Melville House is updating the company’s website and the new version will be live on October 17th.
While publishers aren’t known for their great websites, Melville House prides itself on their web savvy abilities. Publisher Dennis Johnson explained in the release: “Melville House was born from a blog, MobyLives, so our website has always been more central to our mission that it is for most publishers…Our site has always been most essentially about content. Not only about discussing the stuff of our books, but about telling the uncensored story of American book culture, about discussing something other than bestsellers, about championing international independent publishing, and about having fun.”
To support the new site, Melville House is beefing up it staff with new hires. Ellie Robins has joined the company as an acquiring editor, Kathleen Massara as a publicist and Paul Oliver has been appointed marketing manager.
The redesign will include new digital elements including the company’s latest HybridBook program — enhanced eBooks formatted for print — as well as new e-commerce innovations.