Almost 500 people have already registered for our Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Presents (#LunchBuzz) Zoom panel featuring six editors presenting potential breakout titles for the fall. Add your reservation and join us tomorrow night online on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 pm EDT. The first 150 booksellers who register will get a package of four printed and two digital galleys for the featured titles (since some publishers are currently unable to print and ship galleys), without having to rush the tables at the end of the session. We’re also helping to raise money for BINC, to help booksellers in need — […]
Archives for May 2020
People, Etc.
Kent Watson is stepping down from his role as executive director of PubWest on June 12 after 12 years in the position. The board has begun the search for an interim executive director. Imprints China’s Thinkingdom Media Group has formed Astra Publishing House, a publishing group that will combine their Boyd Mills & Kane and mineditionUS (in which Boyd Mills recently made “a substantial investment”) with a new adult imprint, Astra House. Distributed by Penguin Random House, Astra House will publish 20 to 25 titles a year — about half of those books works in translation — across literary fiction, poetry, […]
AAP Stats Shows Reasonable March Results, As Both Shipments and Returns Declined
The AAP released its Stat Shot statistics for March, showing relatively strong sales in the last days before the widespread onset of physical lockdowns. Overall trade sales were $511.7 million, up from $495.3 million last March — and exceeding the five-year average of $484.1 million. Adult print sales were $235.1 million, up from $223.5 last March (reported as $218.8 million at the time). Children’s print sales were $140.3 million, near flat from $139.2 million last March (reported as $133.6 million at the time). The hint of things to come is in the details. Revenues from shipments of adult books to […]
New Books Publishing May 19
Suzanne Collins‘ Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the week’s biggest release, with Curtis Sittenfeld’s RODHAM and Andre Leon Talley’s THE CHIFFON TRENCHES already receiving a lot of attention. But there are plenty of other 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: 16 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-19 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_19/216075 9 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-on-may-19 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_19/216076 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
People, Etc.
Longtime literary agent Frances Goldin, 95, died in her home in New York on May 16, after years of declining health. She founded the Frances Goldin Literary Agency in 1977 to champion left-wing authors, and her roster included Dorothy Allison, Barbara Kingsolver, Martin Duberman, Adrienne Rich, Mumia Abu Jamal, Mike Wallace, Frances Fox Piven, Susan Brownmiller, Martin Espada, Juan Gonzalez, and many others. A memorial will be held when gathering becomes possible again, with details to be announced. Pam Gruber has joined Irene Goodman Literary Agency as a literary agent, representing adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction, graphic novels, […]
The Complete Buzz Books 2020: Romance
Along with our Buzz Books 2020: Fall/Winter sampler, our Buzz Books 2020: Romance collection returns for a fifth year. With publishers withdrawing from this year’s RWA well before the pandemic was an issue, we knew authors and publishers would need launch and discovery platforms more than ever. Buzz Books 2020: Romance is available now, with 14 exclusive pre-publication excerpts. This year’s edition features more contemporary romance than ever before, as well as more diverse voices, from imprints such as Carina, Dafina, and Zebra. It includes titles from Devon Daniels, Melissa Ferguson, Brenda Jackson, Vanessa Riley, Mona Shroff, and more. The collection is already […]