Barnes & Noble will close its Forest Hills, Queens store in January, according to the NY Daily News, which reported comments from the 22,000-square foot store’s landlord, Muss Development. BN has occupied the space since 1995; should the store close it would leave its outpost in Bayside as the retailer’s only store in Queens. Outgoing ABA president Steve Bercu wrote a final letter to bookseller members hailing the “continued resurgence” of independent bookstores as a retail channel: “We have been able to see the results of rapid replenishment as it spreads to more and more of our publishing partners. We […]
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At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Laura DiSiena has been promoted to associate art director, Aladdin Books, while Regina Flath moves up to senior designer, Simon Pulse. Clarissa Wong has joined The Feminist Press as editor. She was previously assistant editor at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Maria Gagliano has left her position as senior editor at Portfolio to pursue freelance editorial work in business books, cookbooks, and general nonfiction. She can be reached at mvgagliano@gmail.com. Larry Dorfman joined Capstone as book trade sales manager earlier this month, based in Connecticut, replacing Paul Van Drasek (who retired earlier in the year). Obituary Pulitzer […]
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Ben Platt will join Basic Books as editor. Previously he was an associate editor at Penguin Press. Chad Bunning has been named retail and operations manager for the Rizzoli Bookstore in New York, which is set to reopen at its new location at 1133 Broadway later this summer. Previously he was general manager at BookCourt. In addition, Chris Pangborn joins the bookstore as head buyer, moving over from Shakespeare & Company, where he was backlist buyer and head merchandiser for more than two decades. In the UK, Cecilia Campbell-Westlind joins Eccles Fisher Associates on May 26th. She previously worked at Daniela Schlingmann […]
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Rob Kirkpatrick will join Dey Street Books as senior editor on May 18. Previously he was senior editor at Thomas Dunne Books. Emily Cunningham will join Penguin Press as editor on June 9. Previously she was an editor at Harper. At Penguin Random House Children’s sales group, Jacqueline Engel has been promoted to vp, group sales director and director, field sales & business development, Penguin Young Readers. In addition, Mark Santella moves up to vp, group sales director and director, mass merchandise sales, Random House Children’s Books. Both Engel and Santella will report to Felicia Frazier. Nick Elliot has joined […]
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave Tops June Library Reads List
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave is the No. 1 pick for the June Library Reads list. The list also includes The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler, an excerpt of which (as well as Dave’s novel) you can start reading right now in our Buzz Books 2015: Spring/Summer ebook. The rest of the list includes: Annie Barrows, The Truth According to Us Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling Judy Blume, In the Unlikely Event Elin Hildebrand, The Rumor Paul Doiron, The Precipice Frederik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s […]
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At Ten Speed Press, Erin Welke has been promoted to associate publicity & marketing manager while Daniel Wikey moves up to associate marketing manager. At St. Martin’s, John Nicholas has been promoted to associate marketing manager. Kait Heacock has joined The Feminist Press as publicist. She was previously publicist at The Overlook Press. At the Erin Murphy Literary Agency, Tricia Lawrence has been promoted to agent. The ABA membership officially ratified the board nominations made in February. The transition will take place at BEA (when the ABA holds its annual meeting), with Betsy Burton from The King’s English Bookshop beginning her two-year term […]