John Hayes is joining Parson Weems Publisher Services as the primary liaison to Barnes & Noble as well as a rep, effective October 1. He was formerly director of business development at Red Wheel/Weiser. He began his career in the sales department at William Morrow, then at PGW--first as the mid-Atlantic rep and later as national accounts manager to B&N. He then held sales leadership roles at Tuttle Publishing and MotorBooks/Quarto before spending 14 years as v-p and director of sales & marketing at Inner Traditions.

