At Morrow, Rachel Berquist has joined as marketing manager. Alex Casement has joined as senior publicist.
Archives for May 2022
New Books Publishing May 24
Akwaeke Emezi, James Lee Burke and Elif Batuman lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes new work from Dan Abrams and Fred D. Gray. Also out today is Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone, excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer sampler. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_/222945 4 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_/222946 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 […]
Dublin Literary Award
The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter (translated by Frank Wynne) won the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.
People 5/23
Obituary: Roger Angell
Roger Angell, 101, baseball writer, former editor at The New Yorker, and author of Late Innings and Once More Around the Park, died on Friday in Manhattan of congestive heart failure.
When Down Might Still be Up
It’s hard for a lot people — sometimes especially in the media — to keep in their heads different and nuanced ideas about statistics at the same time. But following the state of the trade market this year likely involves juggling a few different measures that do not necessarily align neatly. Our simplest, clearest weekly read on the market only tells us so much: NPD Bookscan has reported that US print book sales have been quite stable for the past five weeks, consistently running at 6 percent below the levels reached this time a year ago — and still 16 […]