Percival Everett‘s James (Doubleday) won the prize for Fiction at the 75th annual National Book Awards, which took place on Wednesday night in Manhattan. “Two weeks ago I was feeling pretty low,” said Everett, adding that the awards had made him feel more hopeful. “But it’s important to remember,” he continued, “hope really is no substitute for strategy.” Everett thanked his team at Doubleday, and also his longtime editor at Graywolf, Fiona McCrae. The Nonfiction prize was awarded to Jason De León for Soldiers and Kings (Viking Books). In his speech, De León said, “I refuse to live in a world […]
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NBN Will Close; Clients Can Move To S&S
National Book Network, the book distributor founded in 1986 by Jed Lyons to handle distribution for his company Rowman & Littlefield as well as other publishers, is closing. Lyons sold Rowman & Littlefield’s academic publishing business to Bloomsbury earlier this year and then sold Sundance Newbridge to Lerner Publishing Group. Lyons still owns Globe Pequot, which will be distributed by Simon & Schuster in North America beginning in the second half of 2025. NBN has also made a deal for its publisher clients to move over to S&S, under the same financial terms in their existing contracts, though Lyons told […]