Barbara Ehrenreich, 81, journalist and author of a number of books including Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, Smile or Die, and more, died on September 1. Ehrenreich continued to write into her 80s and her daughter told the New York Times that she was working on a book about the “evolution of narcissism.” Literary agent Sterling Lord died on September 3, on his 102nd birthday. An agent for more than 60 years, he represented Ken Kesey, Joe McGinniss, Jimmy Breslin, the Berenstain Bears books, Art Buchwald, Willie Morris, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Howard Fast, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and many more.
Archives for September 2022
2022 Hugo Awards
This year's Hugo Awards were announced at the World Science Fiction Convention on September 4.
New Books Publishing September 6
Stacey Abrams, Maggie O’Farrell and Stephen King lead this week’s fiction releases, nonfiction includes memoirs from Edward Enninful and Betty Gilpin, and Courtney Summers, Tiffany D. Jackson and Brigid Kemmerer publish new YA titles this month. Also out this week are new titles from Cai Emmons, Jonathan Escoffery, A. M. Homes, Carolyn Huynh and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter sampler. 25 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-6 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_September_/224174 19 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-6 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_September_/224175 35 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-september https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_in_September/224173 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for […]
Bookselling: New Owners For Bunch of Grapes Bookstore
Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard has been sold to new owners. Dawn Braasch, who has owned the store since 2008, has sold it to married couple Molly Coogan and Brendan Coogan. The Vineyard Gazette writes that Braasch is “retiring to spend more time with her seven grandchildren,” but “will continue to advise Ms. Coogan in a transitional role until she is up to speed on the business side.” Molly Coogan says she does not foresee any major changes to the store except “to expand the store’s gift selection to include more stickers and pins, items that […]
Baker & Taylor’s Systems Remain Offline
As of Friday morning, Baker & Taylor’s online systems remains down. The outage began the weekend of August 20-21. They write in an update on their website that they are “working around the clock to return to normal operations.” The update continues, “Our priority has been remediating our systems and ensuring they are sanitized. As that work is completed, our focus is transitioning to restoration, bringing our systems online, and returning to operations in a phased approach. We expect disruptions to continue this week but are hopeful we can provide timelines for individual systems and applications as the week progresses. […]