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Archives for November 2021

Scribner Will Stop Distribution of Sebold Memoir

November 30, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Scribner and Simon & Schuster announced that they would stop publication of Alice Sebold’s memoir LUCKY after the rape conviction at its center was overturned: “Following the recent exoneration of Anthony Broadwater, and in consultation with the author, Scribner and Simon & Schuster will cease distribution of all formats […]

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Returns to Campus Lift BNED Sales, But Not to Pre-Pandemic Levels

November 30, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Barnes & Noble Education’s second quarter earnings improved over last year, but still aren’t back to pre-pandemic levels (which were themselves on a declining trend — $772 million in 2019 and $815 million in 2018). On Tuesday morning, BNED reported results for their fiscal second quarter ending October 30, with sales of $627 million, compared […]

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People 11/30

November 30, 2021
By Erin Somers

Regina A. Bernard-Carreno has joined Martin Literary & Media Management as literary manager/producer. 

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December GMA Book Club Pick

November 30, 2021
By Erin Somers

Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti is the GMA Book Club December pick.

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Sebold Film Adaptation Dropped

November 30, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

The Netflix adaptation of Alice Sebold’s memoir LUCKY lost its funding “months ago” and was dropped, Variety reports. Last week, Anthony J. Broadwater was exonerated of all charges after he was wrongly convicted of the rape depicted in the book and film. Former executive producer Timothy Mucciante, whose production company Red Badge Films was bankrolling the […]

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New Books Publishing November 30

November 30, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Jodi Picoult and James S. A. Corey lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes works by Mel Brooks, Brené Brown and Raekwon. Also out today are books by Claire Keegan and Kirthana Ramisetti, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler, and Theresa Beharrie, available in our Books 2021: Romance anthology. 11 new works […]

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