Ulysses Press has acquired health and fitness publisher VeloPress from Outside Interactive. VeloPress will operate as a new imprint under Ulysses.
Archives for April 2023
People 4/11
Director of publicity, special projects Carisa Hays is leaving Penguin Random House.
New Books Publishing April 11
Megan Miranda, Anissa Gray, and Charles Frazier publish new novels this week, while nonfiction includes new work from Maggie Smith, Milan Kundera, and Mary Louise Kelly. Also out this week is Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez, which is included in our Buzz Books 2023: Romance collection. 19 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-11 18 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-11 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 make […]
People 4/10
Ingram Plant Closure will Eliminate 270 Jobs
The print-on-demand facility that Ingram is closing in Allentown, PA this year, as announced in January, will eliminate 270 jobs in phases between now and the end of the year, according to a filing with the state’s Department of Labor and Industry. The company is expanding its distribution center in Chambersburg, PA, where it will will add print-on-demand book manufacturing. Ingram said in a statement it “has offered relocation opportunities and/or severance and outplacement assistance to all Allentown associates.” (Chambersburg is 134 miles west of Allentown.)
Employees at Barnes & Noble Education’s Rutgers Location Look to Become Chain’s First Union Store
Employees at a Barnes & Noble Education store on the campus of Rutgers University are petitioning to become the first unionized outlet among the chain’s 785 stores. Bloomberg reports that worker says most of the approximately 70 employees at the Rutgers store have signed on. Last Thursday that filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election on unionizing. The group wants to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The workers who spoke to Bloomberg indicated they seek better pay, job security and more stable work hour.