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Ivan Held was named President of G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 2005. Most recently, he was Vice President and Associate Publisher at Warner Books, where he helped publish numerous #1 bestsellers. Before that, he was the founding Publisher of Random House Trade Paperbacks. In addition, he also acted as Associate Publisher of the hardcover division. Mr. Held had previously worked at Penguin Group (USA) from 1997 to 2000, when he was Marketing Director and Associate Publisher at Viking. He began his career in publicity at Random House, where he ultimately became Vice President, Director of Publicity. | 