed books category manager. She replaces Gaynor Allen who has moved to Tesco's as its new Books Buying Manager.
(Book Trade News Digest)

Cambridge University Press
Has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in Delhi-based distributor and publisher Foundation Books, which will be renamed CUP India.
(The Bookseller)

Hachette Livre
Richard Kitson, currently deputy chief operating officer of Little, Brown, is named commercial director of HLUK. Robert Manser becomes group sales director, Little Brown Book Group.

David Kent becomes joint COO alongside finance director and COO Nigel Batt. Julian Shaw is to become deputy finance director of Little, Brown Book Group.
(Publishing News)

Hutchinson
Sue Freestone, publishing director, is to leave the company after 14 years for "a new adventure".
(Publishing News)

Scholastic
Is restructuring its Education Division to create two separate business units focused on Scholastic's education magazines, and books and digital resources for teachers resulting in the loss of up to seven jobs.
(The Bookseller)

North America

Books-A-Million
Doug Markham will replace Richard Wallington as CFO in early July.
(Publishers Lunch)

HarperCollins
Jamie Brickhouse is joining as director of their speakers bureau, reporting to group publicity director Debbie Stier. Julie Elmuccio has been promoted to speakers bureau coordinator.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House Children's Books
Elizabeth Mackey joins as publicist. Jacqueline Brook joins as publicity assistant. Noreen Marchisi has been promoted to senior publicist from publicist. Laurie Hogan has been promoted to associate publicist from publicity assistant.
(Publishers Weekly)

Scholastic
New hires include: Daniel Moreton as executive art director of licensed books and Cartwheel. Paul Banks as art director of licensed books. Keri Becker as associate brand manager of licensed publishing and Cartwheel. Elizabeth Parisi has been promoted to executive art director of hardcover from art director of special projects.

Marijka Kostiw has been promoted to art director, associate to the creative director from art director of Scholastic Press. Steve Scott has been promoted to executive art director of paperbacks from art director. Debra Cobb has been promoted to art department coordinator from administrative assistant/traffic manager for Cartwheel.
(Publishers Weekly)

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Has hired Lucille Rettino, formerly of Henry Holt, as director of marketing for Simon Spotlight Entertainment and Simon Pulse. Lila Haber, formerly of Scholastic, will join the company as senior publicist.

Elena Mechlin is now the marketing assistant for the trade group. Bridget McCabe has been promoted to associate managing editor.
(Publishers Weekly)

UK/Europe

HarperCollins
Has appointed specialist e-marketeer Shiona McDougall as group marketing director. Clive Malcher, former head of ITV's interactive and products, has been appointed digital publisher.
(The Bookseller)

Mulcahy & Viney
Rosie de Courcy, Orion co-founder and Little, Brown editor, is to join the literary agency as editorial director.

Random House
Sue Freestone, publishing director of Hutchinson, is to leave the company in August.
(Publishing News)

The Stationary Office
Richard Dell has been appointed CEO.
(Publishing News)

VISTA International
Operations director, Gary Bowman, has been appointed to the Executive Board.

Waterstone's
Toby Bourne is to take up the new role of fiction and children's category manager.
(The Bookseller)

North America

Collins Business
Ethan Friedman is leaving St. Martin's to join as an editor. Genoveva Llosa has joined as an associate editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Florida Hospital Publishing
Has hired Stephanie Rick as their full-time marketing manager.
(Publishers Lunch)

Island Press
Brian Weese joins as director of sales and marketing.
(Publishers Weekly)

Norton and Workman
Have created a new three-person field sales force that will sell both independent publishers' titles in the Southeast. Michael Levatino, Gail Whitten and Bill Verner comprise the sales unit.
(Publishers Weekly)

UK/Europe

Bloomsbury
Chiki Sarkar, currently Bloomsbury commissioning editor, will be joining Random House India as editor-in-chief on August 14.
(Publishing News)

Bonnier Publishing
Former Octopus Publishing Group CEO Derek Freeman has joined the publisher.
(Publishers Lunch)

Faber
Hannah Griffiths, who joined Faber in 2003, has been appointed to the new position of head of paperback publishing.
(Publishing News)

Little, Brown
The science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit will be extended to both the US and Australia. Publishing director Tim Holman will relocate to the US in July and will run all three units from there.
(Publishers Lunch)

Sarah Such Literary Agency
Sarah Such, previously editorial director at Duckworth and senior editor at Hodder, as well as publicity director at Penguin, is launching a literary agency, focusing on first novels and biography.
(Publishing News)

Thomson Learning
The educational publisher has appointed Tom Davy as chief executive officer and managing director of its London-based Europe, Middle East and Africa division.
(The Bookseller)

World Book Day Philippa Dickinson, managing director of Random House Children's Books, has been appointed vice chair of World Book Day 2007.
(The Bookseller)

North America

Disney Publishing Deborah Dugan, president, announced her resignation and is being replaced by R. Russell Hampton, Jr. Hampton.
(Publishers Lunch)

DK Publishing
Tom Korman, director of sales, has been promoted to vice president of trade sales.
(Publishers Lunch)

Harcourt Children's Books Announced that editorial director Liz Van Doren will add director of Red Wagon Publishing to her title.
(Publishers Weekly)

Interweave Press
Has hired Tricia Waddell as editorial director of the book publishing group.
(Publishers Lunch)

MBI Publishing
Tim Parker, senior vice president of publishing, left the company last month.
(Publishers Weekly)

Penguin Children's
Anjulee Alvares and Sara Zick have joined the publicity department as senior publicists. Allison Smith has been promoted to publicist.
(Publishers Lunch)

Regal Literary
Markus Hoffmann will join the agency as foreign rights manager.
(Publishers Lunch)

Scholastic
Gil A. Dickoff has been appointed vice president and treasurer, taking over for Vincent Marzano who is resigning after 19 years at the company.
(Publishers Lunch)

Trident Media Group
Holly Root has been promoted to audio rights agent, taking the place of Hilary Rubin.
(Publishers Lunch)

Warner Twelve
Has hired Cary Goldstein for the dual role of director of publicity and acquiring editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Workman Publishing
Is to acquire Portland, Oregon-based gardening book publisher Timber Press.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Bloomsbury Publishing
Has acquired Methuen Drama Ltd
(Book Trade News Digest)

Hachette Livre
Has hired marketing consultant Damian Horner to work exclusively with the group.
(Publishing News)

North America

Advanced Marketing Services
Has appointed Gary Rautenstrauch president and CEO.
(Publishers Weekly)

Agate Publishing
The three-year-old publisher, primarily of African-American fiction and nonfiction, announced that it is acquiring Surrey Books, which has published approximately 100 entertainment, food and lifestyle titles.
(Publishers Weekly)

Audio Renaissance
Has hired Kristin Lang as editorial director.
(Publishers Lunch)

Baker& Taylor
Castle Harlan, a private investment company, is acquiring the company.
(Subtext)

Blackwell's
Susan Peterson has been appointed to the position of CEO.
(Publishers Lunch)

Dia Art Foundation
Len Riggio, Barnes & Noble chairman, will step down as head of the Dia Art Foundation once a successor can be found.
(Publishers Weekly)

DSM Agency
Delia Berrigan has been promoted to subsidiary rights specialist.
(Publishers Lunch)

Inkwell Management
Elisa Petrini joined the company where in addition to signing clients, she will work with authors to help shape proposals and manuscripts.
(Publishers Weekly)

Irene Skolnick Literary Agency
Anna Stein will be joining as an agent.
(Publishers Lunch)

New Press
Ellen Mastromonaco Adler, deputy director since 2003, has been promoted to publisher.
(Publishers Lunch)

Oxford University Press
As a result of merging its trade and academic divisions under the direction of publisher Niko Pfund, three employees will be leaving the press: v-p and trade publisher Ellen Chadosh; executive v-p and COO Barbara Wasserman; and v-p and director of sales Michael Burkin. In addition, Joan Bossert has been promoted from v-p and associate publisher to publisher for brain sciences, medicine and social work.
(Publishers Weekly)

Penguin and Plume
Ali Bothwell Mancini has been promoted from associate editor to editor.

Random House
Justine Trubey has been named to the new position of executive director, audio operations.
(Publishers Lunch)

Weldon Owen
Former Dorling Kindersley publisher Christopher Davis is joining Weldon Owen as publisher-at-large.
(Publishers Lunch)

Xulon Press
The evangelical Christian POD publisher has been acquired by Salem Communications.
(Publishers Weekly)

UK/Europe

HarperCollins
Ben Hurd, currently marketing manager for product and advertising at Waterstone's, will be the new head of marketing for Press Books as of July 17.
(Publishing News)

Tesco
Has appointed Gaynor Allen, currently Books Category manager at Borders UK, as its new books buying manager, replacing Caroline Ridding, who left to become special publishing projects director at HarperCollins.
(Publishing News)

Tokyopop
Has announced the appointment of Saimma Javaid in the role of marketing & public relations manager.
(Publishing News)

North America

Baker & Taylor
Is being sold to private equity group, Castle Harlan, for $455 million.
(Publishers Lunch)

Chronicle Books
Has promoted Chris Boral to marketing director of children's books from associate director of marketing.
(Publishers Weekly)

Clerisy Press
Richard Hunt is launching the new publishing house which will be headquartered in Cincinnati.
(Publishers Weekly)

Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Sales director Jim Nichols has been promoted to vice president, sales.
(Publishers Lunch)

Disney Book Group
Jennifer Zatorski has been named associate publicity director starting May 30. She is moving from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, where she is currently associate director of publicity.
(Publishers Weekly)

HarperCollins
Carolyn Bodkin is rejoining the company, as manager of foreign rights, overseeing books from Amistad, Avon, Harper Entertainment, Perennial, Regan Books and Rayo, reporting to Juliette Shapland.

Tavia Kowalchuk and Rachel Bressler are switching positions. Kowalchuk will become associate marketing director for Morrow, and Bressler will become Barnes & Noble national account manager for the Harper Trade imprints.
(Publishers Lunch)

Houghton Mifflin
Has named Betsy Groban as vice president and publisher of the Children's Book Group.
(Publishers Weekly)

McGraw-Hill Professional
Lynda Luppino has been promoted to vice president of group sales.
(Publishers Lunch)

Debbie Innie has been promoted from vice president and director of special markets to vice president and director of sales operations.
(Publishers Weekly)

Random House
Bill Takes now has the title of executive director, business operations and new business development.
(Publishers Lunch)

Has acquired Chicago-based Triumph Books. Triumph's publisher and CEO, Mitch Rogatz, will now hold the title president of Triumph Books reporting to Bill Takes.
(Publishers Weekly)

Rizzoli
Robb Pearlman has been hired in the position of senior editor, calendars, children's books, and licensing.
(Publishers Lunch)

Scholastic
Elizabeth Whiting has joined as national account manager for Borders and Walden. She was formerly at Perseus Book Group.
(Publishers Weekly)

Scribner
Brant Rumble has been promoted to senior editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Brian Gentes has been named educational sales and licening manager of subsidiary rights. Renee Fountain has been named licensing and brand manager. Brenna Sinnott has been named production editor of managing editorial. Lynn Smith has been promoted to director of licensing and brand management of subsidiary rights.

Beth Sue Rose has been promoted to director of subsidiary rights, educational sales and home book clubs. Jessica Schein has been promoted to associate director of marketing for the mass market. Erika Arno has been promoted to associate brand manager of Nickelodeon and S&S Children's Publishing. Shannon Carlin has been promoted to subsidiary rights coordinator.
(Publishers Weekly)

Wizards of the Coast
Cortney Marabetta has been hired as associate editor, reporting to managing editor Philip Athans.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Granada Learning
David Smith has been appointed executive chairman.
(Publishing News)

Lonely Planet
Richard Samson, former Chrysalis sales and marketing director, has been appointed sales director.
(Publishing News)

North America

Advanced Marketing Services
Bruce Myers is leaving his post as president and CEO and is resigning his board post as well.
(Publishers Lunch)

American Booksellers Association
Announced the election of Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshops and Beth Puffer of Bank Street Bookstore to three-year terms on the organization's nine-person board of directors, along with the re-election of current board member Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore to a second term. Shanks will serve for a year as vice president/secretary. Russ Lawrence of Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, Montana was ratified as the new president, taking over from Mitchell Kaplan.
(Publishers Lunch)

Avon
Adrienne DiPietro has been promoted to vice president, director of marketing.
(Publishers Lunch)

Basic Books
Michele Jacob will fill the new role of director of publicity.
(Publishers Lunch)

Borders
Ernesto Martinez has joined the merchandising team as a buyer specializing in Spanish and foreign language titles.
(Publishers Weekly)

Bowker
Kelly Gallagher, head of business development at the ECPA, has been named general manager of the business intelligence segment.
(Publishers Weekly)

Creative Culture
Karen Gerwin has joined as an agent.
(Publishers Lunch)

Farrar, Straus
Eric Chinski has been named as the new editor-in-chief.
(Publishers Lunch)

GT/PR
Gene Taft, who resigned as vice president, assistant publisher and director of publicity at Public Affairs last year, as set up GT/PR, a book promotion firm based in Washington, DC.
(Publishers Weekly)

Rodale
Tami Booth Corwin, who took over as president of the Rodale Book group last June, will step down from that position later this month.
(Publishers Weekly)

Zondervan
Has acquired Youth Specialties, an interdenominational Christian youth-serving organization.
(Subtext)

UK/Europe

Bertrams
Chris Rushby, formerly commercial director of Bertram Library Services, has been appointed to the new role of buying director of Bertram Books.
(Publishing News)

Gardners
Books marketing manager Ryan Gearing is leaving after 13 years with the wholesaler to take up some new ventures including developing his own online military history books retailing and publishing venture, Tommies Guides.
(Publishing News)

Octopus Publishing Group
Fran Johnson is to join in the newly created role of operations director, assuming responsibility for production, distribution and IT. She is currently in a similar position at Phaidon.
(Publishing News)

Transworld
Joint publicity director Nicky Henderson leaves to strike out as a freelance, and her counterpart, Patsy Irwin, takes over as publicity director. Senior press and PR managers

Alison Barrow and Laura Sherlock have been appointed associate publicity directors. Martin Higgins, currently UK sales manager, has been promoted to the position of UK sales director.
(Publishing News)

Walker Books
Helen McAleer, currently Deputy MD at BBC Worldwide Children's, join as managing director in July. She will have a specific brief to look at new media.
(Publishing News)

North America

Atria
David Brown has been promoted to assistant director of publicity.
(Publishers Lunch)

Candlewick
Has hired Hilary Breed Van Dusen as acquisitions editor.
(Publishers Weekly)

Chronicle
Sara Gillingham, design manager, has been promoted to design director of children's books. Mariana Oldenburg joins the company as senior designer.
(Publishers Weekly)

Courier Corp.
Has acquired Creative Homeowner, a publisher of home improvement books.
(Publishers Weekly)

Del Ray Manga
Dallas Middaugh has been promoted to associate publisher and will relocate from LA to the New York office. Mutsumi Miyazaki, formerly of Tokyo Pop, has been hired as director of licensing and acquisitions.
(Publishers Lunch)

HarperCollins
Lynn Grady has been promoted to vice president, associate publisher for the William Morrow, HarperEntertainment, Eos and Morrow Cookbooks lists. Laurie Chittenden is joining William Morrow team as an executive editor.

Longtime William Morrow editor Claire Wachtel will now be an executive editor at the Harper imprint. Tracey Menzies has been promoted to vice president, creative operations within the new digital publishing services department.

Pat Pagano has been named associate director for the same department Elliott Beard is now director, electronic text management, also within the digital publishing services group.
(Publishers Lunch)

Houghton Mifflin
Joe Monti has been hired as national accounts manager for the children's book group.
(Publishers Weekly)

Ingram Publishers Services Daniel Sheehan has been named head of national accounts.
(Publishers Weekly)

McGraw-Hill
Johanna Bowman has been hired as an editor. She was previously assistant editor at Random House.
(Publishers Lunch)

Other Press
Carol Lazare has been named director of subsidiary rights.
(Publishers Lunch)

Penguin
Alexis Washam has been promoted to assistant editor at Viking Penguin.
(Publishers Lunch)

Simon & Schuster
Sue Fleming has been promoted to the new position of vice president, executive director, online and consumer marketing.
(Publishers Lunch)

Warner Books
Amy Einhorn has been promoted to the new role of vice president, hardcover editor-in-chief.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Granta Publications
Canongate managing director David Graham will take over as managing director this summer, overseeing the book and magazine units as well as Portobello Books.
(Publishers Lunch)

VISTA International
George Lossius, managing director of Applications & Technology, has been named group chief executive officer.

Working White
Has appointed Frank Chambers as Sales Director. Chambers was previously Foreign Rights Director with the Chrysalis Book Group.
(Publishing News)

North America

Adams Media
Chief Operating Officer Scott Watrous will be leaving to head Globe Pequot Press. Following the departure of Watrous, a three-man executive team will run the publishing house: Gary Krebs will continue to direct the publishing program as executive publishing director. Karen Cooper will remain head of marketing and publicity functions and will also be responsible for packaging as director of marketing and design. Jeanne Emanuel, executive director of sales, will add responsibility for proprietary publishing program to her sales duties.
(Publishers Weekly)

Ballantine
Associate editor Julia Cheiffetz has been promoted to editor, reporting to publisher Libby McGuire.
(Publishers Lunch)

Bowker
Has hired Annie Callanan, who was most recently executive vice president at Advanstar Communications' health care publisher, Life Sciences Group, as their new president and CEO.
(Publishers Lunch)

HarperCollins
Appointed Suzanne Wickham director of publicity, Los Angeles, for ReganMedia.
(Subtext)

Farrin Jacobs joins as executive editor, focusing on teen fiction. Harper executive editor Marjorie Braman is moving over to the William Morrow team but she will continue to edit her current Harper authors.
(Publishers Lunch)

Houghton Mifflin
John Mendelson has been promoted to director of field sales. David Falk has been promoted to director of national account for Barnes & Noble and Baker & Taylor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Intervisual
Has hired Debra Mostow Zakarin as publisher/director of creative.
(Publishers Lunch)

Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Has purchased Porter & Associates Publishing, obtaining rights to Porter & Associate's emergency medical publications and nursing guides.
(Subtext)

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
David Ford is stepping down as publisher to move to London to open a book packaging company.
(Publishing News)

New England College Press
A new collegiate press is being created with the help of Robert Emmett Ginna, a former editor-in-chief at Little, Brown.
(Publishers Lunch)

Penguin
Sarah McGrath has been named president and executive editor of Riverhead Books.
(Subtext)

Simon & Schuster
Lisa Drew, who started her own imprint at Macmillan/Scribner in 1993 and continued to head the unit at Simon & Schuster, will retire June 30.
(Publishers Weekly)

Trident Media Group
Kim Whalen has been promoted to a full-time agent and has given up her responsibilities as managing director of foreign rights. Claire Roberts has been promoted to managing director for rights. Lara Lea Allen, previously foreign rights manager at HarperCollins, joins as associate director.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Anova Books
Frank Chambers, foreign rights director, is leaving to join children's publisher Working White. Emma O'Grady, senior foreign rights manager, has been promoted to foreign rights director. Emma Smart has been appointed legal and contracts manager.
(Publishing News)

HarperCollins
Iain Chapple, currently head of marketing for HarperCollins' Press Books, is to become HarperCollins' head of Harper non-fiction marketing at the end of April.
(Publishing News)

North America

Hachette
Jill Cohen, head of Bulfinch and Springboard imprints, will leave the company at the end of April. With her departure, Bulfinch is moving to Little, Brown where it will be under the direction of Little, Brown publisher Michael Pietsch, and Bulfinch executive editor Michael Sand will report to Little, Brown editor-in-chief Geoff Shandler.

Springboard is moving under the Warner Books umbrella where editorial director Karen Murgolo will report to Warner publisher Jamie Raab. Matthew Ballast, who handled publicity for both imprints, will oversee Bulfinch public relations for the remainder of the year, after which publicity will switch to Little, Brown. He will continue to do publicity for Springboard and other Warner titles.
(Publishers Weekly)

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Has named Andrew Smith vice president of marketing and associate publisher.
(Publishers Weekly)

Other Press
Terrie Akers has been promoted to publicist.
(Publishers Lunch)

Penguin
Plume editor-in-chief Trena Keating has been named associate publisher as well. Elda Rotor will join the company as executive editor of Penguin Classics, reporting to Penguin associate publisher and editor-in-chief Stephen Morrison.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House
Furaha Norton, formerly of Oxford University Press, is now an editor at Vintage/Anchor.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Has promoted Nicole Russo to publicity manager from senior publicist. Samanatha Wolfert has been promoted to publicist from associate publicist. Katherine Devendorf has been promoted to senior production editor at Simon Pulse and Simon Spotlight Entertainment. She was formerly production editor.
(Publishers Weekly)

UK/Europe

CPI
The European book manufacturer has acquired UK-based printer Fulmar.
(Publishing News)

Pan Macmillan
Aimee Roche, previously head of sales for Europe and the Middle East, is now the international sales director.
(Publishing News)

Waterstone's
Buying manager, Scott Pack, is to join web-to-print venture, The Friday Project.
(Publishing News)

North America

Basic
Ellen Garrison has been promoted to associate editor for Basic, Basic Civitas, and Counterpoint. Jason Brantley has been promoted to senior publicist for Basic, Basic Civitas and Counterpoint.
(Publishers Lunch)

BookExpo America
Lance Fensterman has been named show manager starting on April 10.
(Publishers Weekly)

Bookspan
Has hired Sue R.E. Geramian for the new position of senior vice president, corporate communications, reporting to CEO Markus Wilhelm.
(Publishers Lunch)

Consortium
David Perkins has joined the company as academic marketing director.
(Publishers Lunch)

Friedrich Agency
Molly Friedrich is leaving the Aaron Priest Literary Agency to set up her own agency, starting July 1.
(Publishers Weekly)

Hachette Livre
The purchase of the Time Warner Book was completed on March 31. Time Warner Book Group will now be Hachette Book Group.
(Publishing News)

HarperCollins
Promoted Gretchen Crary to associate director of publicity.
(Subtext)

Houghton Mifflin Children's Book Group
Linda Magram has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president, director of marketing.
(Publishers Weekly)

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
David Ford, vice president and publisher, is stepping down from that post. He is succeeded by Megan Tingley, who is currently vice president, associate publisher and editor-in-chief.
(Publishers Weekly)

Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Robin Benjamin joins as senior editor.
(Publishers Weekly)

Penguin
Marian Lizzi has been named senior editor for the G.P. Putnam's Son imprint.
(Subtext)

Safari Books Online
Dejan Nenov joins the company as chief technology officer. Dennis Kilian joins as vice president, sales. Paul Owen joins as vice president, domestic business development. Mike Violano joins as vice president, international business development.
(Publishers Lunch)

Scholastic
Kara LaReau, most recently at Candlewick Press, has been hired as an executive editor for Scholastic Press, starting later this month.

Stacey Lellos returns to the trade division as director of licensed publishing, reporting to Ellie Berger. She will be responsible for the acquisition and strategic management of Scholastic's trade portfolio of licensed properties.

Julie Amitie, most recently director of marketing at Simon & Schuster Children's for licensed, novelty, and paperback publishing, has been hired as director of retail marketing and brand management.
(Publishers Lunch)

Simon & Schuster
Mark Von Bargen has been hired as director of national accounts for the children's group. David Carroll is joining as director, distributor sales and retail marketing next week, reporting to Anne Zafian.
(Publishers Lunch)

Touchstone Fireside
Jessica Napp is now a publicity manager.
(Publishers Lunch)

Warner Books Colin Fox has been promoted to senior editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Frankfurt Book Fair
Thomas Minkus, who has served as temporary press officer for the Frankfurt Book Fair since the departure of Holger Ehling, will keep the role on an ongoing basis, while continuing as marketing director. Deputy press director Caroline Vogel has been made director of press and corporate communications. Anne Eckert and Katrin Hage join as new members of the press team.
(Publishers Lunch)

Hachette Livre
Following the acquisition of Time Warner Book Group, Time Warner UK will revert to its former name, Little, Brown Book Group.
(Publishing News)

Octopus Publishing Group
Kevin Hawkins is the new group key accounts director. Jane Smith is group head of marketing and publicity. Fiona Smith is now head of publicity. Rebecca Cobbold is group head of special sales. Karen Mole is sales support manager.
(Publishing News)

Orion
Bill Massey has been named editorial director of the Trade division. He has been senior editor for Bantam Dell in the US the last five years. (Publishing News)

Penguin
Has closed its dedicated French sales office in Toulouse, resulting in the departure of Helen Woodeson, Penguin France MD, and her assistant, Lisa Petersen. Paris rep, Jean-Luc Morel, will report to Feico Deutekom, Penguin Benelux MD.
(Publishing News)

Rough Guides
Kevin Fitzgerald, Rough Guides MD, has left the company. (Publishing News)

Which?
Suzie Stevens has been appointed to the newly created position of head of lifestyle marketing Emily Taylor has been appointed to the newly created position of senior marketing executive.
(Publishing News)

North America

Abrams
David Rosen, who joined the company earlier this year from Bookspan, has been promoted to publisher of Abrams Image while continuing his role as editorial director for Abrams. Deborah Aaronson has been promoted to executive editor, acquiring and editing books for both the adult and Image lists.

Jay Henry has been hired as director of marketing. Lisa Sherman-Cohen takes over as director of publicity for Abrams and Stewart, Tabori and Chang.
(Publishers Lunch)

Doubleday Braodway Spiegel & Grau
Gretchen Koss has been hired as publicity director.
(Publishers Lunch)

Downtown Bookworks
Dinah Dunn, formerly of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, has joined packager Downtown Bookworks as executive editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Free Press
Amber Qureshi is leaving Picador to join Free Press in late April as an editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Interweave Press
Anne Merrow, previously an editor at Thomas Dunne Books, has joined as an editor. Rebecca Campbell has joined as managing editor. Ann Budd, who has worked on the company's craft magazines, is now a book editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Houghton Mifflin
Eamon Dolan has been promoted to editor-in-chief of adult trade books. Senior editor Deanne Urmy has been promoted to executive editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Kodansha America
Walter Halee, formerly at Harrison Edwards Communications and Marketing, has been named publicity manager.
(Publishers Lunch)

Liza Dawson Associates
The literary agency has hired Karen E. Quinones Miller representing nonfiction and commercial fiction. Havis Dawson, formerly an editor-in-chief of business magazines at VNU, has joined the agency to focus on business, political, and self-help books, along with commercial fiction.

Anna Olswanger, coordinator of the Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference at the 92nd Street Y and a children's book author, will represents book for both adults and young readers, with a particular interest in Judaica.
(Publishers Lunch)

North-South Books
Ellen Myrick has been named marketing and publicity director. She was previously senior marketing manager at Ingram for its Spring Arbor division.
(Publishers Weekly)

Simon & Schuster
Has renamed its online division S&S Digital Media and promoted Kate Tentler to head the unit as senior vice president. Atheneum Books for Young Readers has promoted Jordan Brown to assistant editor from editorial assistant.
(Publishers Weekly)

Thomas Nelson
Michelle Sanders has been hired as director of marketing for Tommy Nelson.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Foyles
Kate Gunning, currently Selfridges' Book Buyer, is to join Foyles as Product Manager on April 25.
(Publishing News)

Lightning Source
David Taylor has been named senior vice president for global sales, in addition to his current role of managing director of Lightning Source UK. He will divide his time between the US and UK offices.
(Publishers Lunch)

Ottaker's
The merger between Ottaker's and Waterstone's has been provisionally cleared by the Competition Commission.
(Publishing News)

Virgin
Virgin is restructuring sales and editorial. Jobs created include: Export Sales Manager Rachael Hum, previously of Penguin; Marketing Executive Julia Pidduck, from Time Warner; Text Designer Richard Augustus, from Hodder; and Sales Executive Sarah Collett, currently with Random House.
(Publishing News)

Wiley
Stephen M. Smith has been promoted to COO of Wiley Europe, as of May 1.
(Publishers Lunch)

North America

American Automobile Association (AAA)
Is moving its distribution back to National Book Network after nearly eight years with Simon & Schuster. The switch is effective August 1.
(Publishers Weekly)

Disney's Book Group
Simon Tasker has been named director of global retail sales. He was previously director of national accounts at Simon & Schuster.
(Publishers Weekly)

Doubleday
The new name of the publishing division being created by Cindy Spiegel and Julie Grau will be called Spiegel & Grau.

Gretchen Koss, former associate director of publicity at Viking/Penguin, has been appointed director of publicity. Koss will report to Alison Rich, who has been promoted to executive director of publicity for Doubleday and S&G.
(Publishers Weekly)

McGraw-Hill
Herbert Schaffner has been named publisher for business books, "overseeing the daily operation of the editorial team and setting the strategic direction for the group," along with acquiring titles. He reports to Jeffrey Krames, vice president and publisher, business books. Schaffner was a senior editor at Collins Business.
(Publishers Lunch)

Penguin
At Penguin Press, Jane Fleming has been promoted to associate editor.

In the publicity department at Vintage/Anchor, Sloane Crosley has been promoted to assistant director of publicity.

At the publicity department of Penguin children's, Rhalee Hughes has been promoted to director of publicity. She has been at the company for almost eight years. Jess Michaels moves up to associate director of publicity.

Joshua Kendall will join Viking Penguin next month as senior editor, and Kendra Harpster move to the house as editor. Kendall has been an editor at Picador, also acquiring for FSG, Holt and St. Martin's, though once upon a time he was an intern at Viking Penguin. Harpster was an associate editor at Doubleday.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House Audio Group Publicity director Amanda D'Acierno has been promoted to the newly-created position of director, marketing and publicity. The position of marketing director, which had been held by Sara Schober, has been eliminated.
(Publishers Lunch)

Scholastic
Alan Smagler, former publisher of the children's book group at Houghton Mifflin, will become vice president, trade sales, reporting to Ellie Berger, starting April 10. Smagler takes over from Gray Peterson, who will be reassigned to a senior sales position, reporting to Smagler.
(Publishers Lunch)

Simon & Schuster Children's
Paul Crichton has been named director of publicity and Jennifer Zatorski has been promoted to associate director of publicity, following the departure of Tracy van Straaten. Crichton has been acting as interim director of publicity for Simon Spotlight Entertainment, and was previously director of publicity for Regan Books. He'll report to publisher Rubin Pfeffer.
(Publishers Lunch)

S&S has also promoted three people in its marketing department. Jodie Cohen has been promoted to assistant marketing manager for education and library; Matt Pantoliano has been promoted to marketing associate for trade; and Sarah Donnell has been promoted to marketing coordinator of mass market.
(Publishers Weekly)

Spence Publishing
Has created a new division, Spence Media, providing other publishers, authors, and organizations with publicity services.
(Publishers Lunch)

St. Martin's Press
Executive editor Jennifer Weis has been given the additional title of manager, concept development, in which she will "develop non-traditional book concepts." Those ideas will include "book/movie development, creating custom publishing programs with companies, branded publishing, and other special projects."
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Bonnier Publishing
Packager Weldon Owen has been sold to UK-based Bonnier Publishing (itself part of Sweden's Bonnier Group). Based in San Francisco, Weldon Owen has subsidiaries in Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. Their branded books and relationships with specialty retailers include Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, The Body Shop and Gymboree.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House
Is setting up its own manga imprint, Tanoshimi, which will launch in August this year with 15 titles. This will handle titles published in America by Del Ray/Random House in conjunction with leading Japanese manga publisher Kodansha.
(Publishing News)

North America

Chronicle
Has promoted Cathleen Brady to senior manager of children's publicity.
(Publishers Weekly)

Disney Publishing Worldwide
Jeanne Mosure has been promoted to senior v-p and publisher, Global Children's Books.
(Publishers Weekly)

Doubleday Entertainment
Michael Connor, associate editor at St. Martin's, has joined Doubleday Entertainment as editor of the InsightOut book club.
(Publishers Lunch)

Holtzbrinck Publishers
Brian Napack has been named to the newly created position of president.
(Publishers Weekly)

Houghton Mifflin
Scott Magoon, previously at Candlewick Press, will join Houghton Mifflin Books for Children on March 27 as associate art director.
(Publishers Weekly)

ICM
Assistants Kate Lee and Katharine Cluverius have been promoted and are now agents.
(Publishers Lunch)

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Andrea Spooner has been promoted to editorial director of trade hardcover and paperbacks. Cindy Eagan has been promoted to editorial director of a new imprint for the teen chick lit paperback series. Liza Baker has been promoted to editorial director of LB Kids.
(Publishers Weekly)

Penguin
James Clark has been named senior vice president of distribution, overseeing two warehouses and the order fulfillment office. Linda Bay moves over to become vice president of order fulfillment.
(Publishers Lunch)

Running Press
Jennifer Colella has been promoted to assistant editor. Intern Cindy De La Hoz will take on Colella's editorial assistant position.
(Publishers Lunch)

St. Martin's
Rose Hilliard has moved to St. Martin's as an associate editor. She was at New American Library.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Elsevier
Fiona Foley has left her position as executive vice president of Global Medicine.
(Serials-eNews)

The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers
Has announced the appointment of Michael A. Mabe as its Chief Executive Officer, replacing Dr. Pieter S. H. Bolman.
(Serials-eNews)

John Wiley
Kate Wood, formerly of the Chrysalis Group, has joined as group marketing manager in the STM Group.
(Publishing News)

Justis Publishing Ltd
Jonathan Daymond joins as sales and marketing director.
(Serials-eNews)

North America

Ballantine
Mark Tavani has been promoted to senior editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Basic
Tim Brazier, formerly at HarperCollins, has joined the company as publicity manager.
(Publishers Lunch)

Berrett-Koehler
Promoted Maria Jesus Aguilo to director of international sales and subsidiary rights.
(Publishers Lunch)

Bloomberg Press
Judy Sjo-Gaber, most recently at Weekly Reader Publishing, joins as director of special markets and corporate sales. Janet Coleman, a freelance writer and editor for the past seven years, has joined as senior developmental editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Children's Book Council
Paula Quint, president and executive director, will be stepping down from her post later this spring.
(Publishers Weekly)

Emmis Books
Indianapolis-based broadcast and publishing media giant Emmis Communications announced that the nonfiction and regional book publisher will discontinue operations as of March 21.
(Publishers Weekly)

F+W Publications
David & Charles managing director Sara Domville has been appointed president of the Book Division, following the retirement of Budge Wallis. She will continue to head David & Charles UK, commuting from F+W's headquarters in Cincinnati.
(Publishing News)

HarperCollins Children's Books
Promoted Josh Weiss to vice president of operations.
(Subtext)

National Geographic Children's Books & Education Publishing
Appointed Stephen Mico executive vice president and publisher, succeeding Ericka Markman who is leaving the company.
(Subtext)

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Promoted Karen Frangipane to associate director of trade marketing. She was previously marketing manager for trade.
(Publishers Weekly)

Smithsonian Books
In an effort to streamline editorial and publishing responsibilities, the publisher has eliminated Don Fehr's publisher position. As a result, he is leaving.
(Publishers Weekly)

UK/Europe

Borders
Has promoted Amy Tipper to senior fiction buyer following the departure of Craig Hillier.
(The Bookseller)

HarperCollins
Caroline Ridding is leaving her position as the book buyer for Tesco to join the company in the new role of director of special publishing projects.
(Publishers Lunch)

Hodder Headline
Has acquired secondary school publisher Philip Allan Updates.
(Publishing News)

North America

Abebooks.com
Has acquired a US-based inventory and management company called Fill.
(Publishers Weekly)

HCI Books
Michelle Matrisciani has joined as editorial director.
(Publishers Weekly)

Houghton Mifflin
Ken Carpenter, currently vice president and director of trade sales, is moving to the adult editorial department to take over as director of trade paperbacks.
(Publishers Lunch)

Knopf
Carole Baron is to acquire and edit books for Knopf. She will continue in her role as senior vice-president and publishing director of Bookspan, the marketer of specialist and general interest book clubs.
(Publishing News)

MacAdam/Cage
Will be distributed in Canada by Random House as of April 2006, and Anchor Canada will publish MacAdam/Cage's hardcovers in paperback editions.
(Publishers Lunch)

Motricity
Elizabeth Mackey has moved to the wireless content provider as vice president and general manager of their e-book web site eReader.
(Publishers Lunch)

National Geographic Society
Has agreed to acquire the Hampton-Brown Company and will combine the English-as-a-Second-Language publisher with its existing supplementary education unit to form a new educational division. Sherry Long, founder of Hampton-Brown, will be chairman of National Geographic School Publishing.
(Publishers Weekly)

Perseus
Has brought in Roger Cooper in the new role of vice president, publisher of CDS Books.
(Publishers Lunch)

Random House Children's Books
Jocelyn Lange, associate manager, subsidiary rights, has been promoted to subsidiary rights manager.
(Publishers Weekly)

Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Terra Chalberg is joining as an associate editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

Three Rivers Press
Jason Pinter is moving from Warner, to become an editor.
(Publishers Lunch)

UK/Europe

Amazon.co.uk
Darren Thomson, senior books buyer at distributor Entertainment UK, is to join the company as lead account manager for small and independent publishers.
(The Bookseller)

Borders
Appointed former Waterstone's product director David Roche as CEO.
(Publishing News)

Philip Downer, Borders UK managing director, becomes retail director with responsibility for operations and property.
(The Bookseller)

Hachette Livre
Announced the formation of an international board to oversee the development of the company. The Board will include the following top officials:
Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Livre's chairman and CEO (who will head up the group); David Young, v-p and CEO of Time Warner Book Group; Isabelle Magnac, evecutive v-p and CEO of Hachette Illustrated and Encyclopedia/Partworks divisions; Tim Hely Hutchinson, v-p and CEO of Hachette Livre UK; Jose Manuel Gomez, executive v-p, chairman and CEO of Anaya; Jean-Paul Dupoizat, executive v-p, Group CFO and corporate secretary; and Valerie Bignon, executive v-p of corporate communications.
(Publishers Weekly)

Independent Little Books
Is launching a new imprint, Max, which will publish the company's first full-size books, Little Books having previously focused on smaller titles.
(Publishing News)

John Wiley & Sons
Has acquired the publishing assets of Fernhurst Books, a specialist in guides and manuals for sailing and other water-based activities.
(The Bookseller)

Oxbow Books
John Hudson, former director of Hodder's consumer education division, has been appointed managing director. He takes over from founder David Brown, who is withdrawing from day-to-day involvement.
(The Bookseller)

Random House Children's Books Penny Walker, picture book publisher, has decided to leave the UK. Fiona Macmillan is now promoted to the role of publisher of colour and custom publishing, and assumes responsibility for the whole of the RHCB picture-book list, in addition to her existing responsibilities.
(Publishing News)

WH Smith
David Pierpoint, entertainment business unit director, is to head up the books unit while Rachel Russell is on maternity leave this summer.
(The Bookseller)

North America

AAP
Tina Jordan, director of public relations and special events for BookExpo America, has joined as vice president replacing Katie Blough who has left to pursue a teaching career.
(AAP Monthly)

BookExpo America
Courtney Muller, who ran BookExpo America in the late 1990s, is once again overseeing the publishing trade show, having been named a group vice president at Reed Exhibitions.
(Publishers Weekly)

Bookspan
Has appointed Heather Drucker to the newly created position of publicity director.
(Publishers Weekly)

Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group
Co-publishers Julie Grau and Cindy Spiegel have appointed Chris Jackson, formerly senior editor at Crown, executive editor of their Doubleday division.

Michael Mezzo, who joins from Little, Brown where he was an associate editor, has been named editor of the Grau/Spiegel division.
(Publishers Weekly)

Hal Leonard Corp.
The music publishing giant has expanded its presence in the book market with the purchase of Amadeus Press and Limelight Editions. Leonard acquired the two divisions from John Cerullo who will remain with Leonard as the group publisher of the company's New York-based trade division.
(Publishers Weekly)

Holtzbrinck
Liz Szabla has been named vice president and editor-in-chief of the new children's unit, reporting to senior vice president and publisher Jean Feiwel.
(Publishers Weekly)

Random House Children's Books Has promoted Shanta Small to publicity manager. She was previously senior publicist.
(Publishers Weekly)

Scholastic
Has appointed Abigail McAden editorial director of Point, Scholastic's teen paperback line. She was most recently executive editor at HarperCollins Children's Books.
(Publishers Weekly)

Simon & Schuster
Longtime editor Fred Hills will retire April 14.
(Publishers Weekly)

Sammy Yuen has been promoted to associate art director for the children's publishing division. Emily Westlake has been promoted to assistant editor from editorial assistant for Simon Spotlight Entertainment. Kelly Stocks joins the children's division as marketing assistant.
(Subtext)

Thomas Nelson
Private equity firm InterMedia Partners VII has reached an agreement to acquire the company in a deal worth $473 million.
(Publishers Weekly)

Wolters Kluwer
Paul Jensen joins as vice president of content and platform management for North America.
(UKSG)

UK/Europe

Bloomsbury
Mike Jones has been promoted from commissioning editor to senior editor.
(Publishing News)

Granta
Granta's new owner, Portobello Books co-founder Sigrid Rausing, is integrating the magazine and book publishing sides in a restructure. Gail Lynch, associate publisher of Granta Books, and Sally Lewis, associate publisher of Granta Magazine, have been made redundant.
(Publishing News)

Hachette Livre UK
Has appointed Susan Taylor human resources director (designate), responsible for the personnel issues of the planned separation of the Time Warner Book Group UK from its parent group and its joining Hachette Livre UK group.
(Publishing News)

Logos
Gordon Graham, who has edited 'the journal of the world book community' for 16 years, has handed over editorial responsibility to Charles M Levine, who began his publishing career in South-East Asia and, since his return to the States has held senior posts at Random House, Wiley and Simon & Schuster. Graham is now editor emeritus and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Logos Foundation.
(Publishing News)

Medical Library Association
Lynn Fortney, vice president and director of EBSCO's biomedical division, has been elected to lead the association's Collection Development Section.
(UKSG)

Nelson Thornes
The educational publisher owned by Wolters Kluwer, has appointed Mary O'Connor as its interim managing director.
(The Bookseller)

Orion Publishing Group
Andrew Taylor has been promoted to key accounts director and product director.
(Publishing News)

Quercus
Ian Oliver, formerly of Orion, joins as financial director. David Murphy, also formerly of Orion, joins as key accounts director. Richard Milbank has joined from Cassell/Weidenfeld as publishing director for non-fiction. Nic Cheetham has been appointed as editorial director for trade.
(The Bookseller)

W H Smith
Craig Hillier, currently senior buyer for Fiction at Borders, is to rejoin W H Smith in March as books trading controller for W H Smith Travel, replacing Julie Wright who has joined Simon & Schuster.
(Publishing News)

Wolters Kluwer
M.S. Mani has been appointed as managing director of Wolters Kluwer Health's India office.
(UKSG)

Zenith Information Management Services
David Sidebottom appointed to general manager.
(UKSG)