Maggie Richards has been promoted to svp associate publisher at Holt. Serena Jones, promoted to editor-in-chief earlier this year, has stepped back from that position and is executive editor “to devote more time to her books and authors,” as new president and publisher Amy Einhorn looks for a new editor-in-chief. Claire Harris has been promoted…
The Washington Post’s 10 Best Books of the Year
The Washington Post released its year end book package, including its top 10 books of the year. Selections include NBA winner Sarah Broom and Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo, plus NBA finalist Marlon James. Also on the list are Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School, and Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, both of which are…
AAP September StatShot Shows Small Gains
AAP released its monthly StatShot for September, showing small gains in both adult and children’s books, based on data from 1,362 publishers. However, the adult sales figures from last year’s report were revised once again, making comparison less valuable. On balance, adult sales were about $6.5 million below the recent four-year average, and children’s sales…
National Book Awards: Choi Wins Fiction Prize, Along With Broom, Krasznahorkai, and More
At the 70th National Book Awards on Wednesday evening, Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise (Holt) won the fiction prize — an upset among publishers, at least, as Choi’s book was the only non-Penguin Random House finalist of the category. “I’m actually really surprised,” said a teary Choi before thanking her many collaborators. She added, “The longer…
People, Etc.
Mike Nardullo will join Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency as agent and rights director. He was previously foreign rights director and agent at Foundry Literary + Media. He succeeds Elizabeth Fisher who has been with LGR for over 15 years and is leaving the industry to pursue other interests. Noah Schwartzberg has joined Portfolio as…
Yet Again, Springer Nature Said to Hope for An IPO
The various private equity companies that have traded educational publisher Springer for more than a decade now have hoped for an offering of shares to the public since at least 2012 if not earlier, both to help pay down a persistent debt load and to provide a pathway to an exit. The current incarnation of…