The National Book Foundation announced its ten title longlist, with finalists to be named on October 8. Nominated authors include previous NBA winner Colson Whitehead (2016) and Booker winner Marlon James (2015), and Pulitzer finalists Susan Choi (2003) and Laila Lailami (2015). Five debuts make the list, and eight of the ten nominated books are…
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Jonathan Cox will join the Holt as senior editor on September 23. He is currently editor at Simon & Schuster. Jennie Conway has been promoted to associate editor at St. Martin’s Press/Wednesday Books. Stephanie Mendoza has joined Algonquin Books as publicity manager. She was most recently senior publicist at Atria. Jenna Vaccaro has joined Magination…
Continued Trade Momentum Boosts Sales at Scholastic
Scholastic reported earnings for their fiscal Q1 2020, ending August 31, with sales of $232.6 million, up from to $218.4 million in the first quarter of 2019. “The big story in the quarter was our strong trade frontlist worldwide,” said cfo Ken Cleary on the analyst call. Trade publishing sales were $74.1 million, up from…
Why Audible’s Legal Arguments Fail
Ahead of the formal response from the seven publishers suing Audible for copyright infringement due to their Caption feature, assistant director at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property and assistant professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University Devlin Hartline provides a preview of the likely arguments. It’s plainly a…
The NBA Nonfiction Longlist
The National Book Foundation announced its ten title nonfiction longlist. The list includes three debuts and only one previous finalist, Greg Grandin (2009). Two of the nominees, Hanif Abdurraqib and Patrick Radden Keefe, also appear on the Kirkus nonfiction longlist. The full list: Go Ahead in the Rain, by Hanif Abdurraqib (University of Texas Press)…
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Luana Horry has been promoted to editor at HarperCollins Children’s. Jennifer Udden joins New Leaf Literary & Media as literary agent; she was previously agent at Barry Goldblatt Literary. Kate Sullivan joins as senior content development manager; she was senior editor at Delacorte. Meredith Barnes joins as business development manager; she was publicity manager at…