These brave authors and publishers are putting new work out in the world today. After you vote, check out these notable new books: 12 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-3 7 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-3 21 new children’s and YA titles this month https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-november 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 page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable […]
Archives for November 2020
Penguin Random House Parent Bertelsmann Controls More US Book Printing with Quad Acquisition
Berryville Graphics, a division of Bertelsmann Printing, has acquired the two book manufacturing plants that Quad has been trying to sell for a year now. Berryville has bought the facilities in Fairfield, PA (370,000 square feet) and Martinsburg, WV (380,000 square feet, which focuses on paperbacks). The transaction closed on October 31. It’s a significant expansion for Berryville, which Dun & Bradstreet estimated had sales of about $120 million in 2019. The money-losing Quad book printing business — acquired from World Color, previously known as Quebecor — had annual sales of about $200 million. They sold their big, 1 million-square-foot […]
The Second Wave: Book Sales Lockdowns in Europe
As France and the UK impose broad lockdowns again in the wake of rapidly rising Covid-19 infections, the treatment of book sales is receiving more focused attention this time versus the spring shutdowns. In France, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Sunday night that he would prohibit supermarkets — which are still open — from selling non-essential products including books “as a matter of fairness” to specialty retailers such as bookstores, which are closed. This morning, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the government would consider allowing small stores to reopen as early as November 12, rather than December 1, […]
People, Etc.
Hafizah Geter joins Janklow & Nesbit today as an agent. She was most recently editor at Amazon Publishing’s Little A and Topple Books. Julia Judge has been promoted to senior publicist at Verso Books. Rachel Vega-DeCesario has joined the New Press as assistant editor. She was previously editorial assistant at Black Dog and Leventhal. Hannah Strassburger has joined Sourcebooks as designer. Obituaries Longtime Grove Atlantic board member and executive editor Joan Bingham, 85, died on Saturday. She helped create Grove Atlantic through the merger of Grove Weidenfeld and Atlantic Monthly Press in 1993 and served on the board for the […]
November Picks
Reese Witherspoon‘s Book Club pick for November is Christie Tate‘s Group. Jenna Bush Hager‘s Read with Jenna selection is Susie Yang‘s White Ivy. The Costco Pennie’s Pick is Fannie Flagg‘s The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop. The PBS-NYT Now Read This pick is Elizabeth Acevedo‘s The Poet X. The Indie Next No. 1 pick for December will be Katherine May‘s Wintering. The Amazon Spotlight Pick for November is Bryan Washington‘s Memorial, excerpted and available now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler, and their Featured Debut aligns with Jenna, Susie Yang‘s White Ivy. The rest of the list features: The […]