Microcosm Publishing & Distribution will be the exclusive worldwide distributor of comics publisher Birdcage Bottom Books and and the book publishing program of Don Giovanni Records. Starting May 28 for the fall 2022 season, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution will distribute Swiss book and game publisher Helvetiq, children’s publisher River Horse Publishing, and multicultural comics and speculative fiction publisher Rosarium Publishing.
AAP Sales Show First Decline In March, As Hardcovers Fall After Big Gains A Year Ago
After showing publisher revenue gains in January and February — in contrast to unit declines in customer sell-through as tracked by NPD Bookscan — the AAP’s March 2022 data from StatShot reporting publishers reflected the first decline of the year: Trade sales registered $650.4 million, compared to $691.6 million last year, down 6 percent. That said, however, the comp was extraordinarily high. A year ago, AAP March sales were up a whopping 35 percent. Adult books decreased (8.9) percent to $417.6 million. Hardcover sales were down (22.2) percent to $122.8 million, while trade paperback sales gained 4.7 percent to $150.4 […]
People 5/27
Anne Meadows joins Picador as editorial director. She has been editorial director at Granta.
ABFE Condemns Efforts to Rule Two Books Obscene in VA
American Booksellers for Free Expression, a part of the American Booksellers Association, issued a statement condemning the preliminary opinion of a Virginia judge that Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas could be “obscene for unrestricted viewing by minors.” Two local politicians requested a restraining order against Barnes & Noble and Virginia Beach schools for having the book available to purchase or borrow. “The Virginia judge’s opinion is troubling in that the order could threaten the First Amendment right of a bookseller to sell a book, and that it does so […]
Obituary: Lawrence David
Author and former Random House Children’s editor Lawrence David died on May 7. He was the author of the novels Family Values and Need, plus 18 picture books and the middle grade series Horace Splattly.
“It’s a Book, Not a Kidney On Ice”: Panelists Discuss Urgency, Burnout, and Supporting Employees
“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 […]