Today we bring you the fourth Authors and Editors conversation from our recent nonfiction panel with the inspiring Beth Howard and her Haymarket editor Eric Kerl for SONG FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE, publishing April 21. Want to read the excerpt? Download the free sampler edition here: #BuzzBooksOfficial
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LA Times Book Prize Finalists
Ask an Expert: Alia Hanna Habib, Agent and Author of TAKE IT FROM ME
Take It from Me: An Agent’s Guide to Building a Nonfiction Writing Career from Scratch. (Pantheon, 1/20. Editor: Denise Oswald. Agent: Meredith Kaffel Simonoff.) Alia Hanna Habib is a vice president and literary agent at The Gernert Company, where she represents MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, National Book Award finalists, and numerous New York Times-bestselling authors. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. You include a lot of yourself in the book, and mention that you don’t think writers should completely erase themselves in an effort for neutrality and objectivity. Why do you think having a clear perspective is a strength? Putting […]
Annabelle Gurwitch’s THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker: Authors and Editors Conversation #3 from Our Buzz Books Spring/Summer 2026 Nonfiction Panel
Today we bring you the third Authors and Editors conversation from our recent nonfiction panel with the witty Annabelle Gurwitch, and her Zibby editor Kathleen Harris for THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME, publishing March 17. Read all the excerpts in our free ebook sampler edition here: #BuzzBooksOfficial
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New Audible Feature Synchronizes Text and Audio
Audible has launched “immersion reading” in their app, which highlights text as a user is listening to an audiobook. The feature is currently available on Kindle and is new to the Audible app. “Audiobooks count as reading,” chief product officer Andy Tsao said in a release. “But now at Audible, you can read with your eyes too. Read & Listen gives book lovers the best of both worlds. Whether you’re learning a new language, studying for school, or lost in a story’s world, you no longer have to choose one format over the other.” Read & Listen is available to US […]