Brandon Taylor, John Banville, and Stacey Abrams publish novels this week, while new nonfiction includes memoirs from Kwame Alexander and Rachel Louise Snyder. Also out this week is The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle, which is sampled in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer collection. 12 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-23 13 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-23 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 sure […]
Forthcoming: Walter Isaacson’s ELON MUSK
Simon & Schuster will publish a biography of Elon Musk by bestselling author Walter Isaacson on September 12. It will be simultaneously published by S&S in the UK, Canada, Australia, and India. S&S vp, editor in chief Priscilla Painton acquired World English, audio, and first serial rights from Amanda Urban at Creative Artists Agency. A release states, “For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the […]
Wilbur Smith’s IP For Sale
The estate of global bestselling novelist Wilbur Smith, who wrote more than 50 books that sold 140 million copies worldwide, is selling all non-literary media rights (e.g. TV, film, theme parks, theatrical, gaming, and merchandise) to Smith’s IP. ACF Investment Bank, which handled the sale of rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, will broker the deal, and “they have already started contacting the logical international buyers and expect a strong response to this huge library of IP.”
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Pen America, PRH Sue FL County Over Book Bans
Pen America, Penguin Random House, and a group of authors and local parents have filed a federal lawsuit against the Escambia County, FL school district. According to a release, this is “a first-of-its-kind challenge to unlawful censorship” as it brings parents, authors, and a publisher together to fight escalating book bans. The lawsuit argues that the county’s removal and restriction of books–the majority of which focus on “race, racism, and LGBTQ identities” and are by BIPOC and/or LGBTQ authors–from school libraries violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. The suit aims to have the district […]
Forthcoming: Michael Lewis’s GOING INFINITE
On October 3, Norton will publish GOING INFINITE: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis. The book focuses on cryptocurrency exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who Lewis followed for a year. He speaks to the NYT about the process, which he is still completing: “In October, there’s probably going to be a trial, and the two sides are each going to take a bunch of facts and tell completely different stories. I think I can tell a story that’s a better story than either side, that includes all the facts and will put the reader in […]