Ann Patchett’s new novel Commonwealth is the No. 1 pick on the ABA’s September Indie Next List. Also on the list are Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow; Little Nothing by Marisa Silver; Nathan Hill’s The Nix; Mischling by Affinity Konar; and The Gentleman by Forrest Leo — all six of which, including the Patchett, are featured as lengthy pre-publication excerpts that you can read right now in Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter. Additionally, Colson Whitehead’s Oprah-anointed The Underground Railroad is also an Indie Next Choice for September (the month of its original publication date.) The rest of the list comprises: Leave Me, […]
Archives for August 2016
HMH Reduces Full Year Guidance, Though Trade Has Modest Gain
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reported second quarter sales on Thursday morning, reducing its guidance for the full year on “an updated expectation for its core domestic education market”: 2016 sales are now expected to range from $1.485 billion to $1.555 million (with net billings of between $1.525 billion and $1.595 billion). The small trade division had a reasonable quarter, with sales rising $1.2 million to $38.7 million, attributed to “frontlist culinary titles such as The Whole 30 , Weber’s New American Barbecue , Meathead and Ted Talks.” That was offset by “a decline in net sales of ebooks attributed to fewer movie tie-ins of bestselling ebook titles coupled […]
Clinton Campaign Book from S&S In September
Hillary Clinton’s longtime publisher Simon & Schuster will publish the official Clinton-Kaine campaign book, Stronger Together, on September 6. With introductions by Clinton and Kaine, the publisher says, “The book will explore the solutions she has laid out from the beginning of her presidential campaign in April 2015, up to and including her appearance at the Democratic National Convention on July 28.”
People, Etc.
At Simon & Schuster, Tracy Nelson has been promoted to director, retail field sales, and Caitlin Nalven has been promoted to national account manager handling Baker & Taylor, Ingram and Perma-Bound for children’s publishing. Hannah Fergesen has joined KT Literary as an agent, representing speculative adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction. Fergesen was most recently a literary assistant at Trident Media Group. In addition, Renee Nyen has also been promoted to agent. At Red Sofa Literary, Laura Zats has been promoted to literary agent. Publishing attorney Susan Spann has joined Donaghy Literary Group as contracts manager. Former Gotham editor Brooke Carey has […]
More Bookseller August Picks
Aside from the moved-up Oprah pick by Colson Whitehead, here are more top bookseller picks for August. Barnes & Noble‘s fiction recommendations feature: Three Sisters, Three Queens, by Philippa Gregory Rushing Waters, by Danielle Steel Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue The Nix, by Nathan Hill Harmony, by Carolyn Parkhurst Arrowood, by Laura McHugh Repo Madness, by W. Bruce Cameron The Book That Matters Most, by Ann Hood Christodora, by Tim Murphy Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson The iBookstore Best Books of August lists align directly with BN in general fiction (Gregory, Woodson, Parkhurst, Hill and Mbue). Their nonfiction top […]
Briefs: Pocket Constitution Sales Rise After Khan Speech; A Local Line for S&S India; and More
Khizr Khan’s speech at the Democratic National Convention has boosted distribution of the US Constitution. A $1 Pocket Constitution published by The National Center for Constitutional Studies — similar to the one Khan displayed during his speech, but not the same edition — moved 45,000 copies on Amazon between Saturday morning and Monday night, spokesperson Dan Sheridan told the WSJ. After announcing they would give free copies of their pocket Constitution until Election Day, the American Civil Liberties Union says it has received approximately 80,000 orders. Little Brown celebrated the recent launch of James Patterson’s BookShots with a press release declaring he “has ignited a […]