At Workman, Rebecca Carlisle has been promoted to director of publicity for the Workman imprint, with Moira Kerrigan moving up to director of marketing there. Danny Cooper, Evan Griffith, and Rachael Mt. Pleasant each move up to associate editor. Amy Kattan joins as marketing manager for Artisan Books. Previously she was digital marketing manager for Simon & Schuster. Forthcoming Another excerpt from Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming What Happened was posted by Bustle. This excerpt focuses on the creation of Clinton’s political action organization Onward Together and recommends ways to get involved. Bookselling Nashville’s Parnassus Books, owned by Ann Patchett and Karen Hayes, opened […]
Bookstores
Bookselling Briefs
East Bay Booksellers, previously a Diesel bookstore, will open in Oakland, CA on September 1. Former Diesel manager Brad Johnson purchased the store with the help of micro loans from the community and an Indiegogo campaign. The store will continue to stock general interest books and host events. Bookmark It in Orlando, FL will close in early September after four years in business.
Briefs
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 […]
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 […]
People, Etc
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 […]