With the naming of a new CEO for Simon & Schuster expected before the end of the year, longtime chief operations officer Dennis Eulau will retire at the end of November after 30 years at the company. CEO Jonathan Karp said in the announcement: “Throughout my years here, Dennis has personified the spirit and values of Simon & Schuster. During my time as CEO, Dennis has been a wise and trusted partner in leading the company, just as he was for my predecessor Carolyn Reidy. Although I cannot imagine Simon & Schuster without Dennis, I know that everyone who has […]
Archives for October 2025
WARN Notices Show the Extent of B&T Layoffs
As part of their company shutdown, Baker & Taylor will lay off 112 employees at their headquarters in North Carolina on January 23, and another 67 employees in New Jersey on January 4 and 23, according to WARN notices. On October 6, they let go 523 employees, the majority of whom worked at warehouses in Illinois and Georgia, though those states have not posted their WARN notices yet. Baker & Taylor has not filed for bankruptcy, and are handling liquidation privately with their main bank lender, CIT Northbridge Credit. As previously reported, B&T will not provide any severance to employees, and […]
New Books Publishing October 21
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Joe Hill, Gish Jen, John Grisham, and a posthumous collection from Harper Lee, as well as PL’s own Erin Somers. New nonfiction includes memoirs by Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Malala Yousafzai. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-21 20 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-21 Also publishing this week are new titles by Olivie Blake and Angela Buchdahl, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. You can see the personable Buchdahl discuss her book at our nonfiction author/editor panel here (which has garnered over 3,000 views). We consult a number […]
Vroman’s Bookstore Site Sells For $15.5 million
Vroman’s Bookstore sold its 55,854-square-foot Pasadena site for $15.5 million to GD Realty Group. The store will remain open. Owner Joel Sheldon had announced his plans to retire and sell the store almost two years ago. The store’s second location, in Hastings Ranch, closed in May 2024.
Amazon’s Best Books of the Past 25 Years
Amazon released a Best Books of the Past 25 years package, with picks from a number of Amazon editors, plus book club favorites and more.