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AP Photo NYET648 By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) Dan Brown's former publisher has a new job.

Stephen Rubin, who resigned last month from Random House Inc., said Tuesday that he will be the new president and publisher of Henry Holt and Company, where authors include Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and National Book Award finalist Greg Grandin.

Rubin was the longtime head of the Broadway Doubleday division of Random House and published John Grisham, Pat Conroy and Brown, whose "The Da Vinci Code" is among the best-selling novels in history.

But Broadway Doubleday was broken up last year in a corporate consolidation and Rubin was widely believed to be bored in his next position, executive vice president and publisher-at-large of Random House Inc. He will join Holt on Nov. 2.

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