The unofficial start of the summer brings some commercial fiction to market — Brown, Connelly, Roberts, Thayer, Woods and more — among the many new titles of note publishing today. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 14 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-26 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_26/216881 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-on-may-26 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_26/216882 More new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-may https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_May/215942 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference […]
Archives for May 2020
Denver’s Publishing Institute Will Go Online This Summer
The University of Denver’s Publishing Institute (DPI) summer program is going online for the 2020 session, the institute announced Tuesday, “in order to balance student health with the need to preserve the DPI student experience.” The program itself is “mostly unchanged,” with the same instructors, curriculum, and assignments. Most classes will be taught live, but “the online format allows for pre-recorded sessions that students may view when it is most convenient to them.” The application period is open through June 1, and tuition remains unchanged at $4810. The institute is enhancing the program’s networking component “by taking advantage of technology […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss., or find the consumer editions 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. There are plenty of notable names with new books out this fall, including titles from Marilynne Robinson, Phil Klay, Nicole Krauss, Sigrid Nunez and more. […]
People, Etc.
Kristin Sevick has been promoted to executive editor at Forge. Relief Harvard University Press and Yale University Press are offering special terms through their distributor to independent booksellers for ordered by June 30. Accounts in good standing can receive 120 days dating, free freight, and +2 points in discount (minimum 15 units) on available titles. Awards Romance Writers of America is retiring its RITA Awards and intends to introduce a new award called The Vivian. Named after RWA founder Vivian Stephens, the new award “recognizes excellence in romance writing and showcases author talent and creativity. We celebrate the power of […]
Kobo Extends Work From Home Through End of Year
CEO of Kobo Michael Tamblyn shared via Twitter on Thursday the company’s plan to let employees in its Toronto headquarters, as well as in its Dublin, Darmstadt, and Taipei offices, work from home for the rest of 2020. The move is in line with other major technology companies, and perhaps provides a glimpse toward what might be publishing’s new normal. “Back in March, making the call to go remote for *2 weeks* seemed momentous,” tweeted Tamblyn. “Now, extending 7 months seems bizarrely normal.” How large publishers in big cities will repurpose offices that were not designed for social distancing is […]
Virtual Buzz for Actual Breakout Titles on the Way
It’s hard in so many ways that we can’t all be together right now — but for a little over an hour last night, we recreated online that exciting experience of hearing passionate editors speak about a few special forthcoming books that moved them, and that they think are going to resonate with readers all over. The presentations were razor sharp and we could tell from the live chat thread that our “virtual attendees” were excited and animated in response, and felt that connection through stories that we have all been missing. And everyone’s babies, dogs, and spouses were on […]