Audible’s attorneys had told Judge Caproni they would respond this week to her suggestion for a “standstill” on any launch of Captions and an expedited trial instead of ruling on a preliminary injunction. Instead, they filed a letter Thursday afternoon saying, “We have not, as yet, been able to reach agreement on a proposed path forward” with their client and the publishers. Instead, they asked the court to require 30 days of settlement discussions with a magistrate judge, and if that doesn’t produce a resolution, go back to ruling on the injunction and the motion to dismiss and then continue […]
Archives for October 2019
Machado’s In the Dream House Tops November Indie Next List
Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In the Dream House is the No. 1 Pick for November’s Indie Next List. Also on the list are Adrienne Brodeur’s Wild Game, Kevin Wilson’s Nothing to See Here, and Susannah Cahalan’s The Great Pretender, all excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall Winter sampler, and Lyssa Kay Adams’ The Bromance Book Club, which is excepted in out Buzz Books 2019 Romance collection. The rest of the picks: The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern On Swift Horses, by Shannon Pufahl The Revisioners, by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Little Weirds, by Jenny Slate Get […]
People, Etc.
Jennifer Corcoran will join Harper Children’s as senior director of publicity and events on October 21. Most recently she was senior director, communications at the cable network Universal Kids. Theresa Dooley has been promoted to publicity manager at Harper. Deborah Gershenowitz will join UNC Press as executive editor, starting November 1. She was previously senior editor for American and Latin American history at Cambridge University Press. Heather Gold has been promoted to associate editor for classics and ancient world at Yale University Press. Ella Griffiths has been promoted to the newly created role of editor of Faber’s classics, backlist, and […]
Remember September: How Did They Pick?
September kicked off the fall selling season with anticipated releases such as Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, and the “book club” world was sparked by the announcement of Oprah’s new, more regular bi-monthly book club for Apple TV+. With that in mind, here is our regular look at how the previous month’s high-profile retailer and book club picks fared in the marketplace. (The standing reminder: These statistics are only a partial view, of print sales only. Some of these books were highly anticipated — and well pre-ordered — long before any of these selections were announced. And we […]
More October Picks
Reese Witherspoon‘s October book club pick is Fair Play by Eve Rodsky. Apple Books named its best of October, including Adrienne Brodeur’s Wild Game and Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the list: All This Could Be Yours, by Jami Attenberg The Duke’s Stolen Bride, by Sophie Jordan Edison, by Edmund Morris The Night Fire, by Michael Connelly Twice in a Blue Moon, by Christina Lauren Dear Girls, by Ali Wong Life Undercover, by Amaryllis Fox The Man Who Saw Everything, by Deborah Levy Your House […]
People, Etc.
Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman has joined Independent Publishers Group as publicity manager. She was previously at InterVarsity Press. Janet Potter has been promoted to events and marketing manager at Independent Publishers Group. At Macmillan Children’s, Melissa Zar has been promoted to associate director, marketing; Johanna Kirby to senior marketing manager; and Jordin Streeter to marketing coordinator. Tim Golden has joined Sourcebooks as national sales account manager. He was previously regional account manager at Baker & Taylor. Shauneice Robinson has joined as marketing associate. Awards Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards announced finalists: Fiction Eye, by Marianne Micros Five Wives, by Joan Thomas Late […]