Creditors will soon be able to vote on Baker & Taylor’s liquidation plans after the company abruptly closed down last year and filed for bankruptcy in March. As suggested when they filed, the company has scant assets to distribute — about $1.8 million in cash and various accounts, according to a filing in New Jersey bankruptcy court — and debts of over $106 million. They have about $60,000 in inventory, “but substantially all of the inventory is subject to claims of suppliers and asset purchasers,” so the “likely value of the inventory to the estate, net of such claims, is […]
People 10/28
Imprints: Avon Launches Already Booked
In a post on social media, Avon announced the launch of its new imprint Already Booked. The publisher writes, “Built for readers, Already Booked’s mission is to give you books you can’t put down and can’t help but share.” The Harper Collins website notes that titles will include all genres of romance, romantasy, new adult, thriller, and horror. The imprint has already reported seven deals to Publishers Marketplace. The line is led by Avon vp, editorial director Christa Désir.
Distribution: Red Stripe Press
Casemate Group will now sell and distribute Irish publisher Red Stripe Press in North America.
People 10/27
New Books Publishing October 27
Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony releases this week, as well as new novels by Michael Connelly and filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun. New nonfiction includes work by Christopher Lloyd and William Shatner, plus Wendell Berry’s posthumous essays and Matthew Cole’s explosive expose on Jared Kushner (which was moved up to publish October 25). 24 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-27 15 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-27 Also publishing this week are new books by Chad Harbach and Uzma Jalaluddin, which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology. We consult a number […]