As of March 1, the American Booksellers Association will switch from IndieBound buy buttons to links to Bookshop, as part of a partnership with the latter retail site. The move was initially planned for 2020, but delayed by the pandemic. They write in an announcement that the aims of the shift are to “help eliminate consumer […]
PRH UK Proposes Closing Center for Distro Clients
Penguin Random House UK has proposed closing its third-party distribution center in Grantham in 2025 due to rising costs and “supply chain challenges”, the Bookseller reports. The warehouse handles distribution for more than 40 publishers and has a staff of approximately 200, who are at risk of being laid off. In an email to staff, […]
The Buzz Books Editors Panel Now Available to Stream
In case you missed it, we had another terrific evening on Wednesday with six breakout spring authors and their editors on our latest Buzz Books Editors Panel. Praise and enthusiasm from booksellers continues to pour in and now we have the full recording available to watch at your leisure. Once again, our thanks to the ABA for co-sponsoring […]
B&N National Book Club Selection
Barnes & Noble chose The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz as their February National Book Club.
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Quynh Do will join Knopf as senior editor, starting February 1 and reporting to Andrew Miller, vp & editorial director, Knopf Nonfiction. She was most recently senior editor at Zando.
Imprints: Minerva, Great Place Books
Astra Books for Young Readers is rebranding its children’s imprint mineditionUS to Minerva. New books published by editorial director Maria Russo will be under the Minerva name. Previously published mineditionUS titles and their reprints will keep that imprint name, and select picture books and board books imported from the European minedition publishing program, which is […]