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Elizabeth Jordan is resigning as CEO of BookPeople in Austin, Tex., to become general manager of Nowhere Bookshop, the new bookstore that is being opened by author Jenny Lawson in San Antonio. Jordan had become BookPeople's CEO in June 2018, replacing longtime CEO Steve Bercu, who retired from full-time bookselling. She has been with BookPeople since 2002, working in a variety of positions.
Jordan said, "BookPeople has been like home for me for the past 17 years and saying goodbye to it and to Austin is bittersweet but I am excited for this opportunity to work with Jenny to build a great bookstore and bar for my hometown of San Antonio." Jordan will continue as CEO until BookPeople's board finds a replacement.
Lawson announced her new store only last week and said that since the space needs renovation, it won't open for a while. Lawson, aka The Bloggess, is the author of You Are Here: An Owner's Manual for Dangerous Minds (Flatiron), Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Berkley) and Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Flatiron).