Our Buzz Books 2017 Spring/Summer sampler alone is full of excerpts from great forthcoming literary fiction by Danzy Senna, Courtney Maum, Gin Phillips, and Catherine Lacey, as well as highly-touted debuts by Omar El-Akaad, Rachel Khong, Sarah Schmidt, and more — and as usual, our free ebook starts with a broad view of the forthcoming publishing season that highlights hundreds of new books of note on the way. Don’t have yours yet? The consumer edition is featured on the iBooks home screen (and the trade editions are featured on NetGalley’s home page). With Winter Institute 12 starting today in Minneapolis, we’re continuing to presenting […]
Archives for January 2017
People, Etc.
At Chronicle Books, Madeline Moe has been promoted to production developer, food and lifestyle. Bernd Leukert has joined the supervisory board of Bertelsmann. He is the executive board member at SAP responsible for products and innovation at SAP. Chairman Christoph Mohn notes in a statement: “He is a digital thought leader with outstanding professional expertise, especially in the areas of innovation management, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. As a member of the executive board of an important global software group, he will be able to give Bertelsmann excellent advice and support in the identification of new opportunities for growth […]
NYT Eliminates Some Bestseller Lists, Cuts Overall Slots Nearly In Half
The New York Times substantially revised its bestseller lists as of the editions dated February 5 (covering sales through January 21), which were sent out to subscribers on Wednesday afternoon. Where there were once 240 weekly slots in all — 190 regular and 50 extended — now is pared back to 130 positions. The list for mass market fiction and dedicated lists for ebooks only — for both fiction and nonfiction — have been eliminated entirely, which some sectors may consider a double blow, since many fiction titles that used to sell well in the mass market had migrated to primarily digital […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Commercial Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2017 Spring/Summer sampler alone is full of excerpts from great forthcoming commercial titles by Nora Roberts, Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow, Christopher Brookmyre, Graeme Simsion, and Karen Dionne — and as usual, our free ebook starts with a broad view of the forthcoming publishing season that highlights hundreds of new books of note on the way. With Winter Institute 12 about to start in Minneapolis, we’ll be presenting extracts from that seasonal preview over our new few issues. (Please remember: Because we prepared this preview many months in advance, titles, content, and publication dates are all subject to change.) […]
People: Lorena Jones Imprint Ready to Launch, and More
Ten Speed Press formally announced the launch of Lorena Jones Books, the cooking and lifestyle imprint overseen by vp, publisher Lorena Jones, who rejoined the imprint in September 2015 to begin work on the new line. Set to begin publishing in April will publish 6 to 8 titles annually in the areas of cooking, work life, and health. Initial launch titles include Tartine All Day by Elisabeth Prueitt; Peppers of the Americas by Maricel Presilla; and Cheers to the Publican, Repast and Present by Paul Kahan. Ten Speed Press publisher Aaron Wehner said in the announcement. “Shaped by Lorena’s creative vision, […]
Roxane Gay Withdraws from Ted Books Contract Over Simon & Schuster’s Milo Publication
Author Roxane Gay tells BuzzFeed that she asked her agent Maria Massie to “pull” her forthcoming How to Be Heard — scheduled for March 2018 publication from Ted Books, through Simon & Schuster — from the publisher. “I can’t in good conscience let them publish it while they also publish Milo,” Gay said. To be clear, Gay’s new book Difficult Women was just published earlier in January, by Grove Atlantic. TED Conferences LLC co-publishes a line of books with the Simon & Schuster adult trade imprint. The author was due to submit her manuscript shortly: “I was supposed to turn […]