As part of the Voluntary Resignation Benefits Program, Celeste Aiello Gordon will be leaving Hachette on May 18 and Linda Jamison will be leaving May 26.
2023 Dylan Thomas Prize
GOD'S CHILDREN ARE LITTLE BROKEN THINGS by Arinze Ifeakandu won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.
New Books Publishing May 16
Emma Cline, Christopher Paolini, and R. F. Kuang publish novels this week, while new nonfiction includes essays from Samantha Irby and Andrew Rannells and history by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Also out this week, and featured in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer collection, are new books by Jonathan Eig, Ore Agbaje-Williams, and Bea Setton. 18 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-16 16 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-16 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 […]
People 5/15
Abby Endler has joined as marketing manager at Vintage and Anchor, reporting to effective today, reporting to Lauren Weber. She was previously in publicity at Knopf.
Rutgers BNED Employees Win Union Vote
Workers at the Barnes & Noble College store at Rutgers University in New Jersey voted unanimously to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The union represents approximately 70 booksellers, baristas, cashiers, and non-supervisory employees. The union now moves to negotiate a contract with management, planning to address, “continued safety issues amid the rebound of the pandemic including workplace harassment, substandard pay for the industry below that of independent booksellers, unstable scheduling practices, a lack of structure when it comes to job duties and tasks at work, and favoritism by management.”
Flatiron’s Big Summer Book is BTS Oral History
Flatiron Books confirmed to various media outlets that their major nonfiction book publishing on July 9 is BEYOND THE STORY: 10-Year Record of BTS, an oral history of the blockbuster Korean band written with journalist Myeongseok Kang. Big Hit Music will publish in South Korea. It was translated into English by Anton Hur, Clare Richards, and Slin Jung. The announcement follows a week of speculation about the book, which was launched to booksellers with a plan to reveal the author and title on June 13. Initial guesses that it could have been a Taylor Swift memoir drove initial press and […]