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.
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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 […]
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S&S Publishes Kushner Book Early After Explosive VF Excerpt
After a headline-making excerpt ran in Vanity Fair on October 22, One Signal accelerated the publication of Matthew Cole’s PRINCES AND THIEVES: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East to publish on October 25. The book was originally scheduled for October 27. “Given the increase in interest in Princes and Thieves, Simon & Schuster decided to move up the on-sale date by two days, and the book is now available for purchase through most retail channels,” a Simon & Schuster spokesperson stated. The excerpt alleges that, while he was a senior White House official […]