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Eight employees of Book Exchange in Missoula, Montana have quit after multiple alleged sexual harassment incidents involving Nabil Haddad, the husband of the store’s owner. Two of the employees, Miranda Keenan and Melanie Sourbeer, told the Missoula Independent about incidents in 2014 and 2016, in which Haddad touched them inappropriately. Another former employee, Sunshine Tucker, says Haddad followed her around the store taking photos of her without her consent. A meeting between manager Stephen Torrez and owner Rebecca Haddad — which addressed store schedules and the computerized inventory system, but in which he also raised concerns about sexual harassment procedures — […]

Book Expo featured a trio of political figures on stages Thursday evening and Friday morning, starting with Senator Bernie Sanders. He spoke about his forthcoming book Where We Go From Here, which he described as an account of his activities since the 2016 election, and what he sees as the future of the progressive movement. He said, “since the election we’ve been fighting for a progressive agenda and there is no debate that we’ve been winning.” He named as his goals “developing an agenda that speaks to the needs of working families” and getting more people involved in the political […]

At Book Expo’s Wednesday morning State of the Industry: Publishing and Copyright Policy, participants were in agreement on something to like about the Trump administration: It has offered a level playing field for copyright policy so far. This is seen as a shift from the Obama administration, which was, as Copyright Alliance ceo Keith Kuperschmidt put it, “somewhat enamored with Silicon Valley,” and Google in particular. “We played a lot of defense” during the Obama administration, he added, while with the current administration, “we’re still in a wait and see mode.” Kuperschmidt noted that no copyright bills passed the House during the […]

With Memorial Day on the way, a number of publications have compiled summer reading lists of forthcoming or recently released books. You can start reading several of the titles right now in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler (titles that appear in the collection are marked with asterisks). The Washington Post Book’s “39 Books We’re Talking About This Summer” includes: Air Traffic, by Gregor Pardlo An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones Asymmetry, by Lisa Halliday Beneath a Ruthless Sun, by Gilbert King Chasing Hillary, by Amy Chozick Circe, by Madeline Miller Directorate S, by Steve Coll Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker The […]

Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired academic publisher IB Tauris for £5.8 million, with £4.8 million paid in cash at completion and up to £1 million to be paid post-completion, subject to adjustments. IBT has a backlist of 4,000 titles, specializing in Middle East studies, history, politics and international relations, and publishes around 200 new titles a year. IBT managing director Jonathan McDonnell “will remain with the company until late summer to ensure an orderly transfer of the business.” Bloomsbury chief executive Nigel Newton said in the release: “The acquisition of IBT consolidates our significant presence in humanities and social science academic publishing. IBT’s complementary lists have good growth […]