Following on the news that Amazon will open a physical bookstore in Manhattan’s Shops at Columbus Circle later this spring — in the same place where Borders had a store from 2003 through 2011 — the company announced plans to open its eighth store, in Paramus, NJ. BookMarc‘s in Bangor, ME will close on January 31 after 28 years in business. Owner Marc Berlin told the Bangor Daily News: “I’m ready to retire. You suddenly realize there are a lot of things you’d like to do. I’ve been putting it off for a couple of years. It’s been a very […]
Bookstores
Mastai Tops February Indie Next List
For the second month in a row, a debut novel (and a title featured in our Buzz Books Fall/Winter edition) — All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai — tops the Indie Next list. The full February list includes: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney The Girl Before, by J.P. Delaney The Impossible Fortress, by Jason Rekulak A Separation, by Katie Kitamura Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough Perfect Little World, by Kevin Wilson Swimming Lessons, by Claire Fuller 4 3 2 1, by Paul Auster […]
Amazon Plans Manhattan Bookstore at Time Warner Center for Spring
With Amazon set to open their fourth and fifth bookstores in Chicago and Dedham, MA shortly, the company now says they expect to open a store in New York’s Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle this spring. The WSJ reports that the company confirmed plans for 4,000-square-foot store in the building’s retail mall. Last July, the NY Post had reported that Amazon was preparing to lease in the Hudson Yards development on the West Side, but that space would not open until late 2018 or early 2019. They also have been hiring for second Boston-area books store, north of the […]
January Bookseller Picks
Amazon made Douglas Preston’s new book their spotlight pick for January, with the Indie Next No. 1 debut novel from Emily Fridlund as their featured debut. (Our new spinoff free sampler January Buzz Books features read-it-now excerpts from Fridlund and another Amazon pick from Shanthi Sekaran’s Lucky Boy, plus three others and our big preview of forthcoming January books. Get it at Amazon, iBooks and Google Play, or from NetGalley). Amazon’s full monthly picks: The Lost City of the Monkey God, Douglas Preston History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden The Dry, Jane Harper Lillian Boxfish Takes a […]
Bookselling: Gramercy Books to Open in Columbus, OH; BN Closes Merritt Island, FL Store; and More
Gramercy Books in Columbus, OH has opened, with partial backing from the family behind the Little Professor bookshop. Owner and author Linda Kass told the Columbus Dispatch: “My husband and I love books, and we love bookstores, so when the building space was available, it was the perfect opportunity to take the plunge. It’s a perfect location for a bookstore. Gramercy will also host the second location of a local coffee shop, Kittie’s, which is linked to the bookstore but will have a separate exterior entrance. In bookstore closings, Barnes & Noble‘s Merritt Island, FL location will close at the […]
People, Bookselling, Etc.
Adriana Stimola has joined the Stimola Literary Studio as agent, representing cookbooks, lifestyle, and health and wellness books. She was formerly content manager at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. Chris Francis has joined Sourcebooks as assistant editor. Elizabeth Scarpelli has been hired as director of the new University of Cincinnati Press, which aims to be “an innovative 21st century academic press.” She was director of publisher services at Baker & Taylor and Bookmasters, prior to which she was assistant press director and sales and marketing director for Rutgers University Press. At Ingram Publisher Services, Bonnie Dailey joins the company based […]