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December 28, 2018
By Michael Cader

Senior editor Ira Silverberg is leaving Simon & Schuster at the end of the year, after a little more than 3 years with the company. Publisher Jonathan Karp calls the forthcoming HARK by Sam Lipsyte, acquired by Silverberg, something “we expect to be one of our fiction highlights in 2019.” He notes, “Ira has been […]

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Holiday Sales Figures Are Becoming Better

December 28, 2018
By Michael Cader

Because the just-released NPD Bookscan sales data covers the week ending December 22, it’s too early to make any definitive statements about the important holiday sales period — but the indication is that once again, holiday book sales experienced a strong final surge, even if it’s not the same big holiday lift that retailers in […]

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One Last Offer

December 28, 2018
By Michael Cader

As we did around Thanksgiving, we are opening up PublishersMarketplace.com for a brief free trial, lasting through January 1 — which will be the last opportunity like this for quite some time, so feel free to share if you wish. And, as we noted before the holidays, PM members can load the simple PM News App on […]

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Atwood, Rooney, James, and More Top 2019 Preview Lists

December 28, 2018
By Erin Somers

With only a few days left in the year, a number of outlets have published 2019 previews, including extensive lists from Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, Esquire, Oprah Magazine, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Apple Books, and Bustle. Comparing last year’s aggregated preview list to our 2018 Best of the Best list, only three titles from the former, Tayari Jones’ An […]

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Thousands of Books Set to Enter the Public Domain on January 1

December 28, 2018
By Sara Grace

Santa has one more delivery on the way: On January 1, 2019, all works published in the United States in 1923 will enter the public domain. The list of books, movies, and songs numbers more than 1000, based on research conducted by Duke Law School’s Center for the Public Domain — and includes work by […]

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The Year In the World of #PitchShowcases

December 21, 2018
By Erin Somers

One of 2018’s early, and welcome, hits was Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, a mainstay New York Times young adult bestseller since late March, and the first in a trilogy, as well as one of our consensus best fiction titles of the year. It’s also the first big breakout for an author initially discovered […]

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