Brenda Chin will join Entangled as editorial director of the Brazen and Scorched imprints. Previously she was editorial director at Harlequin Blaze. Amazon global v-p and general manager of Kindle China Zhang Wenyi has been appointed president of Amazon China, while continuing to lead the country’s Kindle business. Milkweed Editions will open a new bookstore, Milkweed Books, in downtown Minneapolis in late June or early July. According to MPR, Milkweed publisher and ceo Daniel Slager estimates “about a quarter of the store’s stock will be Milkweed books, and the rest will come from a variety of publishers across the country, […]
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At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Helen Atsma has been promoted to editorial director, fiction, while Naomi Gibbs moves up to editor. Rebecca Lang has joined St. Martin’s as publicity manager. She was previously a publicist at Viking Penguin. In addition, Courtney Reed has been promoted to marketing manager. Tara Carberry has joined hoopla digital in the newly created position of content strategist. Most recently she was an associate literary agent at Trident Media Group. Rebecca Liao and Cristóbal Pera have joined Words Without Borders’ board of directors. Distribution IPG has launched a new distribution program, Amphora, focused on servicing large content holders. […]
Another Concept Bookstore Opens — Backed By Penguin Random House
Amazon isn’t the only company of scale experimenting with a sleek new concept bookstore. Last Friday, a 1,000-square-foot concept store opened in under-served Puerto Rico with backing from Penguin Random House, in partnership with the island’s Bookmark (which opened their first store in 2013). At the new Bookmark Boutique, “During its first three months of operation, Penguin Random House will provide support with public relations, an aggressive author event calendar and innovative technology designed to help readers discover new books and authors,” according to a local paper. Similar to the modestly-sized Amazon Books experiment in Seattle, Bookmark Boutique aims to use technology […]
Bloomberg’s Influence: Amazon Expands Same-Day Service to Chicago’s South Side and the Bronx
Bloomberg’s expose on how the rollout of Amazon’s same-day delivery service was carefully avoiding predominantly black neighborhoods in many major metropolitan areas continues to wield influence. The etailer promised local politicians it will correct those gaps in Chicago and New York’s The Bronx “in coming weeks,” following a pledge to do the same in Roxbury, MA. Those promises come after Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush asked for an FTC investigation, and Bronx Borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. and NYS council Jeffrey Dinowitz complained as well. An Amazon spokesperson tells USA Today by email they are working on extending the service to other […]
Following Bloomberg Investigation Amazon Promises Same Day Delivery for Roxbury, MA; Congressman Calls for FTC Inquiry
Amazon responded to criticism in the wake of Bloomberg’s extensive investigation showing that the rollout of their Prime Same-Day Delivery service has focused on areas where residents are primarily white, and overlooked neighborhoods. The company is correcting what Bloomberg had called “the most striking gap in Amazon’s same-day service,” which was “in Boston, where three ZIP codes encompassing the primarily black neighborhood of Roxbury are excluded from same-day service, while the neighborhoods that surround it on all sides are eligible.” Amazon told Bloomberg by email, “We are actively working with our local carrier to enable service to the Roxbury neighborhood in the coming weeks.” […]
Cline’s Debut The Girls is June No. 1 Indie Next Pick
Emma Cline’s debut novel The Girls tops the ABA’s June Indie Next List. Also included are 5 of our spring Buzz Books titles — Noah Hawley’s Before the Fall, Joe Hill’s The Fireman, My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, The Curious Charms of Doctor Pepper by Phaedra Patrick, and Emma Straub’s Modern Lovers, excerpts of which you can start reading right now in Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer. Grab it now, since we’ll be unveiling the fall/winter Buzz Books in time for BEA next week. The full June Indie Next list features: Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi Smoke, by Dan Vyleta Lily […]