People 7/31
Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur formally acknowledges the retirement of Jonathan Segal in December as part of parent company Penguin Random House's voluntary separation offer, and confirms that "he’s agreed to continue to work with us on a limited freelance basis" thereafter.
People 7/28
Solid State Books Reaches Union Contract
Solid State Books in Washington D.C., which unionized in April with UFCW Local 400, has ratified their contract with the store after 17 days of negotiations. Solid State is the second bookstore in D.C. to unionize, after Politics & Prose. The three-year contract includes cost of living raises tied to the D.C. minimum wage, Juneteenth as a holiday (with overtime pay), provisions for additional vacation time, better hours, and more. The contract was modeled on the one ratified by Politics & Prose last September. Bookseller Kiara Martinez, who served on the negotiated committee said in a release, “We got here […]
People 7/27
Xoxopublishing Shuts Down for the “Indefinite Future”
Publishing gossip Instagram account xoxopublishing, that began by posting memes but evolved into an anonymous industry tip-line about layoffs, labor issues and more, writes today that it will “be going on a hiatus with stories” for the “indefinite future.” The account used the stories function to post tips and internal memos from management with names redacted. The person who runs the account works at a major New York publishing house. The account writes on Instagram, “In the meantime, we hope you’ll keep building community with each other, online but especially irl. We need unions and gossip networks and spaces for […]