Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is the top pick on September’s Library Reads list. The novel is also featured in our Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter sampler, available for download now. (Other picks excerpted in our Fall/Winter collection are noted with asterisks.) The rest of the list includes: *Sourdough, by Robin Sloan Dear Fahrenheit 451, by Annie Spence Jane, Unlimited, by Kristin Cashore Love and Other Consolation Prizes, by Jamie Ford *The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld The Salt Line, by Holly Goddard Jones *Hanna Who Fell From the Sky, by Christopher Meades *Caroline, by Sarah Miller George and Lizzie, […]
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Brian Ulicky has joined The New Press as director of publicity and marketing. He was director of publicity for Blue Rider. At Melville House, Stephanie DeLuca has joined as director of publicity. Most recently, she was publicity manager for Gallery Books. Alexandra Primiani has joined as senior publicist. Previously he was publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and at Riverhead Books. Amazon has promoted director of consumables for Germany Rocco Braeuniger to country manager for Australia, where the company plans a significant expansion. They have chosen a location about 26 miles from Melbourne for their first warehouse, which will stock “hundreds of thousands of products for delivery […]
Amazon Requires Faster Delivery From Third-Party Booksellers
Starting August 31, Amazon will require third-party sellers of books, CDs and DVDs in the continental US to deliver their products to customers more quickly, within four to eight days. (The window has been from four to 14 days.) The new guidelines were announced in an email to sellers, explaining that “Customers are more likely to purchase products that have a faster estimated delivery time at checkout.” Sellers who do not meet guidelines risk bad reviews, reduced visibility, and even removal. The change will likely mean higher costs for sellers, many of whom rely on the post office’s cheaper, slower media mail […]
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Erin Vandeveer returns to Abrams in the new role of senior production manager, starting August 9. Most recently she was studio manager for St. Martin’s. Alana Yuster has joined Igloo Books as national account manager. Previously she was brand manager at Penguin Random House. Agnieszka Mizak has been promoted to the new role of managing director for APA publications, publisher of Insight Guides and Berlitz. Julie Dinneen has joined D4EO Literary Agency as agent, looking for literary fiction, commercial fiction, women’s fiction, all subgenres of romance and select memoir. Professor of English at Harvard Steph Burt and professor of English at Virginia Tech Carmen Giménez […]
Briefs: New Store for DC, Torture Book Stuck In Government Review, and More
Bookselling Former Kramerbooks & Afterwords employees Scott Abel and Jake Cumsky-Whitlock will open a new bookstore in Washington D.C. “soon.” Solid State Books will be located in the Apollo building on H St. NE, which has a new Whole Foods as well, and according to the website, will “operate as a full-service general interest bookstore with a deep and diverse selection of fiction and non-fiction titles curated to appeal to neighborhood residents of all ages as well as to the many visitors from other parts of DC, Virginia, Maryland, and beyond.” Abel was general manager at Karmerbooks for a decade and Cumsky-Whitlock was head buyer. […]
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At Abrams Children’s, Tessa Meischeid has joined in the new role of associate publicist. Previously, she was assistant editor at HarperCollins Children’s. Lora Grisafi has joined as trade marketing designer. Previously, she designed marketing materials for Random House Children’s. Mark Lee has joined the National Book Foundation as communications and marketing manager. He was associate publicist at Doubleday. Crown Publishing Group announced a number of promotions in the art department. Elizabeth Rendfleisch has been promoted to vice president and director of interior design; Jessie Bright has been promoted to art director; Michael Morris has been promoted to senior designer; and Alane Gianetti and […]