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Archives for November 2016

Bookselling: NYT on What it Takes To Open A New Store; Lexington, KY’s Morris Book Shop Closes

November 30, 2016
By Sarah Weinman

The NYT looks at signs of a comeback for new independent bookstores in the city, most recently Greenlight Bookstore’s just-opened second location in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, as well as around the country. One commonality behind a number of new stores across the country is community financing “that gives neighborhoods a stake in the businesses.” Greenlight co-owner […]

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People: Stanley Forms New Firm, and More

November 29, 2016
By Michael Cader

Janklow & Nesbit partner, managing director and head of foreign rights Cullen Stanley has left to form her own firm, Cullen Stanley International Agency. Stanley has worked at J&N since 1991. The agency said in a brief statement it “is very pleased to announce that it is spinning off its foreign rights department in support of” […]

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New Paula Hawkins Novel Into The Water Publishes May 2, 2017

November 29, 2016
By Michael Cader

Riverhead, Transworld in the UK, and Doubleday Canada have announced that The Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins‘ much-anticipated next novel will be released on May 2, 2017. Into the Water is another novel of psychological suspense “about the slipperiness of the truth and a family drowning in secrets.” The set up: “When a single mother […]

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Barnes & Noble News: Albuquerque Store Closed by Fire, Minnesota Store Opens with Bar, and More Bookselling

November 28, 2016
By Michael Cader

Barnes & Noble’s store in the Coronado Mall in Albuquerque, NM was struck by arson on Saturday night and is reported to have “suffered heavy fire, smoke and water damage.” The store is closed for repairs, as is an Old Navy store in a different location that also suffered from a fire that evening. Spokesperson […]

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People, Etc.

November 28, 2016
By Michael Cader

Jason Wells will return to Simon & Schuster Children’s in the new role of vp, marketing and publicity on December 7, after 14 years at Abrams Children’s. (He worked at S&S Children’s in the early 2000s.) VP, director of marketing Lucille Rettino will leave the company after working for the division for the more than 10 years. Wells will […]

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People

November 28, 2016
By Michael Cader

Larissa Helena has joined Pippin Properties as manager of subsidiary rights and associate literary agent, having relocated to NY. Previously she was executive editor at Fantástica Rocco in Brazil. The San Francisco Chronicle has a profile on the return this summer of Berkeley native Steve Wasserman to take over Heyday Books: “Now, in what might seem […]

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