Personnel

Sarah Durand joins Atria Books as a Senior Editor, effective September 2. She was previously with HarperCollins, where she most recently headed up the HarperEntertainment licensing program. Anna Baijars has been appointed Publishing Director at WSOY General Literature, reporting to president Veli-Pekka Elonen, effective next month. Baijars has previously worked for Gummerus Publishers as Publishing Director.

BarnesandNoble.com ceo since 2002 Marie Toulantis has resigned her position, but will serve as a consultant to the company. For the moment, e-commerce vp Tom Burke and cfo Kevin Frain have assumed her duties, reporting to company ceo Steve Riggio, which tells you a little something about what Toulantis did there. BN reports quarterly earnings later this week.Release

In McGraw-Hill’s Business editorial group, Donya Dickerson has been promoted to senior editor. She was an editor. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Craig Mandeville has been promoted to Vice President, General Manager for Adult and Children’s Publishing. Frank Totaro has been appointed to the position of Vice President, Deputy Publisher, Novelty and Licensed Publishing, effective immediately, and Alyson Grubard has been named Director of Licensing and Brand Management, reporting to Totaro. HarperFiction UK has promoted deputy publishing director Wayne Brookes to publishing director, reporting to Julia Wisdom, with Voyager’s Sarah Hodgson also moving up to deputy publishing director, reporting to […]

Anna Crowe has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as a Senior Publicist. She was previously with Bantam Dell. 

Marjorie Braman will take up the long-vacant post of editor-in-chief at Henry Holt, starting September 8. An executive editor at HarperCollins, she has been there fore 12 years. Holt president Dan Farley says in the announcement, “She is one of the leading editors in the industry and her excellent track record at Harper Collins is notable for her publishing of quality and commercial books at the same time that she has excelled as a partner for her authors and as a team player for her colleagues.” Braman says:  “I hope I bring to Henry Holt, where there is a long […]