The ABA announced the Indie Next List for January 2021, with The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. as its No. 1 pick. The can sample it now, along with another pick, Ashley Audrain’s The Push, in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The full list: What Could Be Saved, by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Outlawed, by Anna North The House on Vesper Sands, by Paraic O’Donnell The Push, by Ashley Audrain Better Luck Next Time, by Julia Claiborne Johnson The Fortunate Ones, by Ed Tarkington The Center of Everything, by Jamie Harrison The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins The Inland Sea, […]
Archives for December 2020
People, Etc.
Shanta Newlin has been promoted to svp, executive director publicity & corporate communications for Penguin Children’s. Sally Morgridge has been promoted to senior editor at Holiday House. Marie Oishi has been promoted to senior managing editor at Abrams Children’s. At St. Martin’s, Danielle Prielipp is promoted to assistant director of marketing; Michael Criscitelli to senior Art director, creative services group; Erik Platt to associate director of digital advertising operations, creative services group; and Dylan Helstien to associate manager, advertising operations, creative services group. At Folio Literary Management, Chiara Panzeri and Madeline Froyd have each been promoted to international rights agent. Picks […]
Briefs
Transatlantic Agency is launching an international rights adult literary division, headed by senior agent Carolyn Forde, who has been made partner. Also on the team are Evan Brown, Devon Halliday, and Laura Cameron. Pearson announced that Mike Howells will become its new Chief Strategy Officer, based in London and working with the executive team and board “to shape and execute the plan for the business.” Awards Sarah Frier‘s No Filter: The Inside Story of How Instagram Transformed Business, Celebrity and Our Culture, (Simon & Schuster) won the £30,000 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Best of New […]
Amazon in Talks to Test Lending Its Ebooks to Libraries
Amazon, which has until now refused to license the ebooks it publishes to libraries under any terms, is reportedly in is in “active discussions” with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to change its policy and work with libraries to distribute its titles. DPLA would use its content exchange platform to provide Amazon’s digital content to libraries. The Hill quotes an Amazon representative as saying that the company expects “to be testing a number of different models” early next year. “We believe libraries serve a critical purpose in communities across the country, and our priority is to make Amazon Publishing […]
Red Ventures Acquires Lonely Planet
Digital business platform Red Ventures has acquired travel guide publisher Lonely Planet from NC2 Media for an undisclosed amount. Lonely Planet’s leadership team will remain the same, with publisher and vp print Piers Pickard staying on in the UK. Red Ventures co-founder and ceo Ric Elias said in the release, “While the travel industry is experiencing an unprecedented downturn, we believe it will come back stronger than ever, and no brand represents the magic of the modern explorer better than Lonely Planet. By joining our travel portfolio, Lonely Planet positions us revolutionize the consumer journey for travelers, helping more people […]
No More Book Expo
Organizers Reed Pop announced Tuesday the end of Book Expo — as well as Book Con — which they are “retiring.” Last year’s show was cancelled due to the pandemic, and a 2021 show would have been hard to pull off on the normal schedule as well — particularly since the show itself had diminished steadily for years. Event director Jenny Martin explains in the announcement, “The pandemic arrived at a time in the life cycle of BookExpo and BookCon where we were already examining the restructure of our events to best meet our community’s needs. This has led us […]