Hans Weyandt has been named distribution manager for Itasca Books, a division of Bookmobile, in Minneapolis, Minn., succeeding Mark Jung, who is retiring at the end of the month after 20 years of service.
Weyandt has 21 years of bookselling experience, having worked at Moon Palace Books, Milkweed Books, Micawber's, and Hungry Mind Bookstore. He also was editor of Read This!: Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores, published by Coffee House Press in 2012.
Bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982, then started offering print services in 1996, and distribution services in 2004. Recently more than 20 Small Press Distribution publishers signed on to Itasca for trade distribution.
Weyandt commented: "Helping books from small presses find their way into the hands of readers has always been one of my main goals and joys in bookselling. I'm very excited to continue, and expand, that work in my new position with Itasca Books."