Priyanka Krishnan will join William Morrow/Avon as executive editor starting October 9. She was most recently at Orbit.
BAM Offers Same and Next-Day Delivery
Books-A-Million is partnering with Walmart’s GoLocal delivery platform to offer same and next-day delivery for online orders of products that are in-stock at a nearby store. Orders placed before 3PM will arrive the same day, and after 3PM will be delivered the next day. The service will roll out in the coming weeks, starting with the Midwest and Southeast markets. “Utilizing all of our stores nationwide for online delivery and fulfillment allows us to offer a fast, convenient and frictionless delivery option for our customers and is essential to our omnichannel transformation,” BAM vp of marketing Olivia McDaniel said in […]
BNED Benefits from Closing Underperforming Stores
After an eventful summer which included a delayed full-year SEC filing, renegotiated loans to narrowly avoid collapse, and two new board members to oversee “strategic options,” Barnes & Noble Education announced results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, ended July 29 (which is typically a soft quarter for the company). Sales for the quarter were $264.2 million, up from $254.7 million last year (remember: sales for the same quarter in fiscal 2019 were $338 million). Net loss was $(50.4) million, compared to $(52.7) million, and gross profit was $50.6 million, down from $56.0 million. In the retail segment, […]
Forthcoming: THE TRUMP INDICTMENTS
On September 25, Mariner Books will publish the complete indictments against Donald Trump as THE TRUMP INDICTMENTS: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States, edited and with an introduction by MSNBC correspondent Ali Velshi. The book will include the cases brought in New York, Georgia, and federal courts that accuse the former president of mishandling classified documents and attempting to overturn the 2020 election, which are “purposely crafted as narratives to be read by the public,” according to a press release. Mariner publisher Peter Hubbard acquired the book from Byrd Leavell at United Talent Agency.
Powell’s Closed Monday as Workers Strike
All Powell’s Books locations were closed on Monday as workers stopped work in a one-day strike. The union authorized the strike in August as they work to negotiate a new contract–particularly with improved pay and affordable healthcare options–with management. The store announced the closure on social media in advance. “We deeply value our employees and respect their right to engage in protected union activity, which includes a strike. We understand it can be part of the bargaining process, and we will honor and respect it,” they wrote. According to Willamette Week, the union filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the […]
New Books Publishing September 5
Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, and Denene Millner publish new novels this week (with stories from Yiyun Li), while new nonfiction includes work from Maria Bamford and Melissa Etheridge. September’s children’s books include novels from Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Chloe Gong, plus a new Grinch story. Also out this week are new books by Fran Littlewood, Etaf Rum, Kim Coleman Foote, Vanessa Miller, and Anise Vance, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023 collections. 27 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-5 10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-5 31 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-august […]