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Archives for May 2015

May 21, 2015By Sarah Weinman

People

May 21, 2015By Sarah Weinman

Book publicists Kimberly Burns, Whitney Peeling, and Michael Taeckens have partnered on Broadside, specializing in publicity and marketing for publisher-backed literary fiction and narrative nonfiction, as well as literary and mission-driven organizations and nonprofits. Each worked independently for the last several years, having most recently been employed by Random House, Perseus, and Graywolf, respectively. Director of intellectual property at Barnes & Noble for 3 years Elizabeth Brannen has joined Los Angeles law firm Stris & Maher. In the UK, Puffin UK editor Rebecca Lewis-Oakes won this year’s Kim Scott Walwyn Prize. Helen Garnons-Williams will leave Bloomsbury UK to become publishing director of Fourth Estate. At Bloomsbury, Alexa […]

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May 20, 2015By Sarah Weinman

Briefs: Canongate To Publish Rhodes Memoir After Winning Legal Battle; Regional Bookseller Paperbacks From Unbridled Books

May 20, 2015By Sarah Weinman

Canongate will publish British classical pianist James Rhodes‘ memoir Instrumental on May 28 as an ebook and the following week in hardcover after the UK Supreme Court overturned an injunction that banned publication. The injunction resulted from a lawsuit by Rhodes’ former wife, who claimed publication of the memoir, which details Rhodes’ childhood sexual abuse by his teacher, “were so disturbing that their son [who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome] would suffer catastrophic psychological distress if he were to read it.” In delivering the judgment Lord Toulson wrote: “There is every justification for the publication. A person who has suffered in […]

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May 20, 2015By Michael Cader

The BEA Party Planner

May 20, 2015By Michael Cader

In keeping with our tradition, here is an overview of the known BEA after-hours celebrants and events so far. (If your event is not listed, that means you didn’t let us know; send an e-mail and we’ll update as appropriate. We have been adding events, now with almost 30 listings.) As usual, this is a guide to what’s happening and an acknowledgment of the authors and occasions being celebrated, rather than a crasher’s manual; many of these events require an invitation and RSVP, often in strictly limited numbers (some are already oversubscribed), though others are open. Congratulations and best wishes […]

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May 20, 2015By Sarah Weinman

People, Etc.

May 20, 2015By Sarah Weinman

Owner of Houston independent mystery bookshop Murder By the Book McKenna Jordan will join Minotaur Books as a dedicated outside publishing consultant to the imprint, a newly created role. Jordan will report to associate publisher Kelley Ragland, who will help Jordan make “her unique and successful experience in the positioning, selling, and marketing of mysteries and crime fiction available on an exclusive basis to Minotaur’s staff of editors and marketers.” Minotaur publisher Andy Martin said in the announcement: “Since I joined Minotaur Books in 2006, I have eagerly sought the advice of some of the great practitioners in the field […]

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May 19, 2015By Sarah Weinman

Fall/Winter Buzz Books Preview: Nonfiction

May 19, 2015By Sarah Weinman

As usual, our free Buzz Books sampler opens with Sarah Weinman’s broader surveys of over 100 notable books from the forthcoming season. We’ll be running portions of those overviews the next few days to help round out your BEA radar — and you can read the complete previews anytime in the new editions of Buzz Books. And also as usual, publication dates may have changed, and errors are ours (as well as the ONIX feed.) In today’s installment, we look at forthcoming nonfiction. Conversation Starters Looking first at politics and current affairs, Dick Cheney surely pulls no punches in criticizing Barack […]

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May 19, 2015By Michael Cader

BookBub Raises Another $7 Million for Growth; Vook Rebrands As Pronoun; Pandora Buys Next Big Sound/Book

May 19, 2015By Michael Cader

BookBub announced that they recently closed another financing round of $7 million in equity and debt financing. The capital comes from the same investors who provided a $3.8 million round a year ago (led by NextView Ventures and Founder Collective, joined by Avalon Ventures and Bloomberg Beta). Co-founder Josh Schanker says in the post they “decided to take additional capital to accelerate expansion.” He also indicates that they have added over 20 employees in the last year. In what looks to be the next of many pivots for Vook (and their acquired properties Byliner and Booklr), the company has announced “the formation […]

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