Yesterday we listed the complete list of 40 great adult authors and excerpts packed into our new free ebook Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter, and today we’re proud to feature all of the young adult authors and excerpts in Buzz Books 2016 Young Adult: Fall/Winter. Since we first spun-off YA into their own Buzz Books collection at BEA three years ago, these editions have been particularly popular with consumers, and this edition is perfectly suited for sharing with eager YA fans at BookCon. (YA readers in particular like to cite all their TBR discoveries in their online reviews: “I love love […]
Archives for May 2016
Sales Fall 11 Percent At HarperCollins
News Corporation reported fiscal third quarter earnings after the close of the market on Thursday, with sales falling $44 million at HarperCollins, down 11 percent to $358 million for the period. The impact on EBITDA was sharper, at $36 million, down $20 million from a year ago. The company blamed “lower revenues from American Sniper by Chris Kyle and the Divergent series by Veronica Roth (… combined, those two franchises accounted for the majority of the year-over-year revenue shortfall …), lower e-book sales and negative foreign currency fluctuations,” though they did implement some “cost savings initiatives.” That negative sales trend has been […]
Another Concept Bookstore Opens — Backed By Penguin Random House
Amazon isn’t the only company of scale experimenting with a sleek new concept bookstore. Last Friday, a 1,000-square-foot concept store opened in under-served Puerto Rico with backing from Penguin Random House, in partnership with the island’s Bookmark (which opened their first store in 2013). At the new Bookmark Boutique, “During its first three months of operation, Penguin Random House will provide support with public relations, an aggressive author event calendar and innovative technology designed to help readers discover new books and authors,” according to a local paper. Similar to the modestly-sized Amazon Books experiment in Seattle, Bookmark Boutique aims to use technology […]
The Complete Fall/Winter Buzz Books Titles
As we previewed in brief on Monday, our new free ebook Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter boasts another amazing line-up of authors you love along with over a dozen highly-touted debut voices, with substantial pre-publication excerpts of each. Why rely on reviews and hype when you can try the books themselves? Whether you are preparing for BEA or skipping it entirely, Buzz Books lets you sample some of the best forthcoming books right now. To get the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys, get an EPUB file from us or go to NetGalley for […]
People, Etc.
Angie Giammarino has joined Rodale as senior marketing manager. Previously she was a marketing manager at Macmillan. Carin Siegfried has joined Soho Press as sales manager. Previously she worked with both national accounts and independent retailers at Baker & Taylor. Miriam Keil has joined Chronicle Books as the associate sales manager, specialty markets. She was most recently at First Book. In addition, the specialty markets department has promoted Julia Carvalho to senior sales manager; Samantha Steele to sales manager; and Noëlle Simkins to sales coordinator. Don Linn announced via Twitter that he has “parted ways” with the University of Chicago […]
People, Etc.
Scher Foord has joined Scholastic as vp, creative for Scholastic.com, reporting to Dani Nadel. Foord was most recently executive director, UX and design at Condé Nast. Shannon Jamieson Vazquez has joined Open Road as strategic advisor, true crime, reporting to Philip Rappaport. Vazquez was most recently senior editor at Berkley. Simon & Schuster Children’s announced a number of recent promotions. Andrea Welch has been promoted to executive editor, Beach Lane Books, while Nicole Ellul moves up to associate editor, Simon Pulse. Emma Sector has been promoted to assistant editor at Aladdin, while Sarah Jane Abbott moves up to assistant editor, […]