Clare Mackintosh’s sophomore suspense thriller I See You tops the February 2017 Library Reads list. The list also includes Elan Mastai’s debut All Our Wrong Todays and A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline, excerpts of which you can read right now in our February Buzz Books Monthly. Download it now for free (at Amazon, iBooks and Google Play, or get it from NetGalley where it’s a Spotlight Pick) and share it with your reader communities to help build buzz for all of publishing in February. The rest of the February Library Reads includes: Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman (Norton) My […]
Archives for January 2017
Acquisitions: Sourcebooks Takes Over Little Pickle Press; Firebrand Acquires Enthrill
Sourcebooks has acquired the publishing rights to the list of nonfiction children’s publisher Little Pickle Press from parent company March 4, expanding the nonfiction program of Sourcebooks’ Jabberwocky imprint. Little Pickle Press will live as an imprint under Jabberwocky, which will make the approximately 25 frontlist and backlist titles available as of February 1, and publish new titles as of 2018. Founder of Little Pickle Rana DiOrio will stay at parent company March 4th, working with Sourcebooks to generate new book projects while also creating and acquiring content and developing video, film, and merchandise strategies “in support of Sourcebooks and […]
S&S Children’s Authors Protest Milo Deal, IDPF Dissidents Keep Trying
A group of over 160 children’s book authors and illustrators have signed on to a letter to Simon & Schuster ceo Carolyn Reidy objecting to the house’s book deal with Milo Yiannopoulos. The effort began as a conversation among Erin Murphy Literary Agency clients under contract with Simon & Schuster and “quickly became a national dialogue across agencies and genres.” They write, in part: “Threshold has placed Simon & Schuster’s considerable reputation and weight behind one of the most prominent faces of the newly repackaged white supremacist/white nationalist movement and financially supported a man who routinely denigrates, verbally attacks, and directs dangerous internet doxxing and hate campaigns against […]
People: Pallante to Head AAP, and More
Former Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante will join the Association of American Publishers on January 17 as the new president and ceo of the organization, taking over following the planned retirement of Tom Allen. She says in the announcement: “I am deeply inspired by the values of the American publishing industry. Publishers promote literature, literacy, education, and research around the world, while advocating for free speech, creating jobs, and making considerable contributions to the global marketplace. It will be a privilege to represent these interests in matters of policy, trade and business.” AAP board chair YS Chi comments, “Maria is […]
Bookselling: Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum Opens Storefront; Newport, VT’s Wider Than the Sky to Close
Pittsburgh nonprofit City of Asylum, which is devoted to writers in exile, will open its new bookstore on Saturday, January 14. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the store will offer a “carefully curated selection of 8,000 volumes by authors from all over the world” in a renovated Masonic hall now called Alphabet City. “It was a lot of fun to put this collection together,” noted store manager Lesley Rains, who previously owned East End Book Exchange in Bloomfield, PA. (Rains sold the Bloomfield, PA store last June after four years in operation.) Wider Than The Sky in Newport, VT will close […]
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At Henry Holt, Serena Jones has been promoted to executive editor. In addition, Caroline Zancan moves up to senior editor, and Eleanor Embry has been promoted to assistant editor. At Counterpoint and Soft Skull, Megan Fishmann has been promoted to associate publisher, while continuing as director of publicity. Open Road Integrated Media announced a number of recent promotions. Mary McAveney has been promoted to evp, marketing, while Matt Shatz moves up to evp, revenue. Daniel Shemesh is promoted to svp, finance, and Brian Haley moves up to vp, technology. Finally, Julie Blattberg has been promoted to vp,stragetic operations and chief of […]