Bookselling: Word Jersey City to Move Locations, Porter Square Books Expands
Word Bookstore in Jersey City is moving to a new location off of Hamilton Park, with plans to reopen in February 2022. The new space of 1,200 square feet is less than half the size of the current space, which originally accommodated a cafe that closed two years ago. To prepare for the move, owners hope to whittle down inventory over the holidays. After two years of preparation, Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA recently opened its second location in Boston’s Seaport District.
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At Random House Group, Ashley Alberico has joined as assistant director, sales marketing. Stacey Witcraft joins as vp director, sales marketing. Alberico moves over from the PRH sales team, where she represented various Random House group lists to Barnes & Noble.
Imprints: Webtoon Unscrolled
Webtoon and Wattpad are launching a new graphic novel imprint, Webtoon Unscrolled, which will bring previously digital-only Webtoon comics to bookstores. The imprint’s inaugural list will debut in fall 2022 and include Tower of God by SIU and True Beauty by Yaongyi. Bobbie Chase will join as executive editor. She was previously vice president of global publishing initiatives & digital strategy at DC Entertainment. CEO of Webtoon Entertainment Ken Kim said in a release, “Webtoon has transformed the comics landscape, helping creators find new fans all over the world. As the global leader in digital comics and IP, Webtoon’s storytelling […]
Imprints: Gagosian To Launch Picture Books with Cline
The Gagosian gallery in New York is launching an imprint in December in collaboration with author Emma Cline that will pair authors with visual artists on individual books. The series’ inaugural titles will be Ottessa Moshfegh’s MY NEW NOVEL, alongside artwork by Issy Wood, and Percival Everett’s GRAND CANYON, INC., featured with art by Richard Prince. Future authors will include Mary Gaitskill and Elif Batuman. Peter Mendelsund will design the books. Larry Gagosian said, “My gallery has long published books on artists by celebrated writers and thinkers. When Emma Cline approached me about creating an imprint that would invite artists […]
National Book Award Winners: Mott, Miles, Espada, and More
Jason Mott‘s Hell of a Book (Dutton) won the fiction prize at the 72nd Annual National Book Awards on Wednesday evening. Luis Alberto Urrea presented the award at the end of a virtual-only ceremony, which was broadcast in part from the Penguin Random House offices. Mott said, “I would like to dedicate this award to all the other mad kids, to all the outsiders, the weirdos, the bullied, the ones so strange that they had no choice but to be misunderstood, by the world and by those around them.” Nell Painter announced the nonfiction winner: All That She Carried, by […]