Kyle Lucia Wu, Gary Shteyngart and Janet Evanovich lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes titles by Huma Abedin, Michael Eric Dyson and Paul McCartney. Also out today are works by Zibby Owens, Mitch Albom, Yrsa Daley-Ward and Naomi Krupitsky, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler. 23 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-2 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_November_/220236 31 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-2 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_November_/220237 23 new children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-november https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_in_November/220235 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make […]
People 10/29
Sierra Stovall joins Zando as director of rights, leading subsidiary rights and assisting head of sales & retail content development Andrew Rein "in the development of [their] audio program as well as international edition sales through Ingram." She was previously at Sourcebooks.
Harper UK to Buy Pavilion Books
Harper Collins UK will acquire Pavilion Books, including six of its imprints: Collins & Brown, Pavilion, Portico, Robson, National Trust and Pavilion Children’s. Pavilion owner and publisher Polly Powell will keep two imprints, Batsford and Pitkin, and operate under the name BT Batsford. (That’s the previous name, under which Batsford operated until going into receivership in 1999, with Chrysalis Books buying their assets. Chrysalis became Anova, when then became Pavilion.) The deal is expected to close on November 30. Executive publisher Lisa Milton will oversee Pavilion’s adult non-fiction, which will become part of the HQ and Mills & Boon division. […]
Kirkus Prize Winners
Kirkus Reviews announced the winners of the 8th annual $50,000 Kirkus Prize.
HBG USA Sales Down in Q3 Due to “Unfavorable Comparison”
Lagardere reported third quarter results for the period ending September 30 on Thursday morning, with publishing division sales of €696 million, down 1.2 percent from last year. Company-wide revenues increased 23.1 percent to €1.46 billion in the quarter, with the travel division rebounding on the easing of travel restrictions. The $240 million acquisition of Workman Publishing was completed on September 23, right before the close of the quarter. “In the context of strong market consolidation, this acquisition is set to enable Hachette Livre to significantly boost Hachette Book Group’s US footprint, strengthen its positions in Youth Works and thereby create […]
People 10/28
Alison Forner has been promoted to senior art director at Avid Reader Press.