Barnes & Noble Education announced fourth quarter earnings, with sales of $256.9 million, down from $334.4 last period, a decline of 23.2 percent. Retail, by far BNED’s largest segment, was heavily hit as COVID shut down campuses nationwide, while sales in the much smaller wholesale and digital student solutions increased. Net loss was $(40.3) million,…
New Books Publishing July 14
Besides the court-released Mary Trump, this week brings new books by David Mitchell, Colin Jost, and many others. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 22 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-july-14 9 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-14 More new children’s and…
Judge Lifts Gag on Mary Trump’s Book, Raises Major Doubts on Suit’s Merits
New York Judge Hal Greenwald had no trouble lifting the gag order on Mary Trump’s book TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH on Monday: “In the vernacular of First year law students, ‘Con. Law trumps Contracts.’” The keeps alive the streak of attorney Charles Harder on behalf of Donald Trump as a total loser. In polite,…
Trade Shipments Fell Further In May
The AAP’s May StatShot report shows a deepening of the same trends observed in April: revenues from shipments of trade books to accounts were down substantially, due to store closures and postponed releases, as lower returns due to the same factors mitigated some of the “net” sales tabulations for the month. Shipments of trade books…
People, Etc.
Jessica Felleman has joined Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. She was previously an agent at Foundry Literary + Media. Jolene Haley has joined Marsal Lyon Literary Agency as a literary agent. She was previously at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Allison Huggins has been promoted to senior manager of foreign rights and co-editions for Workman Publishing, Algonquin Books,…
NBCC Sets Special Meeting to “Repopulate” Board, As Romano Objects
The National Book Critics Circle will hold a special board meeting on July 14, focusing on, among other things, repopulating the board which saw 15 resignations in June. Acting president Jane Ciabattari wrote in what was supposed to be a confidential email to the board on July 6 that they also aim to “[approve] amended…