Julie Murphy’s If the Shoe Fits tops August’s Library Reads list. You can sample it now in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer anthology. The rest of the picks: Battle Royal, by Lucy Parker Dark Roads, by Chevy Stevens The Last Chance Library, by Freya Sampson Mrs. March, by Virginia Feito My Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones The Reading List, by Sara Nisha Adamns The Royals Next Door, by Karina Halle A Slow Fire Burning, by Paula Hawkins Yours Cheerfully, AJ Pearce
Archives for July 2021
ABA Apologizes for Sending Paperback of Anti-Trans Book In July White Box
The American Booksellers Association received backlash online after including the paperback edition of Regnery’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters in the July White Box mailing, along with a promotional sales sheet. The book has been criticized as transphobic, and is the source of other controversies, including complaints from Amazon employees, two of whom resigned in protest over the company selling it. In a statement posted to Twitter Wednesday afternoon, the ABA wrote “An anti-trans book was included in our July mailing to members. This is a serious, violent incident that goes against ABA’s ends policies, values, and […]
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Editorial director Jordan Pavlin has been named editor-in-chief at Knopf, taking one of the titles previously held by the late Sonny Mehta. Knopf editors will continue to report to publisher Reagan Arthur.
Legal: Judge Denies Foundry Receiver
Following oral arguments, Judge Joel Cohen denied as moot, without prejudice, the motion to appoint a temporary receiver for Foundry Literary.
Brooks Sherman Sued The Bent Agency for Commissions; Bent Countersued for Gross Misconduct
This spring, agent Brooks Sherman filed a lawsuit against The Bent Agency and ceo Jenny Bent, alleging that they have refused to pay him commissions due. Sherman’s suit, filed in New York County on April 20, says that in April 2021 the agency “repudiated the commission obligation and failed to make a required periodic payment.” The suit estimates the potential future commissions at stake are “valued well in excess of $1.5 million over the next decade.” Sherman left the Bent Agency in 2017, but continued to collect commissions on work by authors including Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli, and Angie Thomas. […]
Initiatives: S&S Submissions Guide
Simon & Schuster launched a Submission Selector, a database of S&S editors searchable by category and imprint. In an email to agents, ceo Jonathan Karp wrote, “The idea for this site came out of a conversation that our publishers were having related to remote work and how to make certain that agents ‘know’ all of our editors…. Our hope is that this database will simplify the submission process for you at Simon & Schuster as you quickly and easily find the perfect match for your projects.”