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Archives for April 2020

Briefs: Edgar Awards and More

April 30, 2020
By Erin Somers

Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2020 Edgar Awards. Winners include: Best Novel The Stranger Diaries, by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Best First Novel By An American Author Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG) Best Paperback Original The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O’Fallon Price (Tin House Books)  Best Fact […]

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People, Etc.

April 30, 2020
By Erin Somers

Sally Kim has been promoted to senior vice president, publisher, Putnam. Christine Ball becomes senior vice president, publisher, Berkley and Dutton. Ashley McClay and Alexis Welby at Putnam will now report to Kim. At Simon & Schuster, Greg Andonian has been promoted to director, customer financial services reporting to Deepak Daswani, vice president and controller. […]

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Lagardere Publishing Documents Good Start Followed By Sharp Falloff

April 30, 2020
By Sara Grace

Lagardere Publishing reported results for the first quarter 2020, giving some data to the year’s good beginning and sharp turndown in March. Sales were up 5.6 percent in January and February before the global lockdowns began, followed by a 19 percent decline in March. And the company expects April sales were “down in the region […]

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Bertelsmann Reports Moderate First Quarter Sales Decline

April 30, 2020
By Sara Grace

In a brief trading update, Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann reported “satisfactory” results for the first quarter of 2020, saying sales “declined moderately by 2.7 percent to €4.1 billion.” Ceo Thomas Rabe said: “The 2020 business year, with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, will be a challenge. We started the year well, […]

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Majumdar’s A Burning Tops June Indie Next List

April 30, 2020
By Erin Somers

The ABA named A Burning by Megha Majumdar as its No. 1 Indie Next Pick for June. Also on the list are Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half and Sam Lansky’s Broken People, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2020 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: The Jane Austen Society, by […]

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People, Etc.

April 29, 2020
By Erin Somers

Colleen Suljic has joined Princeton University Press in the newly created role of chief digital marketing strategist. She was most recently western region senior manager at McGraw-Hill. Sarah Knight has been promoted to UK adult sales director at Bloomsbury Publishing. Sally Wilks joins as UK children’s sales director. She was previously with HarperCollins Children’s. At […]

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