Kyle Lucia Wu, Gary Shteyngart and Janet Evanovich lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes titles by Huma Abedin, Michael Eric Dyson and Paul McCartney. Also out today are works by Zibby Owens, Mitch Albom, Yrsa Daley-Ward and Naomi Krupitsky, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler. 23 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-2 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_November_/220236 31 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-2 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_November_/220237 23 new children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-november https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_in_November/220235 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 […]
Archives for November 2021
People 11/1
Sarah Guan has been promoted to senior editor at Erewhon Books.
Obituary: John Hitchin
Former marketing and publicity specialist John Hitchin, 88, who spent three decades at Penguin Books, has died.
AAP Shows Trade Paperback Gains in July
The AAP’s July StatShot report shows another good month for trade publishers. Sales of $705 million were up 9.3 percent from $645 million a year ago (which was a very strong month). The gains came entirely from a jump in trade paperback sales: Adding $35 million in adult books, and $27 million in children’s and YA books. Digital audio sales of $58.9 million were up less than 6 percent ($3.1 million), and ebook sales of $82.7 million were down more than 15 percent from $98.1 million a year ago.
Distribution: Consortium Adds Three Publishers
CLASH Books, Little Island Books, and Saraband will be sold and distributed by Ingram Content Group’s Consortium Book Sales & Distribution starting January 3, 2022.
November Book Picks
Amazon and B&N announced their picks for November.