At Atria, Maudee Genao has been promoted to associate marketing manager.
BNED Finishes Less Poorly Than Last Year, But Still Loses Money On Sales Below Norm
Barnes & Noble Education reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, and restated the results of fiscal year 2021, due to “certain out of period adjustments related primarily to income tax benefit, and restructuring and other charges.” Those adjustments increased the fiscal year 2021 net loss by $8 million. The company finished the fiscal year by doing less worse than before: Sales for Q4 2022 were $261 million, up 17 percent from the revised $223 million last year. But that’s still well below the pre-pandemic level, which saw sales of $334 million in Q4 2019. […]
New Books Publishing June 28
Tomi Obaro and Lidia Yuknavitch lead this week’s fiction releases, along with Read With Jenna book club pick The Measure by Nikki Erlick and GMA pick The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston. Nonfiction includes new work from Tim Miller. Also out today is First Victim by Debbie Babitt, excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer sampler. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-28 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_June_/223241 5 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-28 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_/223242 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 […]
S&S Gives Away Two Books For “A Country Divided”
Simon & Schuster is giving away digital editions of two books intended to aid conversation in “a country divided,” according to a memo to staff from ceo Jonathan Karp. As of today, ebook and digital audio editions of Amanda Ripley’s High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out and Anna Sale’s Let’s Talk About Hard Things: The Life-Changing Conversations That Connect Us are available for free on retailers including Amazon, B&N, Apple, Google Play, and Libro.fm until July 31. (A disclaimer on the S&S website says that “end date may vary by retailer.”) In a posted video, […]
Imprints: Allida Books
Harper Children’s and Clarion Books have launched Allida Books, led by Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park and Clarion vp, editorial director Anne Hoppe. The imprint, “named for the Korean word that means to inform, announce, or make known,” will launch in early 2023 and has the mission “to encourage marginalized writers and artists to explore the stories they are most passionate about and to craft narratives that defy expectations,” a release states. “I want Allida to be creator-centered, because I feel strongly that when artists are supported in making work from their deepest passions, kids get better books,” Park […]
People 6/23
Lauren Levite has been promoted to publicity manager at Harper Children's.