At Wendy Sherman Associates, Kelli Martin has joined as an agent representing romance, women’s commercial fiction and book club fiction. She was previously a founding editor of Montlake Romance at Amazon Publishing and an executive editor at Lake Union. Nicki Richesin has joined as an agent representing upmarket and literary fiction, young adult fiction, and memoir. She previously worked as a freelance editor and at Bloomsbury in London.
In a letter to booksellers about Book Expo, ABA board president Robert Sindelar addressed how indie bookstores can better take advantage of pre-orders. He said, “publishers and authors are positioning their books earlier and earlier in the marketplace; successful campaigns are sending those titles to the top of bestseller lists that are not ours; each of these transactions is further cementing the consumer thinking that a book that’s not physically on a shelf in a physical store will not be obtained through a physical store; and without action, this trend will only get worse.” In response, ABA has formed, “a task force of booksellers to focus on sets of best practices for marketing, capturing, and reporting pre-orders,” and they will be “bringing education about pre-sales to the fall regional shows and Winter Institute 2019.”
Bookselling
New Washington D.C. bookstore Solid State Books, a full-service general interest bookstore, opened at 600 H Street NE yesterday. Co-owners Scott Abel and Jake Cumsky-Whitloc are former longtime employees of Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe.
New Washington D.C. bookstore Solid State Books, a full-service general interest bookstore, opened at 600 H Street NE yesterday. Co-owners Scott Abel and Jake Cumsky-Whitloc are former longtime employees of Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe.