Lambda Rising founder and co-owner Deacon Maccubbin announced that their Washington, DC store will close after 35 years in business at the end of this year, along with their outpot at Rehoboth Beach, DE (launched in 1993). Maccubbin writes on the store’s site, “Closing the store now will certainly leave something of a hole in Washington’s literary and political scene and even though I’m excited about the opportunities that will open up for us as we move into the next phase of our life, there is a bittersweet component to it all. But the book market has been changing dramatically, […]
Archives for December 2009
eNews: BN Stores Will Show Not Sell Nook; Kindle Outlines Improvements for Vision-Impaired; Amazon and Atlantic Kindle Stories; and more
Barnes & Noble has just enough Nook inventory to display units in high-traffic stores, but will give all the inventory to those who pre-ordered online: Mary Ellen Keating tells the WSJ, “Based on the high volume of preorders and our commitment to fulfilling those preorders, we’ve decided to hold off on providing inventory to the stores until after the holidays.” Reviews are starting to appear now that some units have landed. Here’s a long enthusiastic one, though the excitement is more over what the nook should turn into soon (with apps for the LCD screen, etc.) It “is not as […]
People
Grand Central Publishing senior editor Natalie Kaire will move over to Stewart, Tabori & Chang as a senior editor on December 15, acquiring cookbooks and food narratives. Ellen Towell has been hired as sales manager, North America for Weldon Owen Australia, with responsibility for selling the books created and produced by the book packager’s Sydney publishing office into the North American market. She will work out of their San Francisco office. Most recently Towell was a sales rep for Karel/Dutton Associates.
More Picks for Best of 2009
The latest lists come from the Boston Globe (which goes for 12 novels and 8 works of nonfiction), and the Christian Science Monitor, which adds their top nonfiction books: WOLF HALL, By Hilary MantelTHE COLLECTOR OF WORLDS, By Iliya TroyanovLAND OF MARVELS, By Barry UnsworthTHE IMMORTALS, By Amit ChaudhuriRED APRIL, By Santiago RoncaglioloTHIS IS HOW, By M.J. HylandLOVE AND SUMMER, By William TrevorLOOK AT THE BIRDIE, By Kurt VonnegutTHE COMPLETE STORIES OF J.G. BALLARD, By J.G. BallardTOO MUCH HAPPINESS, By Alice MunroTHE IGNORANCE OF BLOOD, By Robert WilsonTHE LONG FALL, By Walter Mosley Fiction TRUE COMPASS, By Edward M. KennedyLAST […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, December 7
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Sarah Gardner Borden’s A WONDERFUL SIGHT FROM THE AIR, the story […]
BN Review Editors' Picks
Barnes & Noble’s online Review magazine–which has commissioned a lot of quality reviewing this year–lists their top 10 fiction and 20 nonfiction picks: FictionThe Anthologist, by Nicholson BakerWolf Hall, by Hilary MantelFinch, by Jeff VandermeerThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia DavisWhite Is for Witching, by Helen OyeyemiAsterios Polyp, by David MazzucchelliBlame, by Michelle HunevenFlying, by Eric KraftEvery Man Dies Alone, by Hans FalladaBrothers, by Yu Hua Click through for the nonfiction