The Philadelphia Inquirer has an interesting look at ebook lending from area library systems, which looks to be on the rise (in contrast to publishers’ dollar sales from ebooks). In 2018, 28 percent of the total circulation of the Free Library of Philadelphia “came from ebooks and other digital content.” The top ebooks were The Woman in…
Transitions: Farrar, Straus’s New Publisher, Mitzi Angel
2018 was a year of executive transitions and succession at Macmillan, with new leadership for all three of the company’s most longstanding adult publishing divisions. Jen Enderlin was made sole publisher at St. Martin’s Press in February, and in November Ben Schrank joined Holt as publisher (and will move up to president as well this spring)….
UK Consumer Print Sales Fell for PRH In 2018 As Others Gained
As we head into annual report season, the Bookseller looks at publishers’ UK revenue figures, as measured by Nielsen Bookscan UK’s Total Consumer Market. (So this captures UK consumer print revenues only — excluding ebooks, digital audio, and export sales, the latter of which can account for roughly half of UK publishers’ sales.) It was…
Our Spring Buzz Books Young Adult Titles
Yesterday we listed the complete roster of adult authors and excerpts in our new free Buzz Books 2019: Spring/Summer sampler. Today we’re excited to highlight all of the young adult authors and excerpts in Buzz Books 2019: Young Adult Spring/Summer. Since its launch at BEA six years ago, our YA Buzz Books collection has been been particularly popular with…
People, Etc.
Macmillan Children’s announced a number of promotions: Holly West and Kat Brzozowski have each been promoted to senior editor at Feiwel and Friends/Swoon Reads; Anna Roberto to senior editor at Feiwel and Friends; Julia Sooy to editor at Henry Holt BYR/Godwin Books; Melissa Warten to assistant editor at Farrar, Strauss Children’s; Jessica Anderson to associate…
The Complete Buzz Books Spring/Summer Titles
As we previewed Wednesday, our new free ebook Buzz Books 2019: Spring/Summer arrives this week packed with pre-publication excerpts from major authors and 18 exciting debuts. Our sampler is the ultimate way to prepare for Winter Institute and the spring publishing season (capturing the best part of the event even if you don’t attend — reading…