Nan Graham has been promoted to svp, publisher of Scribner, reporting to Scribner Publishing Group president Susan Moldow. “As if Nan hadn’t amply proven how deserved this promotion is by her firm hand in shaping the list and staff and insuring the growth of the Scribner imprint over the last eighteen years, her performance of late surely demonstrates that she continues to exercise her singular editorial instincts, abilities, and leadership qualities at the highest levels,” Moldow said in the announcement. “[Graham’s] tireless work and shining insights for every book on the Scribner list have made Nan’s contribution to the success […]
Archives for December 2012
More Best of Lists from Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Barnes & Noble
The Best of 2012 lists continue to stream in (which means we’ll have another update to our “best of the best” master list very soon.) Entertainment Weekly offered its 10 best fiction and nonfiction lists: Fiction Hilary Mantel, BRING UP THE BODIES Adam Johnson, THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON Jess Walter, BEAUTIFUL RUINS Maria Semple, WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE Ben Fountain, BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK Nell Freudenberger, THE NEWLYWEDS John Green, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Gillian Flynn, GONE GIRL Chris Ware, BUILDING STORIES Junot Diaz, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER Nonfiction Katherine Boo, BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS Cheryl […]
People, Etc.
Jennifer Garza has joined the Simon & Schuster publicity department as publicity manager. Previously she worked at Media Connect. Novelist Jennifer Egan and Knopf Doubleday executive editor Erroll McDonald are joining the PEN American Center board of trustees. Ben Fountain won the 2012 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction for his novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. The award was presented at a ceremony in New York Tuesday night that also honored New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman with the organization’s Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction.
Wool Author Makes Print-Only Deal with Simon & Schuster
Author of self-published NYT and USA Today ebook bestseller WOOL Hugh Howey has made a print-only deal with Simon & Schuster, which will release his title in both hardcover and paperback editions simultaneously in March 2013 while Howey continues to control the ebook version. He had already made a traditional publishing deal in the UK (with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories. Spokesperson for the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group Julia Prosser told us, “Not one size publishing fits all, and Simon & Schuster wants to publish the most […]
Byliner Adds Print; Firebrand Offers Book Widget
Publisher of digital shorts Byliner has paired with Ingram to bring some of their titles into print–and bookstores–starting next month. Byliner founder and ceo John Tayman says in the announcement “we increasingly hear from our readers and writers that they would like our stories available in print as well as digital form.” Ingram will handling printing and distribution, and their Graphic Arts Books unit will also supply Byliner with “the back-office services of a traditional publisher for distribution, administration, file management, and other services.” Byliner’s first “original,” Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer, was published in trade paperback by […]
eNews: Google Books in Russia; eBooks From Time Inc. and USA Today
Google has launched its Google Play store in Russia, which will sell ebooks starting from 49 rubles ($1.59) to customers with an existing Google Wallet account. Time Inc. and USA Today are the latest magazine and newspaper publications, respectively, moving into the ebook market. Time Inc.’s MyRecipes.com is launching a new digital cookbook series with recipes taken from the company’s lifestyle publications Real Simple, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Southern Living, Sunset, All You and Coastal Living. The first of the digital cookbooks, all priced at $3.99, is “MyRecipes Best-Loved Cookies for Every Occasion.” Meanwhile, USA Today’s first ebook, also released today, is USA TOMORROW, a […]