East Bay Booksellers, previously a Diesel bookstore, will open in Oakland, CA on September 1. Former Diesel manager Brad Johnson purchased the store with the help of micro loans from the community and an Indiegogo campaign. The store will continue to stock general interest books and host events. Bookmark It in Orlando, FL will close in early September after four years in business.
Archives for August 2017
NYT Removes New YA Book From Bestseller List, Following Indications of Planned, Bulk Purchases
The New York Times reissued their Young Adult hardcover bestseller list for sales through the week ending August 19 early Thursday evening to eliminate Lani Sarem’s Handbook for Mortals, which had debuted at No. 1, after an online campaign (including input from indie booksellers) helped to establish what appears to have been programmatic bulk orders placed through strategic stores, specifically designed to put the book on the NYT’s list. Jordan Cohen at the NYT told us, “After investigating the inconsistencies in the most recent reporting cycle, we’ve decided that the sales for ‘Handbook for Mortals’ do not meet our criteria […]
Briefs
Chelsea Eberly has been promoted to senior editor at Random House Children’s. Bookselling Barnes & Noble‘s concept store in the new Legacy West mall in Plano, TX is still on the way, though it didn’t make the developer’s original opening date of March. (The mall itself has been opening up this spring and summer.) The bookseller’s first small-size concept store, at 9,000 square feet, is still due to open this fall. New bookstore Rough Draft Bar & Books will open in Kingston, NY, on November 1. The 2,000 square foot store will sell new fiction and nonfiction, serve craft beer, and […]
Briefs: Clinton Excerpt Recalls Trump As “Creep,” And More
Excerpts from Hillary Clinton‘s forthcoming What Happened were released to Morning Joe and played widely in the media this morning. Recalling the presidential debate shortly after the release of the Access Hollywood tape of Donald Trump, Clinton writes: “This is not OK, I thought. It was the second presidential debate and Donald Trump was looming behind me. Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. “It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my […]
Nook Revises Content Policy to Limit/Eliminate Erotica, Starts Terminating Author Accounts
On August 16 Nook Press revised their posted content policy in a way that seems to indicate they will no longer sell self-published erotica. Their definition of excluded “obscene or pornographic material” now “may include content that graphically portrays sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.” They also note “other content we deem offensive in the exercise of our sole discretion including but not limited to works portraying or encouraging incest, rape, bestiality, necrophilia, paedophilia.” As a result, some self-published authors have reported online that their titles were suspended from sale and they were told […]
People, Etc.
Tina Pohlman left her position as publisher of Open Road in late July, the latest veteran executive to leave the company, which she joined in early 2012. Philip Rappaport is acting publisher, and Libby Jordan will join the company in the new role of executive director, marketing operations. Most recently she was vp, marketing at Bookshout, and has been an advisor to Open Road for many years. The company’s marketing department has been organized into three teams: marketing operations, audience development, and analytics, with Jordan and the other group heads reporting to Mary McAveney. Recent hires on the title marketing […]