New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul spoke at a Publishers Advertising and Marketing Association luncheon event on Wednesday, previewing forthcoming changes to how books are featured in the newspaper. Paul said their books coverage will be “expanding and becoming more strategic,” an initiative that includes a consolidation of the three desks that handle books (publishing business news, daily reviews, and the weekly review), the hiring of more staff editors and reviewers, and a redesign of The Book Review. That process will eliminate some of the “duplication” of the past, such as the practice of reviewing the same book twice, in the […]
More Buzz Books Excerpts for April
With our spring/summer Buzz Books collection ranking high in recent days, we are continuing our successful monthly sampler initiative with the release of April Buzz Books Monthly. Offering just the right amount of excerpts for consumers — and extra attention for the books right before their release — and starting with a comprehensive preview that highlights over 100 notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again week by week), the April monthly features excerpts from: American War, by Omar El Akaad Radium Girls, by Kate Moore and four young adult titles: This Is Really Happening, by Erin […]
Shattuck Tops April Indie Next List
The April Indie Next List has named Jessica Shattuck’s novel The Women in the Castle their No. 1 pick. You can start reading an excerpt now in our March Buzz Books Monthly, along with selections from Kristy Cambron’s latest and debut YA authors Kayla Cagan, Elizabeth Briggs, and Ashley Poston. Download it via Amazon, iBooks, GooglePlay, and NetGalley. The full April Indie Next List features: The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, Hannah Tinti Spoils, Brian Van Reet The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Lisa See American War, Omar El Akkad The River of Kings, Taylor Brown Marlena, Julie Buntin The Idiot, Elif Batuman Mississippi Blood, Greg […]
March Bookseller Picks
Amazon chose Exit West by Mohsin Hamid as their spotlight pick for March, and their featured debut is One of the Boys by Daniel Magariel. The rest of the etailer’s best books of March list features: White Tears, Hari Kunzru The Night Ocean, Paul LaFarge Irresistible, Adam Alter Learn Better, Ulrich Boser All Grown Up, Jami Attenberg Word by Word, Kory Stamper The Wanderers, Meg Howrey The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy Barnes and Noble’s best new fiction list for March recommends: Dead Letters, Caite Dolan-Leach The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Lisa See In the Name of the Family, Sarah […]
People, Etc.
Margaux Weisman has joined Vintage/Anchor as editor. Previously she was an associate editor at William Morrow. At Sourcebooks, Tiana Marzette has been promoted to inside sales representative. Brad Sharp has been promoted to director of manufacturing at Bookmasters. Jennifer Schaper has joined Duke University Press as sales manager. Previously she was senior manager for international rights at Perseus Books Group. When Douglas Brinkley‘s book THE UNRAVELED TALES OF BOB DYLAN was first announced in 2012 it was one of two books signed for Johnny Depp’s “imprint” at HarperCollins Infinitum Nihil — expected for publication in 2015. Brinkley is finally working on the […]
Bookselling: Amazon Opens In Dedham, Waterstones Criticized for Modest Stores “Posing” As Indies
Amazon’s previously-announced 5,800-square-foot bookstore at Legacy Place in Dedham, MA will open on Tuesday, after holding a preview on Saturday. As previously announced, this is Amazon’s first bookstore to open on the East Coast (and fourth to open so far), with at least three more “coming soon” in Lynnfield, MA; Paramus, NJ; and Manhattan’s Columbus Circle. Waterstones is receiving criticism in British media for small-town bookstores they have opened over the past 3 years, charged with “posing as independent bookshops to avoid the backlash against the homogenization of Britain’s high streets,” the Guardian writes. The stores, which are in Rye, Southwold and Harpenden, notify customers of their corporate affiliation with […]