Barnes & Noble will close their Cincinnati-area store in the Waterstone Center on August 22, and expects to open a new location at Deerfield Towne Center in Mason, OH in November. A similar swap was announced recently in the Chicago area, with the West Dundee location closing, and a new store in Algonquin Commons expected to open in October. In both cases, the announcements did not indicate the size of the locations, but other recent moves have featured smaller new locations.
Harper UK Settles One Suit Over “Putin’s People”
While a London High Court is still hearing testimony on Roman Abramovich’s lawsuit alleging defamation in Catherine Belton’s book from Harper UK, PUTIN’S PEOPLE: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West, another suit involving the same book has been settled. In the case brought by Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman and Russian banker Petr Aven, Harper UK has “agreed to remove effectively all the material on which the actions are based from future editions of the book,” according to attorney Hugh Tomlinson (who represents the two men, along with Abramovich). A settlement document reportedly indicates, according […]
DOJ Nominee Kanter Has Been Aiding Authors Advocating for Fairness From Audible
Author Susan May, writing on behalf of Audiblegate, tells supporters by email that various legal moves are planned as part of authors’ continuing efforts for transparency and fairness in how Audible reports and records royalties. Notably, the group’s “legal team” includes Jonathan Kanter — recently nominated to run the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division — alongside Shaoul Sussman at Pearl Cohen. The two “have begun work on a legal memo” that Shaoul says, “will be a detailed paper on how Audible gained market dominance and maintained that control through the illegal breaches of antitrust laws.” They plan to deliver that […]
National Book Awards Plans Live Event, For Vaccinated Guests
The National Book Awards plans to return to a live awards ceremony on November 17, for fully-vaccinated invited guests. They will use the CrowdPass app to confirm vaccination status ahead of time, and will also accept paper vaccination certificates at check-in. The National Book Foundation is also careful to note, “Should New York State protocol and health measures change, the Foundation is prepared to make whatever adjustments are necessary, including potentially shifting back to a virtual event.” And there will not be an “after party” this year. NBF executive director Ruth Dickey says in the announcement, “We are grateful for […]
Forthcoming: New Title Set for Gorman’s Collection; Ransome Is SILENCED NO MORE
Amanda Gorman’s poetry collection — originally called The Hill We Climb and Other Poems — will publish as CALL US WHAT WE CARRY, on December 7. The collection will still include the poem she read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration “The Hill We Climb,” which was published as a standalone in March. Gorman says in the announcement, “I wrote Call Us What We Carry as a lyric of hope and healing. I wanted to pen a reckoning with the communal grief wrought by the pandemic. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever written, but I knew it had to be. […]
Booker Longlist Announced
The Booker Prize announced their longlist on Monday, with the finalists to be named September 14, and a relatively late date of November 3 for the awarding of the prize. Candidates include Nathan Harris, Patricia Lockwood, Richard Powers and Maggie Shipstead from the US: Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North Rachel Cusk, Second Place Damon Galgut, The Promise Nathan Harris, The Sweetness of Water Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun Karen Jennings, An Island Mary Lawson, A Town Called Solace Patricia Lockwood, No One is Talking About This Nadifa Mohamed, The Fortune Men (Knopf had it scheduled for 2022) Richard Powers, […]