Chelsea Eberly has been promoted to senior editor at Random House Children’s. Bookselling Barnes & Noble‘s concept store in the new Legacy West mall in Plano, TX is still on the way, though it didn’t make the developer’s original opening date of March. (The mall itself has been opening up this spring and summer.) The bookseller’s first small-size concept store, at 9,000 square feet, is still due to open this fall. New bookstore Rough Draft Bar & Books will open in Kingston, NY, on November 1. The 2,000 square foot store will sell new fiction and nonfiction, serve craft beer, and […]
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Briefs: Clinton Excerpt Recalls Trump As “Creep,” And More
Excerpts from Hillary Clinton‘s forthcoming What Happened were released to Morning Joe and played widely in the media this morning. Recalling the presidential debate shortly after the release of the Access Hollywood tape of Donald Trump, Clinton writes: “This is not OK, I thought. It was the second presidential debate and Donald Trump was looming behind me. Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. “It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my […]
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Jason Wells has joined Rodale Children’s as associate publisher, director of marketing and publicity. Most recently he was vp, marketing and publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s, after 14 years at Abrams Children’s. Frank Radell has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as sales representative for the trade division’s office and school supply channel. He was previously at Norwood House Press. Author Brian Aldiss, called the “Grand Old Man of British science fiction” by the Guardian, died on Saturday, one day after marking his 92nd birthday. (19th August) after celebrating his 92nd birthday the previous day. Bookselling Toad Hall bookstore in Rockport, MA, […]
Bookselling: Store Openings; Target Pairs with BN College
Today is the grand opening in Memphis, TN for the space formerly occupied by The Booksellers at Laurelwood, taken over and brought back to life as Novel, with a consortium of 27 local owners. Former employees of the Barnes & Noble in Forest Hills Queens that closed, Holly Nikodem, Vina Castillo and Natalie Noboa, expect to open a 700-square-foot store in September in Kew Gardens, Kew & Willow Books. Owner of The Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, PA Glenda Childs will open a second store nearby in September, The Lahaska Bookshop. Matthew Irving and Allison Krzanowski are finalizing a lease for […]
Amazon: Bonds, Bombast, and Life Offline
Today’s Amazon news spans a wide gamut. Yesterday, the company quickly completed their largest debt offering ever, raising $16 billion in seven tranches — ranging from three-year to 40-year notes — with “strong demand” from investors rewarding the company. They are reported to have paid approximately 90 basis points (o.9%) above what the US government pays to borrow money on the 10-year issue. The Whole Foods purchase will cost $13.7 billion, so analysts infer that Amazon is preparing itself for additional acquisitions and/or continued aggressive investment in its buildout. The company also has over $21 billion in cash. (As readers […]
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Ryan Doherty will be join Celadon Books, Macmillan’s new trade book division, as executive editor starting September 12. He has been vice president of literary development at Sony Pictures Entertainment (after a number of years as an editor at Ballantine). Celadon Books co-publishers Jamie Raab and Deb Futter say: “Ryan’s ability to identify high quality works of fiction and nonfiction that have strong commercial potential and his deep knowledge of the overall literary market are perfectly aligned with the mission of Celadon Books.” At William Morrow, Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to the new role of vp, special events and creative strategies; Kelly […]