“Everything was fine until the pandemic when we all started questioning our existence,” said moderator Paul Bogaards, former Knopf evp of publicity and marketing and owner of Bogaards Public Relations, opening a US Book Show panel on The Pandemic and Publishing: How Has Covid Changed the Industry for Good? With panelists Jennifer Enderlin, president and publisher of St. Martin’s Publishing Group; Monica Odom, founder and literary agent at Odom Media Management; Anjali Singh, agent at Ayesha Pande Literary; and Julia Sommerfeld, publisher at Amazon Publishing, Bogaards posed questions without easy answers and speakers discussed the dualities of the publishing industry […]
People 5/24
At Morrow, Rachel Berquist has joined as marketing manager. Alex Casement has joined as senior publicist.
New Books Publishing May 24
Akwaeke Emezi, James Lee Burke and Elif Batuman lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes new work from Dan Abrams and Fred D. Gray. Also out today is Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone, excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer sampler. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_/222945 4 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_/222946 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 your key titles are on our radar, now you can […]
Dublin Literary Award
The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter (translated by Frank Wynne) won the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.
Virginia Politicians Seek Restraining Order Against B&N for Selling Two Books
The Virginia Beach Circuit Court issued preliminary orders finding “probable cause to believe” that two books — A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas and GENDER QUEER by Maia Kobabe — are deemed “obscene for unrestricted viewing by minors” under Virginia state law. The authors or publishers have 21 days to respond to the allegations. The orders are the result of agitation by two local politicians: Attorney Tim Anderson, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, petitioned the court on behalf of his client Tommy Altman, a candidate in the Republican congressional primary, Book Riot reported. Anderson […]
People 5/19
At Abrams, Christian Westermann has joined as senior marketing manager, working with The Overlook Press and Abrams Press imprints.