Bookselling Former Kramerbooks & Afterwords employees Scott Abel and Jake Cumsky-Whitlock will open a new bookstore in Washington D.C. “soon.” Solid State Books will be located in the Apollo building on H St. NE, which has a new Whole Foods as well, and according to the website, will “operate as a full-service general interest bookstore with a deep and diverse selection of fiction and non-fiction titles curated to appeal to neighborhood residents of all ages as well as to the many visitors from other parts of DC, Virginia, Maryland, and beyond.” Abel was general manager at Karmerbooks for a decade and Cumsky-Whitlock was head buyer. […]
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At Abrams Children’s, Tessa Meischeid has joined in the new role of associate publicist. Previously, she was assistant editor at HarperCollins Children’s. Lora Grisafi has joined as trade marketing designer. Previously, she designed marketing materials for Random House Children’s. Mark Lee has joined the National Book Foundation as communications and marketing manager. He was associate publicist at Doubleday. Crown Publishing Group announced a number of promotions in the art department. Elizabeth Rendfleisch has been promoted to vice president and director of interior design; Jessie Bright has been promoted to art director; Michael Morris has been promoted to senior designer; and Alane Gianetti and […]
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Brianna Linden has been promoted to associate publicist for Viking and Penguin publicity. Chris Myers, former senior vice president and managing director at Peter Lang Publishing, will launch a new academic publishing house Myers Education Press. The company will specialize in books, e-books and digital content centered on education. John von Knorring, president and publisher of higher education publisher Stylus Publishing, will be his partner in the venture. Renowned editor Judith Jones, 93, died today at her summer home in Walden, VT, from complications of Alzheimer’s, her step-daughter told the Washington Post, which has a lengthy profile. Best-known for publishing cookbook authors […]
Our September Buzz Books Monthly
With the success of our recently-launched Buzz Books 2017: Romance as well as our two Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter collections, we continue our monthly sampler program with the release of September Buzz Books Monthly, available now on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. Buzz Books Monthlies are your first and best place to turn for an insider’s taste of what to read next, and what the book world will be talking about next month. As usual September’s edition offers just the right amount of excerpts for consumers, and includes a comprehensive preview that highlights hundreds of notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again […]
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Barbara Kline Pope will take over as director of the Johns Hopkins University Press this fall. She has been executive director of the National Academies Press since 1997, recently served as president of the Association of American University Presses, and has been on the management board at MIT Press. Previous director Kathleen Keane retired in April. At Little, Brown, Ned Rust has been promoted to vice president and publisher for James Patterson, responsible for all aspects of the adult and children’s publishing programs. Jenny Bak has been promoted to editorial director for the children’s line, Jimmy Patterson Books. Stephanie Buschardt has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as publicist. […]
Macmillan Finalizes Relocation to 120 Broadway for 2019
As first reported under consideration in April, Macmillan has now finalized a deal to relocate their offices to 120 Broadway in early 2019. Their lease in Flatiron Building was due to expire next year. The press release indicates Macmillan is taking four floors comprising 261,000 square feet of space for 20 years. They currently occupy about 176,00 square feet in the Flatiron for the trade division, but have offices elsewhere in city as well, primarily for the education group. The release says they will “relocate…from multiple locations” to the new space. Chief operating officer Andrew Weber says in the announcement, “The […]