The growing awareness and apparent use of morality clauses in major publisher contracts has been a hot button issue this year — mistakenly treated as if this was a brand new practice. Most of that reporting and discussion has taken place in a partial void, absent an airing of what the actual contractual clauses say. It’s one thing to talk about the idea of morality clauses, but it’s far more important to know what standards and conditions such clauses try to impose, and what remedies they prescribe. So for several months we talked to agents, publishers, and attorneys to uncover […]
September iBooks Picks
iBooks announced its Best of September list, which includes Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter sampler, and Alexa Martin’s Intercepted, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2018 Romance collection. The rest of the picks: The Winter Soldier, by Daniel Mason Transcription, by Kate Atkinson Three Little Lies, by Laura Marshall Football for a Buck, by Jeff Pearlman Vengeful, by V.E. Schwab An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, by Hank Green Washington Black, Esi Edugyan 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari Just Mercy, by Bryan A. Stevenson Lake Success, by Gary Shteyngart Heartland, by […]
People, Etc.
Founder of Blue Rider Press (and longtime publisher at Simon & Schuster before that) David Rosenthal has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as editor at large. Svp and publisher Bruce Nichols said, “I have known and admired David for many years, and I am thrilled that he will bring his creativity, keen editorial eye, and astonishing list of contacts to HMH.” Simon & Schuster has restructured its sales division, including the following promotions and hires: Paula Amendolara has been promoted to vp, director of national accounts, adding responsibility for sales to mass market retailers and airports, as well as the key distributors […]
People, Etc.
Rebecca Smart will join DK in January in the new role role of managing director, publishing, overseeing design, UK marketing and PR, publishing operations and Alpha Books in Indianapolis. She has been managing director at Ebury for the past 4 years. DK ceo Ian Hudson said in the announcement, “Rebecca’s appointment is an important step for the company…. With her mix of strategic leadership and commercial experience, combined with her vision, creativity and passion, she will lead the evolution of our global publishing, and seek out new digital and business development opportunities.” Claire Payne joins Sourcebooks as director of sales, […]
October Buzz Books Monthly
We continue to preview fall’s big titles in our October Buzz Books Monthly, available now on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. In this sampler, you’ll find exclusive excerpts of seven titles being released in October, including Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel Unsheltered, Diane Chamberlain’s The Dream Daughter, and Lisa Gabriele’s The Winters, a contemporary version of the Daphne du Maurier classic Rebecca. Also in this edition are two highly anticipated literary followups: Sarah Perry’s Melmoth and Leif Engers’ Virgil Wander. The final fiction entry is The Travelling Cat Chronicles, an international bestseller from Japanese author Hiro Arikawa. Rounding out the selection is historian Stephen L. Carter’s nonfiction work Invisible: The Forgotten Story Of The Black […]
September Picks
Amazon‘s spotlight pick for September is Esi Edugyan’s novel Washington Black and their featured debut is Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s memoir Small Fry. Also on the list are French Exit by Patrick Dewitt and The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, both excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter. The rest of the list: Leadership, by Doris Kearns Goodwin 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yaval Noah Harari The Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris These Truths, by Jill Lepore Lake Success, by Gary Shteyngart Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction list for the month includes Lies by T.M. Logan, […]