Holt announced Wednesday that they will release Michael Wolff’s follow up to Fire and Fury on June 4. The publisher says that Siege: Trump Under Fire is “an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side.” It “begins just as Trump’s second year as president is getting underway, and ends with the delivery of the Mueller report,” and “reveals an administration that is perpetually beleaguered by investigations and a president who is increasingly volatile, erratic, and exposed.” The publisher tells Axios that Wolff interviewed 150 sources, both “former senior officials, and acquaintances […]
Archives for May 2019
The Latest Big Buzz Books Fall/Winter Sampler, Just in Time for Book Expo
With Book Expo just two weeks away, today we launch Buzz Books 2019: Fall/Winter and the companion Buzz Books 2019 Young Adult: Fall/Winter. As usual, the samplers are the best way to prepare for the convention and the publishing season ahead, with more than 50 substantial pre-publication excerpts from major authors, as well as breakout and discovery books from across the publishing landscape. Twenty of our featured authors will appear at Book Expo, including three of the show’s featured Editor’s Buzz selections. And as our eight-year history of Buzz Books samplers has shown, you will be seeing many of these titles on the […]
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Nicole Bond will join Atria Books on May 28 as vp, director of subsidiary rights, reporting to Libby McGuire. She was director, subsidiary rights working on the Grand Central, Hachette Nashville, and Hachette Books divisions. At Doubleday, Lauren Weber has been named associate director of marketing and Michael Goldsmith has been named associate director of publicity. Joy Fowlkes has joined Timbuktu Labs, publisher and packager of the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, as managing editor. She was formerly head of content at MentorBox. Craig Teicher will join The Paris Review as digital director on May 28. He has been director of […]
Hachette Book Group, IPG Add Distribution Programs for Indies; Pottermore Moves to New Warner JV, and More
The steady stream continues of publishers offering programs to encourage independent booksellers to order directly, following Baker & Taylor‘s announcement on May 1 that they will withdraw from trade wholesaling. The latest announcements are from Hachette Book Group and Independent Publishers Group. Under the HBG plan, any independent bookstore who does not already have an HBG account can participate, with August 30 as the deadline for the first order. Benefits include: expedited account set-up; no minimum quantity on the bookstore’s initial order; expedited credit approval; additional discounts; and more. HBG evp group sales director Alison Lazarus said in the release, […]
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Emily Krump has been promoted to executive editor at the William Morrow Group. Annie Chagnot has been promoted to senior editor at The Dial Press. Mitchell Waters joins Brandt & Hochman as a senior agent beginning May 13. He was previously at Curtis Brown. Kat Kerr has joined Donald Maass Literary Agency as agent. She was previously at Corvisiero Literary Agency. After a brief stretch at David Godwin Associates, former John Murray publishing director Eleanor Birne has moved to PEW Literary as associate agent. Hal Hlavinka has rejoined Community Bookstore in Brooklyn as event director, off-site programming. He was most recently […]
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At St. Martin’s Eileen Rothschild has been promoted to executive editor and Alexandra Sehulster to editor. Michael Leali has joined Sourcebooks as marketing specialist. He most recently was the children’s department manager at Anderson’s Bookshop in La Grange, Illinois. London-based Daniela Schlingmann Literary Scouting is now scouting for People’s Press in Copenhagen. Forthcoming Reese Witherspoon continues to build her efforts in publishing, unfortunately to the exclusive benefit of Audible and Amazon. Her production company Hello Sunshine announced their first three Audible Originals: Music-industry veteran Sophia Chang’s Baddest Bitch in the Room, judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s Magnificent Things, and comedian-activist Maysoon Zayid’s […]