Our season preview from our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter sampler continues with nonfiction. This season’s notable memoirs include offerings from Julie Andrews, Augusten Burroughs, Elton John, and Patti Smith –– along with former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s book about her life and leadership, due from St. Martin’s some time in the fall. Meanwhile, our sampler features work from Nefertiti Austin (Motherhood So White); Susan Cahalan (The Great Pretender); Emma Copley Eisenberg (The Third Rainbow Girl); Ben Moon (Denali); Samantha Power (The Education of an Idealist); and others. For the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and […]
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Colleen Boyle has been promoted to publicity manager at Penguin Press. Morgan Rath has been promoted to publicist at Macmillan Children’s. Steven Tran has been promoted to sales manager at Soho Press. Books Inc. director of operations Andy Perham will take over as president and ceo when Michael Tucker retires later this year, and operations manager George Seamer will move up to director of operations. Publicist and book marketer Claire McKinney has founded Plum Bay Publishing, providing assisted self-publishing and some traditional publishing. Hachette Book Group announced a number of promotions in its sales department. In wholesale, Julie Hernandez is promoted […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Commercial Fiction
With Book Expo just a week away, we continue to present extracts from our big Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter overview, today highlighting commercial fiction. The new edition of Buzz Books includes work from Eoin Colfer, J.T. Ellison, and Meg Waite Clayton, while the full fall/winter season as previewed below also includes releases from such authors as Attica Locke, Josh Malerman, Stephen King, and more. Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred (Orbit, 9/17) Jeffrey Archer, Nothing Ventured (St. Martin’s, 9/10) Ace Atkins, Robert B. Parker’s Angel Eyes: A Spenser Novel (Putnam, 11/19) Linwood Barclay, Elevator Pitch (William Morrow, 9/17) Leigh Bardugo, Ninth […]
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Stuart Roberts has been promoted to senior editor at Simon & Schuster. Lauren Clauss joins Random House Children’s as associate editor (she was assistant editor at Disney Press); and Rachel Chlebowski has been promoted to associate editor. Mariam Quraishi has joined Chronicle as a designer, children’s. Previously she was junior designer at Viking Children’s. At Shambhala Publications, Claire Kelley has been promoted to marketing and publicity director, Roost Books; Katelin Ross has been promoted to publicist; and Adria Batt has been promoted to marketing associate. WH Smith group chief executive Stephen Clarke “has decided to step down” on October 31 […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction from authors including and more. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. As usual, we begin our free ebook with a broad overview of the upcoming publishing season, featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. We’ll be presenting extracts from that season preview in the coming days. And if you’re attending Book Expo, be on the lookout for Buzz Books authors Megan Angelo, Nefertiti Austin, Susannah Cahalan, Clay McLeod […]
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Lynn Grady left her position as publisher of Dey Street Books on Friday. Also at Harper Collins, Jace Molan has been promoted to senior director video, group executive producer, overseeing all video production across the general books and children’s groups, reporting to both Morrow Group president and publisher Liate Stehlik and children’s marketing & publicity vp Nellie Kurtzman. As a part of Picador’s restructuring, editor Elizabeth Bruce‘s position will be eliminated as of June 1. Awards Richard Ford won the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, to be presented on August 31. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said, “He […]