Welcome back to our monthly column about galleys. This month we continue to talk about summer reads, with scattered genre recommendations and some general titles. In book media news, Emily Gould has moved on from writing her New York Magazine column Book Gossip and will instead write the newsletter Dinner Party. Asked about the “All Fours of 2025” in an introductory Q&A she says, “I suspect that a novel we’ll be hearing about a lot more is Ruth, by Kate Riley… It really scratches the itch of ‘voyeuristic curiosity about what goes on in fundamentalist religious communities’ and is also so […]
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Scholastic Combines Divisions and Promotes Quinton, Hires DeLeo
Scholastic will combine the trade publishing and book fairs and book clubs divisions into a single Scholastic Children’s Book Group as of June 1, led by Sasha Quinton in the new role of evp, and president. Quinton has been president of School Reading Events and continues to report to ceo Peter Warwick, while also “working closely with Iole Lucchese” to “bolster the Company’s 360-degree IP creation strategy by opening up pathways between editorial, distribution and merchandising.” Lucchese is chief strategy officer and president of Scholastic Entertainment, as well as board chair and controlling owner. Trade publishing has previously been a […]
Judge Denies Copyright Office Director’s Request to Block Her Firing
Judge Timothy J. Kelly denied former Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter’s request for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump Administration from firing her at a hearing on Wednesday. In a lawsuit filed last week, Perlmutter argued that the president does not have the authority to appoint or remove the director of the Copyright Office. Yesterday the judge ruled that Perlmutter did not show how her firing would cause her irreparable harm, the AP reports. If Perlmutter seeks a preliminary injunction, the judge set a deadline of this afternoon for the parties to propose case scheduling.