Dawn Davis will return to Simon & Schuster as senior vice president and publisher of 37 Ink and executive editor of the Simon & Schuster imprint, starting in September. She will also join the S&S executive leadership team, reporting to Jonathan Karp. Davis was with S&S since 2013, and founded 37 Ink, before departing in 2020 to lead Bon Appétit and Epicurious as editor in chief. Davis said in the announcement, “I have enjoyed working with Condé Nast leadership and my team to rebuild the Bon Appétit brand. Together, we’ve created a culture where people feel respected, created spectacular content and world-class recipes, […]
Archives for April 2023
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New Books Publishing April 25
Emily Henry, Adam Sternbergh, and Anne Hillerman publish new fiction this week, while nonfiction includes new work from Lucinda Williams, Claire Dederer, Ava Chin, and Diane Ladd and Laura Dern. Also out this week are MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH MURDER by Colleen Cambridge, WE ARE A HAUNTING by Tyriek White, and THE REDISCOVERY OF AMERICA by Ned Blackhawk, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer anthology. 16 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-25 13 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-25 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our […]
Obituary: Clayton Carlson
Founder and publisher/editor-in-chief of Harper San Francisco (now Harper One), Clayton Carlson, 83, died at home on April 20. Carlson led the relocation of the Harper & Row religion, philosophy and psychology departments from New York to San Francisco in 1976. Titles he published included talks by the Dalai Lama, Paulo Coelho’s ALCHEMIST, Melody Beattie’s CODEPENDENT, and Billy Graham’s memoir JUST AS I AM.
Distribution: Collective Book Studio
The Collective Book Studio will be distributed by Simon & Schuster worldwide starting July 1.
Gotham Book Prize
The Gotham Book Prize, which celebrates books about New York, named two winners. Each author will receive $35,000.