Long After We Are Gone (Sourcebooks Landmark, May 14, 2024. Editor: Erin McClary. Agent: Abby Saul at The Lark Group.) Terah Shelton Harris is a librarian and freelance writer, who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in consumer and trade magazines including Catapult, Women’s Health, Backpacker, and more. How did you find your agent? I love this question because it gives me an opportunity to tell my unique story. My editor, Erin McClary, responded to my query and first 50 pages, asking for the full manuscript. It was a miracle that I […]
People 5/14
Distribution: Former SPD Clients Move to IPG
Former Small Press Distribution clients Grid Books, Marsh Hawk Press, Ronsdale Press, Roof Books, and Sinister Wisdom will be distributed worldwide by Independent Publishers Group beginning July 1. The deals happened after IPG’s virtual open house to publishers who were affected by SPD’s closure. IPG said in a release, “IPG will continue to provide publishers with information and guidance to help navigate the chaos and keep the community thriving. IPG intends to help these new signings offset some expenses by aiding with the consolidation and shipping of inventory from both Ingram and PSSC.”
New Books Publishing May 14
This week’s fiction releases include new books by Christina Lauren, Honor Levy, Hari Kunzru, Claire Messud, and Miranda July, while George Stephanopoulos, Kathleen Hanna, and Ghostface Killah publish new nonfiction works. Also out this week are LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE by Terah Shelton Harris and THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer anthology. 29 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-14 19 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-14 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see […]
People 5/13
S&S SVP, corporate communications Adam Rothberg "has decided to end his 35-year tenure on a high note" and will retire at the end of July.
Forthcoming: Angela Merkel’s FREEDOM
On November 26, St. Martin’s will publish FREEDOM, a memoir by Angela Merkel, the first woman chancellor of Germany. They will publish simultaneously with sister companies Kiepenheuer & Witsch (Germany) and Pan Macmillan (UK), and the book will release in “many other countries around the world.” The book, in which she “reflects on her life in two German states—35 years in the German Democratic Republic, 35 years in reunited Germany,” is co-written with Beate Baumann, Merkel’s longtime advisor.