Wendy Ceballos has joined HarperCollins in the newly created role of director, retail marketing, reporting to Kelly Roberts.
New Books Publishing January 30
Sarah J. Maas and Dolly Alderton publish new fiction this week, while nonfiction includes work by Hannah Durkin. Also out this week are new books by Kiley Reid and Donna Hemans, both excerpted in our Buzz Books anthologies. 15 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-30 7 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-30 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out January‘s 80 fiction releases, 40 works of nonfiction; and 28 children’s titles; plus February‘s 68 […]
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Shannon Welch has joined Avid Reader as vice president and editorial director. She was most recently editorial director at HarperOne.
City Lights Bookstore Unionizes
Employees at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco have unionized, joining the Industrial Workers of the World Local 660, KQED reports. Approximately 16 workers are eligible, and most have signed union-authorization cards. The store plans to recognize the union, with an official decision slated for tomorrow. “City Lights has always been actively engaged in the project of creating and evolving a fulfilling, equitable, and humane workplace. This is a key to our institutional philosophy, and it has informed our practice from the beginning,” City Lights executive director Elaine Katzenberger. “If unionization can provide us with new tools for helping us […]
Bookstore Sales Fall At WH Smith
UK retail chain WH Smith released a preliminary trading update for the period ended January 20, reporting overall sales up 8 percent. The upswing is driven by the company’s travel stores, which grew 13 percent. High street bookstore sales, on the other hand, fell 4 percent from last year, as expected. “We maintained good stock availability and we exited Christmas with a clean stock position,” the company said in a release. “We are on track to deliver our targeted full year cost savings of £10m.” “The Group is trading well and is in its strongest ever position as a global […]