The New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee released a report on Monday detailing an investigation into former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s misconduct, including his use of state employees to produce, publish, and promote his memoir of the COVID-19 pandemic American Crisis. Cuomo “utilized the time of multiple state employees, as well as his own, to further his personal gain during a global pandemic,” the committee found. They document extensively that “Senior [government] officials attended meetings with agents and publishers, transcribed and drafted portions of the book, coordinated the production and promotion of the book, and participated in working sessions to review […]
Archives for November 2021
New Books Publishing November 23
Diana Gabaldon and Mario Vargas Llosa lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes essays by Ann Patchett and Haruki Murakami on t-shirts. 10 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-23 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_November_/220593 5 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-23 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_November_/220594 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 are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable titles at least 3 months prior to pub date.
Best Of: Shelf Awareness, Books-A-Million
Shelf Awareness named its best children's and YA books of the year.
People 11/23
At Oprah Daily and O Quarterly, Leigh Haber has been promoted to books director. She remains editorial director at Oprah's Book Club.
Obituary: Robert Bly
Minnesota poet, author, and translator Robert Bly, 94, died on November 21 at his home in Minneapolis. Bly wrote or translated more than 50 books. He won the 1968 National Book Award for poetry for The Light Around the Body and donated his $1000 winnings to the draft resistance.
Our Next Live Discuss Guest: Retha Powers, Editor-at-Large, Henry Holt
Join editor Retha Powers online at this Publishers Marketplace link Wednesday, December 1 at noon Eastern for your chance to get the inside scoop on publishing from an editor’s point of view, how she works with agents and authors, how she evaluates submissions, and more. The latest guest on our Discuss forum, Retha acquired Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s My Monticello, already making many of the best of 2021 lists. She is also assistant director of the Publishing Certificate Program at the City College of New York. Just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Retha […]