Book Expo featured a trio of political figures on stages Thursday evening and Friday morning, starting with Senator Bernie Sanders. He spoke about his forthcoming book Where We Go From Here, which he described as an account of his activities since the 2016 election, and what he sees as the future of the progressive movement. He said, “since the election we’ve been fighting for a progressive agenda and there is no debate that we’ve been winning.” He named as his goals “developing an agenda that speaks to the needs of working families” and getting more people involved in the political […]
Archives for June 2018
People, Etc.
By multiple second-hand accounts from publishers who do business with Disney, evp of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media’s (DCPI) Publishing and Digital Media business unit Andrew Sugerman has left the company. He had oversight for “all global licensed and vertical publishing across books, e-books, mobile apps, magazines, and comics under Disney Publishing Worldwide and Disney Book Group” and worked at Disney since 2007. The company has not issued an official announcement about new leadership for the group but is expected to do so after Book Expo (where reportedly, the new executives are in attendance today). Update: That public announcement was […]
Children’s Authors On Immigration and Civic Responsibility
The Book Expo Children’s Author breakfast on Friday once again leaned towards politics, as several of the featured books have a focus on current events. Panel host Woodson’s new book Harbor Me is “story of six young people who are trying to figure their way through this current crazy time we’re living in” and addresses such topics as deportation and mass incarceration — all the ways “this country is trying to make human beings feel quote-unquote other.” Yuyi Morales’ book Dreamers tells an immigration story, highlighting the importance of storytelling to newcomers in this country. “Many people think that immigrants […]
June Bookseller Picks
Amazon’s spotlight pick for June is David Sedaris’s Calypso, and their featured debut is There There by Tommy Orange. A NYT profile calls Orange “part of a new generation of acclaimed indigenous writers from the United States and Canada who are publishing groundbreaking, formally innovative poetry, fiction and prose, shattering old tropes and stereotypes about Native American literature, experience and identity.” And they call his novel “a new kind of Native American epic, one that reflects his ambivalence and the complexity of his upbringing.” Also on their top 10 for the month are: The Book of M, by Peng Shepherd Florida, by Lauren […]
Printer Edwards Brothers Malloy to Close
Edwards Brothers Malloy ceo John Edwards and cfo Bill Upton announced Thursday “with heavy hearts” that the company is “closing our doors, effective immediately. As you can imagine, this is a difficult time for our employees as we work through the process of shutting down our facilities while finishing projects for our customers with work in-house.” (Their website indicates that winding down will conclude on June 15The book-manufacturing and printing company has been in business for 125 years. In February they had announced plans to eliminate 100 jobs by the end of 2018 as part of a consolidation of their facilities. […]