With our big new spring/summer Buzz Books collection ranking high in recent days and still highlighted on the iBooks home page, we are continuing our successful monthly sampler spinoff with the release of March Buzz Books Monthly. Offering just the right amount of excerpts for consumers, and starting with a comprehensive preview that highlights about 100 notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again week by week), the March monthly features excerpts from: The Women in the Castle, by Jessica Shattuck The Illusionist’s Apprentice, by Kristy Cambron and three young adult titles: Future Threat, by […]
Archives for February 2017
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Kensington editor-in-chief John Scognamiglio will run the eponymous John Scognamiglio Books imprint, publishing 4 to 6 works of commercial fiction a year in hardcover, beginning in 2018 with titles including The Last Suppers by Mandy Mikulencak (January 2018) and This I Know by Eldonna Edwards (May 2018). CEO Steven Zacharius says in the announcement, “We’re so pleased to offer John his own imprint…. John has nurtured and guided his authors to great commercial success and critical acclaim…. For him to curate and shape his own list will give readers a special opportunity to be introduced to wonderful stories and discover new authors.” Scognamiglio, who has […]
More February Picks
Better late than never, Barnes & Noble and iBooks have listed their February recommendations. BN’s best new fiction lists: Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, by Jennifer Ryan The Refugees, by Viet Thanh Nguyen My Not So Perfect Life, by Sophie Kinsella The Mother’s Promise, by Sally Hepworth Always, by Sarah Jio The White Russian: A Novel of Paris, by Vanora Bennett Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee Setting Free the Kites, by Alex George At iBooks, the fiction picks include Saunders and Nguyen, adding All Our […]
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At Disney-Hyperion, Rotem Moscovich has been promoted to executive editor, Laura Schreiber has been promoted to senior editor, and Hannah Allaman moves up to assistant editor. Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn is leaving after 34 years at the newspaper (18 as book editor). In this column, “she looks back at notable adventures and thanks you, the readers and writers who built our city of literature.” Distribution IPG will handle North American sales and distribution for Albert Whitman, beginning with the publisher’s digital frontlist as of February 1, and adding print titles as of April 1. Whitman has been […]
In A Twist, Amazon Misses on Sales Growth But Improves On Earnings
Amazon reported fourth quarter sales after the close of the market on Wednesday, with results that surprised analysts by underperforming on sales growth versus expectations, even though they had higher income than expected. Since the stock price is driven by growth first and earnings later, shares declined from their all-time high in early trading, down about 3 percent in the first half hour on Friday. Investors were also unhappy with first quarter 2017 guidance, with lower profits expected again due to “continuation of the step-up investment that we saw in the second half of last year.” Net sales for the quarter were […]
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Doris Janhsen has been appointed publisher and ceo of Munich-based Droemer Knaur Publishing Group, as of July 1 and will the Holtzbrinck Buchverlage board. Currently, Janhsen is publisher at Oetinger, and she was publisher for hardcover fiction at Droemer from 2004 to 2006. Janhsen will succeed Hans-Peter Übleis, who will continue to serve as publisher at large for Droemer and advisor for the Holtzbrinck group. Daniel Berkowitz joins Writers House on Monday as digital director. He was previously senior editor at Digital Book World. The executive overseeing Digital Book World Phil Sexton also left parent company FW Media last week. Sexton was a vice president and […]