At Harper UK, Susanna Frayn has been promoted to communications director. Sam Missingham will join the department in new role of head of events, and James Lewis has been promoted to communications content officer. At Bloomsbury USA, Laura Gianino has been promoted to publicist in the adult trade group, and Bridget Hartzler has been promoted […]
Archives for October 2013
Amazon Lures More Exclusives with New Price Deals
Amazon has given authors who publish their ebooks exclusively through the site via KDP another potent merchandising weapon: the ability to offer timed price discounts. Called Kindle Countdown Deals, the new initiative lets authors and publishers create their own price promotions and promotes them via a highlighted Amazon page. Timed price deals can last from […]
In the UK, Harper and Foyles Dabble with Pricey Bundles
Harper has launched another modest experiment in the UK, offering bundles of print and ebook editions on 8 titles, exclusively through Foyles. The ebooks are redeemed through a printed voucher shrinkwrapped with the hardcover edition. The Bookseller reports that “Foyles said the price of the bundles will be around £5 more than buying the hardback […]
Joshilyn Jackson Tops December Indie Next List
Joshilyn Jackson’s Someone Else’s Love Story is the independent booksellers’ top pick on the December Indie Next List. (It’s the sixth No. 1 pick in the last 8 months that was excerpted pre-publication in one of our Buzz Books ebook samplers.) And in more monthly picks, another Fall/Winter Buzz Books selection — Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites […]
Creamer to Leave Touchstone as Moldow Takes Over As Publisher, and More
Announced right after Lunch mailed yesterday, Touchstone publisher Stacy Creamer will leave the company on November 15 after more than four years at the imprint. Scribner Publishing Group president Susan Moldow said in the announcement that she will serve as publisher of Touchstone “until further notice,” adding: “I am looking forward to taking a more active […]
NYT’s Best Illustrated Books of 2013
The season of picks begins as the New York Times Book Review names their selections for 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books for 2013: My Brother’s Book, by Maurice Sendak Ballad, written and illustrated by Blexbolex, translated by Claudia Z. Bedrick Jemmy Button, by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali The Dark, written by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by […]