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Archives for August 2020

More Pub Date Delays

August 31, 2020
By Michael Cader

Every week we monitor pub date changes on our lists of notable forthcoming books (following roughly 150 books a month). Further to Friday’s piece on printing issues and a wave of pub date changes from Penguin Random House imprints in particular due to limited capacity, a few additional postponements have appeared in the metadata: Nonfiction […]

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People, Etc.

August 31, 2020
By Erin Somers

Kelly L. Denson has been promoted to vice president, education policy and programs at the Association of American Publishers. In her new role, Denson will be responsible for AAP’s PreK-12 portfolio, while continuing to lead higher education initiatives. AAP president and ceo Maria Pallante said in the release, “As Kelly turns her attention to policymakers […]

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People, Etc.

August 28, 2020
By Erin Somers

Dawn Davis, founder and publisher of 37 Ink, is leaving Simon & Schuster to become editor in chief of Bon Appetit magazine. She succeeds Adam Rappaport, who resigned in June after photos surfaced of him in an offensive Halloween costume in 2004. Canadian independent publishers ECW Press and Annick Press will begin a partnership in […]

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Out of Print

August 28, 2020
By Michael Cader

The NYT explains to readers that the shortages for some in-demand books this summer (and modest adjustments in some release dates) are likely to be more severe this fall. A wave of books rescheduled early in the pandemic plus a publishing schedule that tried to release fall books ahead of the presidential election — along […]

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People, Etc.

August 27, 2020
By Erin Somers

Will Murphy has joined the ghostwriting and publishing services firm Kevin Anderson & Associates as senior executive editor-at-large. He was previously executive editor at Random House. Kim Daly has been promoted to copy chief at Workman Publishing. Awards Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld‘s The Discomfort of Evening (Graywolf) won the International Booker Prize. At 29, they […]

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Controversies: Rubenfeld Suspended From Yale; White Fired From Tobias Literary

August 26, 2020
By Erin Somers

Author of two novels (and co-author of a work of nonfiction with his wife and husband of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom author Amy Chua) as well as longtime professor at Yale Law School Jed Rubenfeld has been suspended from the university over sexual harassment allegations. The Intelligencer reports that the allegations span decades and […]

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