Harassment Files Both Target and Walmart said that they will drop Mario Batali‘s products — including his cookbooks — from their stores following extensive accusations of sexual harassment. ABC officially fired Batali from their show “The Chew,” and the Food Network dropped plans to create new episodes of his earlier TV show,”Molto Mario.” On Friday, Batali apologized again in his newsletter: “I have made many mistakes and I am so very sorry that I have disappointed my friends, my family, my fans and my team. My behavior was wrong and there are no excuses.” Bookselling Well-known indie That Bookstore in Blytheville […]
Archives for December 2017
Briefs: New PRH UK Office Building, Hay House Puts Smiley Books On Hold, and More
Penguin Random House UK announced a lease agreement for additional new offices at One Embassy Gardens, between London’s Vauxhall and Battersea, “a short walk” from the existing RH UK office at 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road. The new space has 83,400 square feet across five floors, and includes event space on the ground floor. The company had announced in summer 2016 that it would vacate Transworld’s offices in Ealing and Penguin’s offices in the Strand to consolidate their employees. The new space will be ready at the end of 2019, and the two buildings with “both…be home to a mix of Penguin Random […]
Closing In On the Very Best of the Best Books of 2017 Lists
Right on schedule, we have our second update on the competition for the consensus best books of the year, and as naturally happens at this point in the aggregation, there is enough data for full “top 10” lists for both fiction and nonfiction. With 54 votes counted at this point (or 33 more than Quartz has counted so far, if we were looking for web traffic), George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo is pulling away as book of the year, while David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon has a comfortable lead as nonfiction book of the year (and is […]
Benjamin’s The Immortalists Leads January Library Reads List
Chloe Benjamin’s The Immortalists is the top pick for January’s Library Reads List. The novel is available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2017 Fall Winter (and the new Buzz Books January) along with another pick, A.J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window. The rest of the list: The Wife Between Us, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Promise Not to Tell, by Jayne Ann Krentz The Wedding Date, by Jasmine Guillory Carnegie’s Maid, by Marie Benedict Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire Still Me, by Jojo Moyes The Girl in the Tower, by Katherine Arden Eternal Life, by Dara […]
People, Etc.
At Dutton, Stephanie Kelly has been promoted to editor and Katie Zaborsky moves up to associate editor. Jennifer Wattley has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as associate digital & social marketing manager. She was most recently production associate at St. Martin’s Press. Jordan Hamessley has joined New Leaf Literary & Media as literary agent, focusing on children’s picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult genre fiction. Mark Glesne has joined Thomas Nelson as marketing director. Previously, he was director of marketing and digital commerce at TOL. Harassment Files PBS suspended talk show host Tavis Smiley after allegations came out that Smiley “had engaged in […]
Scholastic Slides On Potter Comp
Scholastic reported fiscal second quarter results on Thursday morning, with sales of $598 million down $25 million (or 4 percent) from a year ago. Operating profit from continuing operations was $107 million, down $5 million, and net income fell further, at $57.1 million, compared to $67.9 million a year ago. Results were below analysts’ expectation. Trade publishing sales were $80.9 million, down $17.6 million from a year ago — when the company benefited from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. Nonetheless, Scholastic said trade sales had “exceeded expectations with exceptionally strong performance […]