Today we launch two new editions of what has become the ultimate way to prepare for Book Expo, Book Con and the fall publishing season (capturing the best part of the convention even if you don’t attend — reading some of the hottest new books ahead of everyone else): Buzz Books 2017: Fall/Winter and Buzz Books 2017 Young Adult. The adult edition’s 40 pre-publication excerpts feature the latest from Louise Erdrich, Eleanor Henderson, Celeste Ng, Robin Sloan, and in a bit of a switch, nonfiction from novelist Amy Tan and the fiction debut from environmentalist Bill McKibben. We have a […]
Archives for May 2017
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Don Linn has joined UK-based Unicorn Publishing Group as a full partner, based in the company’s new Chicago office, helping “to drive the business forward in the US and Canada” by “working with various galleries, museums, artists, historians and others across North America on new publishing projects.” Previously, he was director for Chicago University Press Distribution Center. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Kate O’Sullivan has been promoted to senior executive editor. Allison Vroegop and Lily Kessinger have each been promoted to editorial associate. At Knopf, Erinn Hartman has been promoted to director of publicity; Jordan Rodman moves up to publicity manager; and Anna Dobben is now […]
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Brooks Sherman will join Janklow & Nesbit as a literary agent on May 23, continuing to represent fiction for young adult and middle-grade readers, picture books, select literary and commercial adult fiction, and nonfiction in the areas of humor, pop culture, and narrative nonfiction. Most recently he was an agent at The Bent Agency. Nicola Barr is leaving Greene & Heaton and joining The Bent Agency with her existing list of clients, helping to expand the agency’s UK business. Liz Tzetzo has joined Macmillan as vice president of client publisher services. Previously, she was vice president of marketing and sales director for Basic […]
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Twelve editorial director Sean Desmond has been promoted to publisher of the imprint, as Paul Samuelson moves up to publicity director. Brooke Parsons joins Public Affairs and Nation Books on May 15 as a publicity manager. Previously, she was senior publicist at the Penguin Press. Dori Weintraub will head a new independent bookseller initiative for St. Martin’s, formally serving as independent bookseller liaison in addition to her current role as vice president of publicity. The position includes spearheading their work with Indie Next selections, as well as attending bookseller trade shows. Stefanie Rosenblum has been promoted to publicity manager at Portfolio. Sabrina Annoni will become editorial director for Harper Italia on June […]
People, Etc.: Kosztolnyik to Grand Central As Editor-In-Chief
Karen Kosztolnyik will return to Grand Central on May 30 (where she once was executive editor) as vp and editor-in-chief, under new publisher Ben Sevier. Reporting to Kosztolnyik will be editors Millicent Bennett, Maddie Caldwell, Wes Miller, Suzanne O’Neill, Lindsey Rose, and Gretchen Young, along with their teams. Kosztolnyik will acquire and edit “in her areas of interest, most prominently in commercial and literary fiction.” Most recently she was executive editor at Gallery and Scout Press, which she joined in 2011. Sevier says in the announcement Kosztolnyik “is well known in the book business for her taste, for her devotion […]
Awards: Indies Choice, and More
The American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the 2017 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. The Indies Choice Winners: Fiction The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) Nonfiction The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books) Debut Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi (Knopf) Young Adult Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys (Philomel Books) And the winners of thire E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards: Middle Reader The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers) Picture Book Du Iz Tak?, by Carson Ellis (Candlewick) Separately, Fiona McFarlane won the £30,000 International Dylan Thomas […]