Our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter sampler is full of excerpts from great forthcoming commercial fiction by Diane Chamberlain, Sarah Pinborough, Taylor Stevens, and Natasha Solomons. As usual, our free ebook starts with a broad view of the forthcoming publishing season that highlights hundreds of new books of note on the way. Did you download your copy yet? …
A Simplified Book Expo Schedule
As usual, for people who like a simple Book Expo Schedule that puts all of the main events, education sessions, and stage appearances in one place, we have you covered. Just visit publun.ch/BookExSched2018 to view our consolidated spreadsheet.
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Roz Parr will step down from her position as marketing director, Vintage Anchor and Everyman’s Library on June 1 after 18 years in that role, with plans to leave the industry to pursue personal and family priorities.Vintage Anchor publisher Anne Messitte writes, “Roz has had an incredible thirty-eight-year tenure in our industry, bringing invaluable real-world…
Strong Sales for Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury reported sales for fiscal 2018, ending February 28, with sales rising 13 percent (or £19 million) to £161.5 million in what they call “an exceptional year.” Almost all of the growth came from children’s publishing, which added £13.3 million, growing to £69.2 million overall, helped by a 31 percent increase in Harry Potter sales….
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Liz Stein has moved over to the William Morrow group as senior editor. Previously she was with Park Row Books. Rachel Crawford joins Naval Institute Press as production editor. She was most recently production editor/coordinator for Springer Nature. Awards The SFWA announced the Nebula Award winners over the weekend, with NK Jemisin‘s The Stone Sky awarded…
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Literary & Debut
Our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter sampler alone is full of excerpts from great forthcoming literary fiction by Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth McCracken, Sarah Perry and more, plus sixteen promising debuts including titles from Kathy Wang, Wil Medearis, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. As usual, our free ebook starts with a broad view of the forthcoming publishing season that highlights…