We've added four book reviewers, and now reviews of books on a wide range of subjects appear in almost every issue of Shelf Awareness. And Braden Vinroe explains the unexplainable-he gives us all kinds of indispensable computer and technical advice. Graphic designer Alex Baker is as creative as ever, especially in coming up with theme Viks (such as the one at the top of today's issue). Congratulations! Our CFO, Richard Jobes, has taken on ever more business and financial duties and continues to provide wise financial counsel. Shannon McKenna Schmidt writes on a variety of bookselling issues-and her first book, co-authored with Joni Rendon, Novel Destinations: Literary Landmarks from Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West (National Geographic), came out last month and was excerpted here.
She will be contributing even more in the coming year and is as cheerful as ever. Brown continues to cover children's books-in addition to writing a children's book review once a week.
We thank him as ever for his witty, elegant commentary. In addition to contributing his enlightening weekly column, Robert Gray now regularly writes many of the news items and BookTV listings and occasionally puts together whole issues and sends them out, giving John Mutter much-appreciated breaks. We thank her for adding some calm and order. Perhaps more important, she helps her boss, Jenn Risko, keep track of and act on the many thousands of little details that comprise the business. In the past year, we've continued to grow, to the point that we can safely say we have a real staff and Jenn and John are able to catch breaths-occasionally! Melissa Mueller joined Shelf Awareness late last summer fulltime in the Seattle office and is the key person for booking ads. Yesterday marked the third anniversary of our first issue.
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