Last week author Anne Ursu posted some of the findings from her online anonymous survey, designed to “paint a picture of sexual harassment in our industry [children’s publishing] so we can begin to address it.” She noted that children’s publishing is supposed to be friendly and dominated by women, but “We aren’t different, and before we can do anything about sexual harassment, we need to face that reality. And the reality is that a culture of ‘kindness’ can silence people who have been harassed, that women can be complicit in a culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, and that […]
Archives for February 2018
Westover’s Educated Tops March’s Indie Next List
The ABA named Tara Westover’s Educated as their No. 1 pick for March. Alice Feeney’s Sometimes I Lie and Mario Giordano’s Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions also make the list, and are both available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer collection. The rest of the picks: Don’t Skip Out on Me, by Willy Vlautin Anatomy of a Miracle, by Jonathan Miles Sunburn, by Laura Lippman The Sea Beast Takes a Lover, by Michael Andreasen Promise, by Minrose Gwin Eat the Apple, by Matt Young Rosie Colored Glasses, by Brianna Wolfson The Last Equation of Isaac Severy, by Nova Jacobs Registers of Illuminated Villages, by Tarfia Faizullah […]
People, Etc.
Courtney Littler has been promoted to editor at Castle Point Books. Cengage has hired Gary Fortier as chief people officer. Most recently he was CEO for Vision Government Solutions. Denise George has joined Thomas Nelson as vice president of marketing for the W Publishing Group. She was previously vice president of content and customer development at Creative Trust. Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is now scouting fiction for C. H. Beck in Germany. Memorials There will be a memorial service for Toby Eady on Monday, April 9 at 4 pm the Royal Over-Seas League in St. James’s, London. Visitors are asked to confirm their attendance by […]
Washington Post Revamps Bestsellers, Becomes Amazoned
The Washington Post revised their bestseller lists, previously based solely on Bookscan print sales data, to incorporate data from their cousins at Amazon. Adding the etailer’s ebook sales gives the lists an extra dimension that brings them closer to lists from the New York Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately, however, the Post has also infected itself with Amazon’s ebook borrowing statistics, tilting their results towards the limited universe of titles included in Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading. Additionally, the Post has “syndicated” the Amazon Charts Most Read list, and is introducing a new, local Most Read […]
Harper Is Steady In Holiday Quarter, Boosted By Foreign Exchange
News Corp. reported fiscal second quarter results through December 31, with revenues at HarperCollins nudging up by $3 million to 469 million — with all of the gain and then some coming from foreign exchange, which added $8 million in the quarter. EBITDA of $80 million was up $5 million from a year ago, with foreign exchange adding $1 million. Along with the currency boost, the company cited “higher backlist sales at the children’s books” as a contributing factor, calling out Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman Cooks and David Walliams’ Bad Dad as their top frontlist titles. The performance is […]
Mackintosh Leads March Library Reads
Clare Mackintosh’s novel Let Me Lie tops March’s Library Reads list. Also on the list is Alice Feeney’s Sometimes I Lie, which is available now to sample in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer collection. The rest of the picks: The Broken Girls, by Simone St. James The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian Burn Bright, by Patricia Briggs Sunburn, by Laura Lippman Every Note Played, by Lisa Genova Girls Burn Brighter, by Shobha Rao Alternate Side, by Anna Quindlen Tangerine, by Christine Mangan