Book Expo America is officially less than a month away, and while the new layout BEA isn’t changing as dramatically as Frankfurt in 2015, the push to establish a viable consumer/reader event within the BEA umbrella through the repositioned BookCon show will reshape the convention floor in its own way. Throughout BEA’s efforts to make […]
Archives for May 2014
Divergent Leads Trade to Strong January
Trade sales as reported to the AAP by approximately 1,200 publishers were solid in January 2014, driven by strong sales of Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy and steady performance across the board. Total trade sales of $506 million were up 12 percent (or $54 million) compared to the same month a year ago. Most of that […]
People: Deborah Rogers Dies, and More
Prominent UK literary agent Deborah Rogers died yesterday, of a suspected heart attack, the Bookseller reports. Rogers, Coleridge and White confirmed the death of its chairman — who was presented with a lifetime achievement award just weeks ago at the London Book Fair. One of her authors, Kazuo Ishiguro, commented: “I’m groping for consolations in the face […]
May Book Picks
Amazon‘s best books of the month for May features Glenn Greenwald’s No Place to Hide as the “spotlight” title and Joel Dicker’s The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair as their featured debut. Two of our Spring/Summer Buzz Books make the list as well — which means you can start reading them right now ahead of publication, along […]