Marysue Rucci’s eponymous imprint with Scribner will launch in summer 2022 with four titles — Mother Noise: A Memoir by Cindy House and The Foundling by Ann Leary, both out in May, and Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark and The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda, both publishing in July. Additional forthcoming titles include The Queen from Another Country by Alice Hoffman, Rouge by Mona Awad, and two new novels by Laura Dave. “It’s a thrill and honor to launch my imprint at Scribner, with its illustrious history, extraordinary team, and commitment to publishing enduring works,” Rucci said. “As evidenced […]
Printed Matter Bookstore Unionizes
Employees at Printed Matter, a nonprofit art book store in New York, joined the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153. Management voluntarily recognized the union on October 18, and contract bargaining will begin soon. In an Instagram post, the union said, “We’re so excited about this big next step and are grateful that Printed Matter management has been cooperative and proud of our decision so far. “We see books and multiples as inherently non-hierarchical art forms, and this has shaped the collaborative and radical organizational history of Printed Matter. So many of the values Printed Matter represents within […]
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2021
Publishers Weekly announced their Best Books of 2021 in a variety of categories.
Distribution: Princeton University Press Partners with Princeton University Art Museum Publishing
Starting February 1, Princeton University Press will be the exclusive distributor for the Princeton University Art Museum’s frontlist and backlist books, and will co-publish select titles. PUP will handle publicity, marketing, and global sales and distribution while the museum will handle editorial, design, and production.
2021 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist
The shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction was announced. The £50,000 award will be presented on November 16.
New Books Publishing October 19
John Grisham, Anthony Horowitz and Elizabeth Strout lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes titles by Rebecca Solnit and Jamie Foxx. Also out today are works by Tiphanie Yanique, Patti Callahan and Jane Goodall and Doug Abrams, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler. 18 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-19 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_October_/220130 20 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-19 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_October_/220131 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 […]