The May Indie Next List has named J. Robert Lennon’s novel Broken River their No. 1 pick. The list features a number of titles excerpted in our 2017 Buzz Books: Spring/Summer, including: The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore; Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig; Salt Houses, by Hala Alyan; and The Garden of Small Beginnings, by Abbi Waxman. The rest of the list features: Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman Anything Is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout Beartown, by Fredrik Backman The Standard Grand, by Jay Baron Nicorvo The Baker’s Secret, by Stephen P. Kiernan […]
Archives for April 2017
Indies Choice Finalists
The American Booksellers Association announced the finalists for the 2017 Indies Choice Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, with the winners to be announced May 3. The nominees include: Adult Fiction A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (Viking) Britt-Marie Was Here, by Fredrik Backman (Atria) Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett (Harper) Darktown, by Thomas Mullen (Atria/37 Ink) LaRose, by Louise Erdrich (Harper) The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) Adult Nonfiction Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau) Hero of the Empire, by Candice Millard (Doubleday) The Glass Universe, by Dava Sobel (Viking) The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter […]
People, Etc.
Hayley Wagreich has been promoted to editor at Alloy Entertainment. F+W Media has appointed David Pyle general manager of its fine arts, writing and design group, effective April 24. Previously, he was managing director of sales for the New Hope Networks. In the UK, Toby Jones will join Headline on May 9 as editorial director for the commercial fiction team, focusing on crime novels and thrillers, reporting to Jennifer Doyle. Most recently he was group marketing and publicity director at Simon & Schuster UK. Mike Symons has joined children’s publisher Parragon Books as their new ceo. He had been group sales director at Penguin […]
April iBooks Picks
iBooks has listed its April recommendations. The titles include American War, by Omar El Akkad, an excerpt of which is featured in our Buzz Books 2017: Spring/Summer and available for download. The other fiction picks include: Anything Is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout Borne, by Jeff VanderMeer My Last Lament, by James William Brown Beartown, by Fredrik Backman For nonfiction: Letterman, by Jason Zinoman The Gatekeepers, by Chris Whipple Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann Janesville, by Amy Goldstein Anatomy of Innocence, by Laura Caldwell and Leslie S. Klinger The YA list features Sara Zarr’s Gem & Dixie, also excerpted in Spring/Summer Buzz Books, […]
Our Big May Monthly
With the Buzz Books spring/summer collection still going strong, we continue our successful monthly sampler program with the release of May Buzz Books Monthly. Offering just the right amount of excerpts for consumers, and including a comprehensive preview that highlights hundreds of notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again week by week), the May monthly features fiction excerpts from: Salt Houses, by Hala Alyan Since We Fell, by Dennis Lehane Mr. Rochester, by Sarah Shoemaker The Best of Adam Sharp, by Graeme Simsion Plus nonfiction from: Between Them, by Richard Ford The Fact Of A Body, by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich And […]
Securely Yours: A PM PSA
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