Amazon shipped at least some copies of Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated The Testaments to some customers a full week early, in violation of the strict worldwide September 10 embargo. On Twitter and Instagram, several users reported receiving their early copies. A spokesperson for Penguin Random House told PL, “A very small number of copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments were distributed early due to a retailer error which has now been rectified. We appreciate that readers and booksellers have been waiting patiently for the much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling The Handmaid’s Tale. In order to ensure our readers around the world […]
More September Picks: Jenna Reads and Apple Books
Jenna Bush Hager’s September pick for the Today Show Book Club is The Dearly Beloved, by Cara Wall. Apple Books‘ best of September includes: The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett The Future of Another Time, by Annalee Newitz The Liar, by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Slay, by Brittney Morris The Water Dancer, by Ta-Hehisi Coates The World That We Knew, by Alice Hoffman Wrapped Up in You, by Jill Shalvis Gallows Court, by Martin Edwards Nice Try, by Josh Gondelman Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson Billion Dollar Fantasy, by Albert Chen Everything is Figureoutable, by Marie Forleo Pet, by Akwaeke […]
People, Etc.
Maggie Lehrman has been promoted to editorial director, fiction for Abrams Children’s. At Knopf, Julianne Clancy has been promoted to assistant director of marketing. Emily Murphy moves up to marketing manager. Joanna Cárdenas has been promoted to senior editor at Kokila. Marisol Salaman has been promoted to publicist at Portfolio/Sentinel. Carla Bruce-Eddings has joined Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull as senior publicist. Cassie Mannes Murray has been promoted to assistant agent at Howland Literary. Former Melbourne University Publishing chief executive Louise Adler has joined Hachette Australia as publisher at large, acquiring books on current affairs and politics. Scouting Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is […]
September Picks
Reese’s Book Club pick for September is The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer is Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for September and Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped is their featured debut. The rest of the list: Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett She Said, by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey Quichotte, by Salman Rushdie The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott Poisoner in Chief, by Stephen Kinzer The World That We Knew, by Alice Hoffman Opiod Indiana, by Brian Allen Carr The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. […]
People: Booker Shortlist, and More
Kara Watson has been promoted to senior editor/marketing liaison at Scribner. Sara DeLozier has joined Viking/Penguin as publicist. She was most recently publicity coordinator at Picador. Executive director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Wanda Jewell will next June, after 30 years of leading the organization. In the UK, Anne Meadows has been promoted to editorial director at Granta. Jenny Fry has been promoted to commercial director at Canongate, adding responsibility for sales. Elise Burns will move to Bonnier Books UK in mid-November as trade sales and export director, reporting to Perminder Mann. She is currently UK sales director at […]
Briefs
Andi Richman has joined Baker & Taylor Publisher Services as director of national accounts. She previously held national account positions at Guilford Press, Hay House, Harlequin and Dorling Kindersley. Matt Warner has joined as director of marketing. He most recently held senior positions at Barnes & Noble.com and Nook. Legal Retired Navy Commander Guy Snodgrass is the latest former government official to find his forthcoming book delayed because of an extended review process — and the latest to sue over that delay. The former communications director and speechwriter for James Mattis when he was Secretary of Defense argues the DOD has […]