The Pulitzer Prize Board announced on Friday the completion of “an exhaustive review” of allegations against board chair Junot Diaz. That investigation, conducted by law firm Williams & Connolly, “did not find evidence warranting removal of Professor Díaz from the board.” As a result, “Díaz will be welcomed to resume his full duties as a board…
Obama’s Becoming Sells Over 725,000 Units On First Day
Crown reported Friday afternoon that former First Lady Michelle Obama’s BECOMING sold more than 725,000 units in all formats and editions in the US and Canada (including pre-orders) on the first day of its publication, November 13. As previously reported, they initially printed 1.8 million hardcovers for North America, and now the company says it…
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Heather Connor has joined Harlequin in the newly created role of vp, publicity, overseeing Park Row Books, Hanover Square Press, Graydon House, MIRA, HQN, and Inkyard Press. She was previously director of publicity at Berkley. Amanda Lang has been promoted to to senior publicity manager at Simon & Schuster. Co-founder of New World Library and…
Time Magazine’s Best Books of the Year
Time Magazine named its top ten books of the year in fiction and nonfiction, with Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room as its number one fiction pick, and John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood topping their nonfiction selections. (Also on the fiction list is Ottessa’s Moshfegh’s latest novel, excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler.)…
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Hachette Book Group’s svp, director of marketing strategy Heather Fain is leaving on November 30 after 20 years with the company to become chief marketing officer at Pushkin Industries, the podcast company launched by Jacob Weisberg and Malcolm Gladwell. CEO Michael Pietsch notes in part, “She has been a great colleague, a mentor, and a…
A Leading Agent Takes Center Stage with Hello Sunshine + Together Live
William Morris Endeavor’s head of Worldwide Literary, Lectures, and Conferences, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, has another lesser-known, yet in some respects, higher-profile, role. She is the co-founder, along with client and author Glennon Doyle, of Together Live, an annual big-venue touring storytelling event/would-be movement that recently began its third year. Walsh is also its chief curator,…