Washington Post Book critic Ron Charles announced in his Book Club newsletter on Friday that the newspaper will bring back its standalone books section starting September 25. The news follows the announcement that John Williams will become the new editor of Book World on September 6. Reviews by Charles and Michael Dirda will move from the daily paper to the new Sunday section. Charles writes, “Along with reviews, readers will find Q&As, publishing stories, author profiles and anything else we might dream up for this luxurious new space. As a print junky, I’m also excited to have weekly cover art […]
Archives for August 2022
Quarto to Sell Smart Lab, Close Distribution Service
In reporting results for the first six months of 2022, Quarto followed the classic corporate move of burying the most interesting developments at the very bottom of their announcement. They will sell the toy imprint Smart Lab (acquired as part of Becker & Mayer), “in order to focus on our core publishing business.” The will also close their distribution service, “which will start to impact our sales from July 2022.” They have “received a non-binding offer” for Smart Lab and “a sale is expected to be completed by September 2022.” The business is carried at an asset value of $2.36 […]
New Books Publishing August 30
Leading this week’s fiction releases are Taylor Jenkins Reed and Robert Galbraith, as well as Ellen Marie Wiseman and Alice Feeney (both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer collection). Nonfiction includes new work from Greg Steinmetz, Jenifer Lewis, and Jamie Fiore Higgins. 11 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-30 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/224157 5 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-30 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/224158 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 […]
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Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
Baker & Taylor’s Systems Remain Offline More Than A Week After Ransomware Attack
Following a ransomware attack over a week ago (on the weekend of August 20-21), Baker & Taylor’s systems have been down, and remain so on Monday morning. The outage has been widespread: Title Source 360 and EDI have been inaccessible (and even their phone systems were down), with the company unable to process orders to library customers as a result. In the latest update, the company said: “We want to take this opportunity to thank you again for your continued patience and cooperation as we deal with the service disruption we’ve been experiencing. We know that it has been frustrating, […]