Jonathan Mattingly, a police officer who shot Breonna Taylor, said he will not publish his book The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy with Post Hill Press. In a blog post, Mattingly wrote, “I am grateful to my friends at Post Hill Press for all of their support and guidance, but after much consideration, I have decided it is best that I explore other publishing options for my book.” He suggests that the decision is linked to the limitations on the book’s distribution. Update: As Post Hill Press publisher Anthony Zaccardi indicates to the WSJ, […]
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People 8/18
Deena Fleming has joined Abrams as associate art director, Amulet Books. Previously, she was an associate art director at Scholastic Book Fairs with Canopy Books and Tangerine Press.
Bookselling: Long Island’s Book Revue to Be Evicted
After 44 years in business, Book Revue in Huntington, NY will be evicted on September 30 for nonpayment of rent, Newsday reports. According to landlord Emerson Dobbs III, the store didn’t pay rent for over a year. Store owner Richard Klein said that the store was closed for three months due to COVID, and that sales were slow after that. The store received $267,378 in PPP loans, which Klein says was used mostly for payroll and for one month of rent. “I thought we had an understanding that when the virus abated we would work out some kind of a […]
People 8/17
Madison Furr has joined Random House Children's as publicist. She was previously at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
New Books Publishing August 17
Maurice Carlos Ruffin, James Lee Burke, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes Mary L. Trump, Billie Jean King, and Alice McDermott. 18 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-17 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/219741 12 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-17 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/219742 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 use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable titles at least 3 months prior to pub […]