He challenged a company’s prerogative to transfer an employee and a news organization’s ability to assert publishing rights when a reporter’s articles are used for a book. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Book Trade and Publishing”
Ocasio-Cortez Assails City Council Speaker Over Budget
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2022
The congresswoman, who has recently been vocal about New York City political players, denounced what she called “dirty politics.” Source: New York Times
In Housing Court, Tenants Are Being Evicted Again
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2022
New York City tenants have been tossed out of their homes in more than 500 cases since the eviction moratorium was lifted. Source: New York Times
Kevin Lippert, Publisher of Architectural Books, Dies at 63
By Gotham Rex on April 17, 2022
He began by selling reprints of classics from the trunk of his car and became what one architect called an “impresario for the culture of architecture.” Source: New York Times
Ben McFall, ‘the Heart of the Strand,’ Is Dead at 73
By Gotham Rex on December 30, 2021
He was the longest-tenured bookseller in the history of New York’s most storied bookstore, and he perpetuated its bohemian character. Source: New York Times
Nach Waxman, Founder of a Bookstore Where Foodies Flock, Dies at 84
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2021
A “kitchen anthropologist,” he created a mecca in Manhattan for chefs, writers, scholars, everyday cooks and anyone else who is, well, hungry for culinary knowledge. Source: New York Times
Lynn C. Franklin, Literary Agent and Memoirist on Adoption, Dies at 74
By Gotham Rex on August 2, 2021
She represented Desmond Tutu and Deepak Chopra, but the book closest to her was the one she wrote about giving up her baby and then reuniting with him. Source: New York Times
How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New
By Gotham Rex on June 6, 2021
The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened. Source: New York Times
Fred Jordan, Publisher of Taboo-Breaking Books, Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2021
At Grove Press, he and Barney Rosset challenged censors as they popularized D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others. Source: New York Times
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report. Source: New York Times
Cuomo Book Promotion Halted by Publisher, Citing Nursing Homes Inquiry
By Gotham Rex on March 8, 2021
“American Crisis” was supposed to be a triumphant account of New York’s coronavirus fight. But as scandals swirl, sales have dramatically slowed. Source: New York Times
The Strand Calls for Help, and Book Lovers Answer
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2020
“It’s awkward because the track record for the ownership here is not great,” one customer said. “But it’s also an institution. My parents shopped here.” Source: New York Times