Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut George Bishop, Jr.’s TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY, in […]
Archives for August 2008
Fewer Novels for France
The French publishing industry still releases the bulk of their fiction lists between mid-August and the end of October (“la rentrée littéraire”) but this year’s crop of 676 novels will be 7 percent smaller than last year’s batch of 727 titles, according to magazine Livres Hebdos. Part of it, however, is that “French publishers looking to spread their publishing output throughout the year.” The magazine’s Vincy Thomas says: “These books are fairly dark, very depressing – a bit like France. There is a ‘grande malaise’, a sort of depression, in France at the moment. This is not a joyful country; […]
Another African Memoir Is Next Starbucks Pick
Helene Cooper’s THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH, a memoir about growing up in Liberia during the country’s civil war, will be Starbucks’ next book selection when Simon & Schuster releases the book on September 3. “First told in a Wall Street Journal cover story that generated far-reaching critical acclaim and reader interest, the story of Helene Cooper’s extraordinary life, now fully explored in memoir form, is a compelling personal tale rent from the broader pages of Liberia’s recent turbulent history.” Cooper is the diplomatic correspondent for the NYT. Starbucks director of content development Nikkole Denson says “our customers enjoy engaging, […]
Geringer to Leave Imprint
Laura Geringer, publisher of the eponymous Harper Children’s imprint for 17 years (and a Harper employee since 1980), “has announced her decision to leave her position” at the end of the month. Susan Katz says in her memo Geringer “looks forward to having more time to pursue her career as a writer, to devote her energies to the development of a new business with the capability of delivering story content on multiple platforms, and to channel more time into First Book.” The imprint is best known for picture books by William Joyce, and the IF YOU GIVE A … series […]
More Personnel News
David Morton, who has run Rizzoli’s architecture program since 1987, has been promoted to the new position of associate publisher, architecture. At St. Martin’s, Tom Stouras has been promoted and is adding supply chain management to his current responsibilities, taking the new title of vp, supply chain and sales operations. Steve Faber is being promoted to inventory director, supply chain and Debbie Derevjanik will become director of analysis and forecasting, supply chain, both reporting to Tom Stouras. Alison Indrisano has been appointed president and ceo of National Geographic School Publishing, including Hampton-Brown, which it acquired in 2006, starting in early […]
September Indie Next
Here are the ABA’s latest monthly picks: In Hovering Flight: A Novel, by Joyce HinnefeldMy Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, by Ariel SabarAmerica Eats! On the Road with the WPA — the Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American Food, by Pat WillardThe Good Thief: A Novel, by Hannah TintiAnathem: A Novel, by Neal StephensonFine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, by Annie ProulxFeather Man, by Rhyll McMasterJust Breathe, by Susan WiggsHurry Down Sunshine: A Memoir, by Michael GreenbergAmerican Wife: A Novel, by Curtis SittenfeldCity of […]