Black-owned LA bookstore Eso Won Books will close at the end of the year. Located in Leimert Park Village, the store was founded 33 years ago. Co-owner James Fugate said on The Tavis Smiley Podcast, “We’ve been working at it a long time and at some point, I think people reach that point where that daily grind of coming into the store, even though we’re open a small amount of time, you want to end that.” Elsewhere, Barnes & Noble will relocate its Pikesville, MD location, after 19 years. The new location, set to open in fall, is just across […]
Archives for June 2022
July Library Reads
James Patterson Posts Brief Apology for Racism Remark
Following his widely criticized interview in The Times, James Patterson posted an apology. He wrote on social media: “I apologize for saying white male writers having trouble finding work is a form of racism. I absolutely do not believe that racism is practiced against white writers. Please know that I strongly support a diversity of voices being heard—in literature, in Hollywood, everywhere.”
People 6/14
Dustin Ross has joined Simon & Schuster as national account manager for its distribution client sales team.
More Data For You, In Context
As you may have noticed, we recently expanded our Dealmakers pages with the addition of a “sales” tab. For the agents and other publishing professionals who get annual Bookscan service through PM, this new feature displays actual Bookscan and PubTrack Digital sales data within tens of thousands of deal records, unlocking a significant body of data and putting it in context. It also makes a wealth of Bookscan data more accessible by embedding it in our interface. Beyond that, all PM members get to benefit from this capability. While only our Bookscan subscribers can see the actual data, the new […]
New Books Publishing June 14
Alix E. Harrow, Elin Hilderbrand and Werner Herzog lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes new work from Ibram X. Kendi and Ada Calhoun. Also out today are books by Geraldine Brooks and Melissa Bond, both featured in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer sampler. 19 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-14 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_June_/223171 16 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-14 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_/223172 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use […]