The big fall selling (and announcement) season, starting right after Labor Day and running through the Frankfurt Book Fair some time in October, seems to get busier every year. Our US deal reports for September were up 8 percent over September 2023, with fiction deals running 25 percent ahead of a year ago, as debut fiction reports set a record for the month (up 60 percent from last year). Other media and popular imagination stills tries to coalesce in October around a few “books of the fair,” even though we document over 800 “pre-Frankfurt” deals — with over 10 percent […]
More Member Page News
With hundreds of beautiful redesigned Member Pages live at our site, now we’ve restored an updated version of the interface that lets you browse those 2,000-plus member pages across all categories. Just look for Member Profiles under our People menu item. To update your Member Page to the new design, just use the “page options” tools at the top of the Your Account page, and make sure to click the red “publish” button after reviewing any changes. And if you have never published a Member Page, now is a great time to give it a try. Nearly 1,000 agents have […]
Looking Good
Hundreds of PM users have updated their Member Pages to the modernized templates that we introduced earlier this week and they look terrific. But that still leaves thousands more pages ready for refreshing. The process is simple: Go to the “page options” section at the top of the Your Account page at PM to check out how your page maps to the new design, make any changes or updates, and then click to “publish” the new version. While you’re in updating mode, consider checking out your PM contact record as well, where you can now submit biographical info that will […]
Obituary: Nelson DeMille, 81
Author of 23 books Nelson DeMille has died. His family said in a statement to CBS: “Nelson fought a valiant nine-month battle with esophageal cancer. True to form, he faced this ordeal with courage, grace, and good humor. We are grieving, but also celebrating his wonderful life and his lasting legacy as a father, friend, and storyteller.”
Modernizing Our Member Pages
Today we unveil the last piece of our more than year-long process to redesign and update PublishersMarketplace.com: A terrific new look for PM Member Pages. You can see a few examples here, here, here and here. In addition to the updated look that’s in harmony with our sitewide redesign, new functionality means that agent and editor pages will automatically pull in your latest deals from our deals database. Our development team has done their best to map the new design to our previous member page templates, so you should not experience any major issues when you update your page (and thanks […]
Gleick to Leave Algonquin As Little, Brown Plans to Rebuild
With Workman’s Algonquin imprint having been moved into the Little, Brown division earlier this summer as part of HBG’s restructuring of Workman lines following the three-year standstill period after their acquisition, Little, Brown president and publisher Sally Kim announced further changes on Thursday. Algonquin publisher Betsy Gleick will leave the company on October 4, as will associate publisher Michael McKenzie, “along with other [Algonquin] staff members.” Kim writes that, “We’re looking to redefine its longstanding mission—giving space to undiscovered voices—during a time when our consumer landscape and reader discoverability continue to shift and create new opportunities for publishers with a […]