Protesters with the group Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG) disrupted a PEN America event in Los Angeles on the evening of January 31, resulting in the writer Randa Jarrar being physically removed. Videos on Twitter show footage of the protest, which involved playing audio recordings of names of Palestinian writers killed in Gaza since October 7, and of Jarrar’s removal. The protest was about the participation of actor and Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik, who was speaking to comedian Moshe Kasher about his new memoir Subculture Vulture as part of the PEN Out Loud series. Bialik has been vocal […]
Archives for February 2024
Print Unit Sales Declined in 2023
Circana Bookscan announced full-year statistics for 2023, reporting print unit sales of 767 million, a decline of 3 percent from 2022. Adult fiction sales grew for the fifth year in a row, up 1.5 million units or 1 percent, driven by fantasy, romance, coming-of-age, and historical fiction. Young adult books grew as well, led by driven by the dystopian books, romances, and thrillers. Children’s books, however, saw a sharp decline–influencing the full year’s drop–with sales down 13.5 million units. Fantasy, magic, and humor books fell from their high sales in 2022. “Despite an overall decline and keeping in mind that […]
S&S Turns 100
Simon & Schuster will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024 with an event on April 8 at Town Hall in NYC, featuring more than 30 S&S authors, including Judy Blume, Sandra Boynton, Ray Dalio, Anthony Doerr, Angela Duckworth, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Jennifer Egan, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sanjay Gupta, Zakiya Dalila Harris, John Irving, Walter Isaacson, Susan Orlean, Jason Reynolds, Safiya Sinclair, Brad Thor, Colm Tóibín, Jeannette Walls, Jesmyn Ward, and Bob Woodward. The company also announced The Simon & Schuster 100, “titles from our history that are believed to best represent the breadth and depth of the company’s publishing program, […]
March Indie Next List
February Bookseller Picks
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At Simon & Schuster, Julia Prosser has been promoted to vp, associate publisher, publicity & marketing.