Archives for March 2023
New Books Publishing March 14
Juan Gómez-Jurado, J. A. Jance, and Oprah pick Ann Napolitano publish new novels this week, while nonfiction releases include work by Alan Lightman and Paris Hilton. Also out this week are books by Elizabeth McKenzie and Cathleen Schine, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer anthology. 22 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-14 13 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-14 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 […]
Greenlight to Close Prospect Lefferts Gardens Bookstore
In a video posted to YouTube, Greenlight Bookstore owner Jessica Stockton Bagnulo announced that the Flatbush Avenue location will close on May 14. Bagnulo explains that the location is not “making enough sales to cover the costs of operating it,” and that the company’s other locations can no longer support it. Some booksellers will be “moving on,” and management is working with the union to make that process “as equitable and transparent as we can.” Bagnulo is quick to explain that the closure is not due to Amazon’s destructive influence on brick-and-mortar stores, a decline in book sales overall (“[people] […]
People 3/13
Cordelia Calvert has joined Ecco as director of publicity, reporting to Sonya Cheuse. She was previously at Liveright.
Bernardini Sentencing Documents: “I still wanted to believe I was part of the industry.”
Manuscript thief Filippo Bernardini and his attorney Jennifer Brown both submitted letters in advance of his Federal Court sentencing on April 5, trying to explain Bernardini’s motivation for the thefts. Bernardini writes that stealing manuscripts was an “obsession, a compulsive behavior” related to wanting to work in publishing. His attorney suggests, “His offense can be seen as a form of ‘extreme collecting'”…. He had served as an intern at Andrew Nurnberg Associates in London, but was unable to immediately find a job in the industry afterward. Bernardini faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, plus fines for wire fraud […]