James Beard–award winning author and notable editor of cookbooks and lifestyle books Roy Finamore, 70, died on May 6 after a brief illness. He was at an editor at Stewart, Tabori & Chang and then Clarkson Potter, where he published cookbooks by authors including Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, Diana Kennedy, Jean Anderson, Anne Willan, Lee Bailey, Carole Walter, Tom Colicchio, Bobby Flay, and Gale Gand. He won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best General Cookbook in 2007 for his second book as an author, TASTY: Get Great Food on the Table Every Day.
Archives for May 2023
Proposals for Internet Archive Judgment “Will Take Some Time,” and More From the AAP Meeting
The AAP publishers and Internet Archive are due to submit proposals “for the appropriate procedure to determine the judgment to be entered” in the verdict finding the IA guilty of mass copyright infringement by later this week after multiple delays. But during the AAP’s virtual annual meeting on Monday, ceo Maria Pallante implied that more time will be needed. “Both sides are discussing a possible stipulation as to the scope of injunctive relief, damages and attorneys fees at the request of the judge,” Pallante reported. But, “This process is extremely important and detailed, and it will take some time.” During a […]
Backman Leaves Forum, Salomonsson Agency
Author Fredrik Backman recently announced that he is switching literary agents and will leave the Salomonsson Agency. Backman told Svensk Bokhandel that he terminated his representation early in the year and will be free to change representation this summer when his notice period expires. “After that I will move to an American agency. There is no conflict, it is a completely personal decision,” Backman wrote to them in an email. He will be looking for a new publisher in Sweden as well, after publishing seven books with Forum. “It was undramatic and entirely because of me,” Backman wrote. “I still […]
New Books Publishing May 9
Tom Hanks, Martin Cruz Smith, and Holly Goldberg Sloan publish novels this week, while new nonfiction includes memoirs from Andrew McCarthy and Fae Myenne Ng. Also out this week, and featured in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer collection, are new books by Héctor Tobar and Joy Calloway. 11 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-9 12 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-9 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 […]
Diaz, Kingsolver Win Fiction Pulitzers
Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists were announced on Wednesday afternoon, with the committee awarding an unusual two prizes in fiction: Fiction Winners Trust, by Hernan Diaz Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver Finalist The Immortal King Rao, by Vauhini Vara Nonfiction Winner His Name Is George Floyd, by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa Finalists Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa Kingdom of Characters, by Jing Tsu Sounds Wild and Broken, by David George Haskell History Winner Freedom’s Dominion, by Jefferson Cowie Finalists Watergate, Garrett M. Graff Seeing Red, Michael John Witgen Biography Winner G-Man, by Beverly Gage Finalists Mr. B, Jennifer Homans […]