Macmillan is reportedly considering a new lease at 120 Broadway, in a portion of space currently occupied by the Attorney General’s office, The Real Deal reports, after spending “about a year” looking for “as much as 150,000 square feet.” The company’s lease at the Flatiron building expires in 2018. Italian real estate group Sorgente acquired the Flatiron some time ago, and said they wanted to convert it into a hotel once Macmillan departed (or at the least, they will be raising the rent considerably). Macmillan occupies about 176,000 square feet now at the Flatiron. More definitively, Amazon Books will open a location […]
Archives for April 2017
People, Awards, Etc.
At National Geographic, Lisa Thomas has been promoted to publisher and editorial director of adult books, reporting to editorial director of National Geographic Partners Susan Goldberg and evp of consumer products and experiences Rosa Zeegers. Crown Publishing Group has realigned its marketing department in New York into separate teams. Julie Cepler has been promoted to vp, director of marketing, adding oversight for Crown, Hogarth, Tim Duggan Books, and Broadway in addition to her continuing efforts for Crown Archetype and Three Rivers Press, still reporting to Donna Passannante. Associate marketing director Lisa Erickson takes on additional day-to-day management responsibilities and will report […]
People, Etc.
Annie Chagnot has been promoted to editor at Spiegel & Grau. Jin Yu has been promoted to associate marketing director at Berkley. Patricia Cave has been promoted to publicist at Flatiron Books. At Chronicle Books, Rachel Geiger has been promoted to executive director of domestic sales, while Anna-Lisa Sandstrum has been promoted to senior sales manager. Melissa Grecco has been promoted to national accounts manager. Ian Delaney and Morgan Amer have each been promoted to assistant sales manager. Author of What Color Is Your Parachute? Richard Bolles, 90, died on Friday. Bookselling The big 37,500-square-foot Barnes & Noble in Bethesda Row in Maryland just outside […]
April Bookseller Picks
Amazon’s spotlight pick for April is Fredrik Backman’s novel Beartown and the featured debut is Omar El Akkad’s American War (which you can start reading now in our April Buzz Books Monthly). Also on the list is March Buzz Books title The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck. The other titles feature: Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, Hannah Tinti Option B, Sheryl Sandberg, Adam M. Grant Ph.D. Void Star, Zachary Mason The Road to Jonestown, Jeff Guinn Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin Prussian Blue, Philip Kerr Barnes and Noble‘s best new fiction list for April recommends: The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life, by […]