Our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction from authors including T.C. Boyle, Mona Awad, Nell Zink, Karl Marlantes, Sarah Blake and more. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks, Google Play, and Kobo, among other online retailers. (Also all linked at our main Buzz Books website.) As usual, we begin our free ebook with a broad overview of the upcoming publishing season, featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. We’ll be presenting extracts from that season preview in the coming days. And if […]
Archives for January 2019
A Case Study of Sorts: eBooks at the Free Library of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Inquirer has an interesting look at ebook lending from area library systems, which looks to be on the rise (in contrast to publishers’ dollar sales from ebooks). In 2018, 28 percent of the total circulation of the Free Library of Philadelphia “came from ebooks and other digital content.” The top ebooks were The Woman in the Window (1,482 ebooks circulated) and Fire and Fury (1,448). Under metered access, providing a maximum of 26 checkouts, The Woman in the Window cost the library $1.04 per checkout, chief of the materials management division Jennifer Maguire-Wright notes. “An average circulation for a printed book is […]
Transitions: Farrar, Straus’s New Publisher, Mitzi Angel
2018 was a year of executive transitions and succession at Macmillan, with new leadership for all three of the company’s most longstanding adult publishing divisions. Jen Enderlin was made sole publisher at St. Martin’s Press in February, and in November Ben Schrank joined Holt as publisher (and will move up to president as well this spring). Additionally, in March Faber & Faber publisher for adult publishing Mitzi Angel was hired as svp and publisher of Farrar, Straus. She rejoined the company in the summer, becoming the first female publisher of the house. PL sat down with Angel recently to learn more […]
UK Consumer Print Sales Fell for PRH In 2018 As Others Gained
As we head into annual report season, the Bookseller looks at publishers’ UK revenue figures, as measured by Nielsen Bookscan UK’s Total Consumer Market. (So this captures UK consumer print revenues only — excluding ebooks, digital audio, and export sales, the latter of which can account for roughly half of UK publishers’ sales.) It was the first time since the service started in 2001 that Penguin UK and Random House UK sales comprised less than 20 percent of the measured market. Notably, Penguin Random House UK is the only big company to see their revenues decline — even with Michelle […]
Our Spring Buzz Books Young Adult Titles
Yesterday we listed the complete roster of adult authors and excerpts in our new free Buzz Books 2019: Spring/Summer sampler. Today we’re excited to highlight all of the young adult authors and excerpts in Buzz Books 2019: Young Adult Spring/Summer. Since its launch at BEA six years ago, our YA Buzz Books collection has been been particularly popular with consumers and the day after its launch this year it already hit #1 on Amazon in children’s action/adventure. Prepare for Winter Institute, ALA Midwinter, and the spring publishing season by downloading our free Buzz Books collections in major ebookstores (the “download” button here links to them all). To […]
People, Etc.
Macmillan Children’s announced a number of promotions: Holly West and Kat Brzozowski have each been promoted to senior editor at Feiwel and Friends/Swoon Reads; Anna Roberto to senior editor at Feiwel and Friends; Julia Sooy to editor at Henry Holt BYR/Godwin Books; Melissa Warten to assistant editor at Farrar, Strauss Children’s; Jessica Anderson to associate editor at Henry Holt BYR/Christy Ottaviano Books; Robyn Chapman to senior associate editor at First Second Books; and Mark Podesta to assistant editor at Henry Holt Children’s. At Random House Children’s, Janet Foley has been promoted to director of managing editorial; Kristen Depken to editor; and Rachel Chlebowski to assistant editor. Megan […]