The AAP’s May StatShot report shows a deepening of the same trends observed in April: revenues from shipments of trade books to accounts were down substantially, due to store closures and postponed releases, as lower returns due to the same factors mitigated some of the “net” sales tabulations for the month. Shipments of trade books comprised $668 million for the month, down 16 percent from a year ago, or $127 million lower. (In contrast, net sales of $577 million were 9.3 percent lower than a year ago.) The declines were deeper than in April, as adult grosses fell 17.5 percent, […]
Events: Virtual National Book Awards, and A Grant for Frankfurt
The National Book Awards ceremony on November 18 and all of the associated events will be held virtually this year. As a result, the organization will spread its events out, starting with the 5 Under 35 list on October 20. The NBA finalist reading is set for November 10 and Teen Press Conference held in partnership with the Miami Book Fair will be on November 16. Separately, the Frankfurt Book Fair has received a 4 million euro grant from the German government’s cultural stimulus package. As a result, stands up to 48 square meters at this year’s show will have […]
Celebrating Carolyn Reidy
On Wednesday afternoon there was a virtual memorial celebration of the late Carolyn Reidy, with remarks from her husband Stephen as well as Adam Rothberg, Jonathan Karp, Michael Selleck and Susan Moldow from Simon & Schuster, plus Lisa Lucas, Joe Kanon, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Rubin, and Hillary Clinton. The recorded service can be viewed on YouTube. In a timely reminder, Clinton noted: “Books were her passion, her career, and the great love of her life, second only to her devoted husband Stephen. She knew that the right book in the right hands can be and often was life changing. […]
People, Etc.
Stephanie Cabot has joined Susanna Lea Associates, working primarily from the New York office. She has been at The Gernert Company since 2005, and is a French-American dual national. Jenny Chen has been promoted to editor at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press, where she will acquire crime and book club fiction. Publisher for art and architecture at Yale University Press Patricia Fidler will take on the new role of executive director of the press’s Art & Architecture ePortal as of September 1. Meagan Levinson has been promoted to executive editor, sociology and head of paperback publishing at Princeton University […]
New Books Publishing July 7
It’s a big week for new books coming to market. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 31 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-titles-publishing-july-7 14 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-7 27 new children’s and YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-july 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 your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as […]
S&S Moves Up Pub Date for Mary Trump Book
In advance of a July 10 court hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order to delay publication of Mary Trump’s TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, Simon & Schuster has moved that publication date up to July 14. The change was “due to high demand and extraordinary interest in this book,” the publisher said. Chris Bastardi, spokesperson for Mary Trump, said: “The act by a sitting president to muzzle a private citizen is just the latest in a series of disturbing behaviors which have already destabilized a fractured nation in the face of a global pandemic. If Mary cannot […]