South African writer Mandla Langa has completed the late Nelson Mandela’s unfinished draft of a book about his presidency, envisioned as “a natural progression” from his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, which will be published as DARE NOT LINGER on October 24 by Farrar, Straus in the US. Pan Macmillan will release the UK edition on October 19, and rights have been sold to Rosinante in Denmark, Plon in France, Quadriga in Germany, Feltrinelli in Italy, Atlas Contact in The Netherlands, FYM in Norway, Marcador in Portugal, Aguilar in Spain and Volante in Sweden. As with Mandela’s previous books, the agent is […]
Archives for March 2017
People, Etc.
With George Coe moving up to chief operating office for Follett Corporation and Baker & Taylor, David Cully has been promoted to president of Baker & Taylor, reporting to Coe. He will “lead and manage the operations of the Baker & Taylor retail and public library businesses” and “play a key role in expanding Baker & Taylor’s market presence and position as part of Follett’s overall growth plan.” At Public Affairs, Kristina Fazzalaro has been promoted to publicist. Jane Robbins Mize moves up to assistant editor. Stephanie Knapp has been promoted to senior editor at Seal Press. The first Deborah Rogers Foundation […]
Bookselling: Amazon’s Tenth, and More
Building permits flagged for the media Amazon’s newest bookstore location, back home in Bellevue, WA, which was then confirmed by the company. They say they are now hiring personnel for the store, which is Amazon’s tenth known bookstore so far. Further underscoring Amazon’s ambition for these stores is the wording in this recently updated listing for a program manager, launch, for Amazon Books: “The books category team is hiring a Program Manager to develop and execute scalable launch plans to grow and improve our business. As the Program Manager, Launch, your job is to make it easier, faster, and more efficient […]
Forthcoming: Moyes, Brown and More
With publishers going straight from sales conference to the once-again early London Book Fair, the publication announcements and actual deal signings are running together. In the latest wave, Pamela Dorman Books and Michael Joseph announced the third book by Jojo Moyes featuring the heroine from Me Before You and After You, as she moves to Manhattan for a new job, planned for spring 2018. In the UK, former chancellor Gordon Brown’s memoir will be published by Bodley Head this fall, while in the US Algonquin will publish journalist Dan Rather’s book of essays on patriotism and what it means to […]
Book Expo Announces Editors’ Buzz Panel Selections
BookExpo has named the books to be featured during the three annual Editors’ Buzz panels at this year’s show. The adult picks feature four debuts this year: Unraveling Oliver, by Liz Nugent (Scout Press) Stay With Me, by Ayobami Adebayo (Knopf) My Absolute Darling, by Gabriel Tallent (Riverhead) The Woman in the Window, by A.J. Finn (Morrow) The World of Tomorrow, by Brendan Mathews (Little, Brown) The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin (Putnam) Young Adult Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second) Beasts Made of Night, by Tochi Onyebuchi (Razorbill) All the Wind in the World, by Samantha Mabry (Algonquin Children’s) The 57 Bus, Dashka Slater (FSG […]
Lagardere Publishing Profit Rises, As HBG USA Sales Fall 4.2 Percent
Lagardere followed up their headline sales report for 2016 with fuller details, adding information on profits and other granular breakdowns. Group recurring EBIT came in at €395 million versus €378 million in 2015, and publishing EBIT of €208 million was up €10 million — comprising over half of the group’s profits. The release notes, “The increase results from three factors: profitability gains in the US underpinned by strict cost discipline; a good performance from Partworks in Japan and Spain; and the one-off impact of new titles such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts in the UK, […]