Don Winslow’s CITY ON FIRE, the first in a trilogy originally scheduled for publication on September 21, has been postponed by the author. Winslow said in a statement: “One of the great joys of publishing a new book is interacting with readers on tour, a hallmark of each of my publications. In light of rising Covid case numbers across the U.S., I’ve decided to postpone the publication of City on Fire until 2022 when I can tour at full capacity, meet with readers in signing lines and shake the hands of the people I value so much. To keep everyone […]
Archives for August 2021
Legal: Fairstein’s Defamation Claims Go Forward
US District Judge Kevin Castel in New York’s Southern District declared that Linda Fairstein has plausibly alleged instances of defamation in the 2019 Netflix series “When They See Us” and will allow the lawsuit to proceed. The judge will also allow defamation claims against director Ava DuVernay and writer and producer Attica Locke to proceed, along with civil conspiracy claims, while dismissing some other claims. Reuters
Children’s Non-Fiction Remains Strong
NPD reports that this year’s print children’s nonfiction sales through the week ending July 24 are down just 5 percent—2 million units—from the historic high of 2020, and up 23 percent—6 million units—over 2019. The biggest BISAC categories this year are biography and autobiography, which grew 23 percent, and science and nature, which grew 9 percent, while activity books, study aids, games and activities, and concepts dropped. “While a number of juvenile non-fiction categories declined compared to 2020’s unprecedented spike in sales, the overall unit-sales volume for this supercategory remains very strong historically,” NPD book industry analyst Kristen McLean said. […]
People 8/11
Penguin has reorganized their marketing and publicity teams. Riverhead and Viking Penguin will now have individual dedicated marketing and publicity departments.
New Books Publishing August 10
Greg Ruth and Ethan Hawke, and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes Cecily Strong and Eleanor Henderson. Also new this week are titles from Leila Slimani, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer sampler, and Marcella Bell, excerpted in the Buzz Books 2021: Romance sampler. 18 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-10 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/219719 7 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-10 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/219720 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 […]
NY Judiciary Committee Looking Into Cuomo Memoir
The New York Post reported that the New York State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee is looking into whether government employees were tasked with working on Andrew Cuomo’s book, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, as part of their impeachment inquiry. The lawyers “clearly have evidence and interviews with staff about [former aide] Melissa DeRosa instructing them to help with the manuscript,” a source said. Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi stated, “Any state official who volunteered to assist on this project did so on his or her own time and without the use of state resources. To the extent a document […]