Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos’s annual letter to shareholders focuses on particulars of his management philosophy more than anything, but it starts with his answer to a common question: “‘Jeff, what does Day 2 look like?'” “That’s a question I just got at our most recent all-hands meeting. I’ve been reminding people that it’s Day 1 for a couple of decades. I work in an Amazon building named Day 1, and when I moved buildings, I took the name with me. I spend time thinking about this topic. “Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed […]
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April iBooks Picks
iBooks has listed its April recommendations. The titles include American War, by Omar El Akkad, an excerpt of which is featured in our Buzz Books 2017: Spring/Summer and available for download. The other fiction picks include: Anything Is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout Borne, by Jeff VanderMeer My Last Lament, by James William Brown Beartown, by Fredrik Backman For nonfiction: Letterman, by Jason Zinoman The Gatekeepers, by Chris Whipple Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann Janesville, by Amy Goldstein Anatomy of Innocence, by Laura Caldwell and Leslie S. Klinger The YA list features Sara Zarr’s Gem & Dixie, also excerpted in Spring/Summer Buzz Books, […]
NYC: Macmillan’s Lease, More Amazon Books, and An Attempted Rights Fair
Macmillan is reportedly considering a new lease at 120 Broadway, in a portion of space currently occupied by the Attorney General’s office, The Real Deal reports, after spending “about a year” looking for “as much as 150,000 square feet.” The company’s lease at the Flatiron building expires in 2018. Italian real estate group Sorgente acquired the Flatiron some time ago, and said they wanted to convert it into a hotel once Macmillan departed (or at the least, they will be raising the rent considerably). Macmillan occupies about 176,000 square feet now at the Flatiron. More definitively, Amazon Books will open a location […]
People, Etc.
Annie Chagnot has been promoted to editor at Spiegel & Grau. Jin Yu has been promoted to associate marketing director at Berkley. Patricia Cave has been promoted to publicist at Flatiron Books. At Chronicle Books, Rachel Geiger has been promoted to executive director of domestic sales, while Anna-Lisa Sandstrum has been promoted to senior sales manager. Melissa Grecco has been promoted to national accounts manager. Ian Delaney and Morgan Amer have each been promoted to assistant sales manager. Author of What Color Is Your Parachute? Richard Bolles, 90, died on Friday. Bookselling The big 37,500-square-foot Barnes & Noble in Bethesda Row in Maryland just outside […]
April Bookseller Picks
Amazon’s spotlight pick for April is Fredrik Backman’s novel Beartown and the featured debut is Omar El Akkad’s American War (which you can start reading now in our April Buzz Books Monthly). Also on the list is March Buzz Books title The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck. The other titles feature: Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, Hannah Tinti Option B, Sheryl Sandberg, Adam M. Grant Ph.D. Void Star, Zachary Mason The Road to Jonestown, Jeff Guinn Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin Prussian Blue, Philip Kerr Barnes and Noble‘s best new fiction list for April recommends: The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life, by […]
People, Etc.
Valerie Steiker will join Scribner as executive editor on April 17. Previously, she was the longtime culture editor at Vogue. Reporting to Colin Harrison and Nan Graham, she will acquire and edit fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and lifestyle books. Parisa Ebrahimi joins the Crown and Hogarth fiction team today as editor. She moves over from Chatto & Windus in London and reports to Lindsay Sagnette. Rebecca Marsh has joined Viking/Penguin Books as publicity manager. Previously, she was a senior publicist for Crown Archetype, Harmony, and Three Rivers Press. Forthcoming Audio Robert Caro has written and narrated an audiobook-only title, ON POWER, releasing on May 9, […]