Erin Vandeveer returns to Abrams in the new role of senior production manager, starting August 9. Most recently she was studio manager for St. Martin’s. Alana Yuster has joined Igloo Books as national account manager. Previously she was brand manager at Penguin Random House. Agnieszka Mizak has been promoted to the new role of managing director for APA publications, publisher of Insight Guides and Berlitz. Julie Dinneen has joined D4EO Literary Agency as agent, looking for literary fiction, commercial fiction, women’s fiction, all subgenres of romance and select memoir. Professor of English at Harvard Steph Burt and professor of English at Virginia Tech Carmen Giménez […]
Briefs: New Store for DC, Torture Book Stuck In Government Review, and More
Bookselling Former Kramerbooks & Afterwords employees Scott Abel and Jake Cumsky-Whitlock will open a new bookstore in Washington D.C. “soon.” Solid State Books will be located in the Apollo building on H St. NE, which has a new Whole Foods as well, and according to the website, will “operate as a full-service general interest bookstore with a deep and diverse selection of fiction and non-fiction titles curated to appeal to neighborhood residents of all ages as well as to the many visitors from other parts of DC, Virginia, Maryland, and beyond.” Abel was general manager at Karmerbooks for a decade and Cumsky-Whitlock was head buyer. […]
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At Abrams Children’s, Tessa Meischeid has joined in the new role of associate publicist. Previously, she was assistant editor at HarperCollins Children’s. Lora Grisafi has joined as trade marketing designer. Previously, she designed marketing materials for Random House Children’s. Mark Lee has joined the National Book Foundation as communications and marketing manager. He was associate publicist at Doubleday. Crown Publishing Group announced a number of promotions in the art department. Elizabeth Rendfleisch has been promoted to vice president and director of interior design; Jessie Bright has been promoted to art director; Michael Morris has been promoted to senior designer; and Alane Gianetti and […]
Tallent Tops September Indie Next List
The ABA named Gabriel Tallent’s debut novel My Absolute Darling the No. 1 Indie Next Pick for September. The rest of the list, which includes four titles excerpted in our Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2017 (noted with asterisks), features: Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng* The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld* Young Jane Young, by Gabrielle Zevin Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward The Burning Girl, by Claire Messud The Resurrection of Joan Ashby, by Cherise Wolas* The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne Fever, by Deon Meyer* Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions, by Amy Stewart The World of Tomorrow, by Brendan Mathews […]
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Brianna Linden has been promoted to associate publicist for Viking and Penguin publicity. Chris Myers, former senior vice president and managing director at Peter Lang Publishing, will launch a new academic publishing house Myers Education Press. The company will specialize in books, e-books and digital content centered on education. John von Knorring, president and publisher of higher education publisher Stylus Publishing, will be his partner in the venture. Renowned editor Judith Jones, 93, died today at her summer home in Walden, VT, from complications of Alzheimer’s, her step-daughter told the Washington Post, which has a lengthy profile. Best-known for publishing cookbook authors […]
Our September Buzz Books Monthly
With the success of our recently-launched Buzz Books 2017: Romance as well as our two Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter collections, we continue our monthly sampler program with the release of September Buzz Books Monthly, available now on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. Buzz Books Monthlies are your first and best place to turn for an insider’s taste of what to read next, and what the book world will be talking about next month. As usual September’s edition offers just the right amount of excerpts for consumers, and includes a comprehensive preview that highlights hundreds of notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again […]