Shakespeare & Co. closed two of its three remaining locations, on West 105 Street and Broadway, and at 939 Lexington Avenue, in New York City. Its 105th St. location has only been there a year, while the Lexington Avenue store has been in place for over 20 years, and serves as the official bookstore and merchandiser for Hunter College. Shakespeare & Co. co-owner Dane Neller told West Side Rag, “It was a really great landlord, a wonderful community. Love the neighborhood, love the customers. But, he added, “we just weren’t able to get to the sales level we needed to […]
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Distribution: Grupo Anaya, IT Revolution Press
Spanish publisher Grupo Anaya, part of Hachette Livre, will be sold and distributed by Hachette Book Group in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico beginning this spring. Starting April 1, business book publisher IT Revolution Press will be distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster.
Obituaries: John Casey, Joe Wambaugh
Novelist John Casey, 86, died on February 22 of complications from dementia. Casey was the author of Spartina, which won the National Book Award in 1989. He taught creative writing at the University of Virginia from 1972 to 2018, when he retired after the school recommended his dismissal based on student complaints of sexual harassment. Author Joe Wambaugh, 88, died on February 28 of esophageal cancer. He wrote 16 novels and five nonfiction books inspired by his own police work, including 1973’s The Onion Field. Wambaugh was part of the Los Angeles Police Department for 14 years and published his […]