Tom Hanks, Martin Cruz Smith, and Holly Goldberg Sloan publish novels this week, while new nonfiction includes memoirs from Andrew McCarthy and Fae Myenne Ng. Also out this week, and featured in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer collection, are new books by Héctor Tobar and Joy Calloway. 11 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-9 12 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-9 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 […]
Forthcoming: 4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023
Flatiron will publish a major nonfiction book this summer, with the title and author to be announced on June 13. The book is said to have an announced first printing of 1 million copies, with an unusual “worldwide pub date” of July 9 — a Sunday, outside of the typical Tuesday laydowns in the US or Thursday in the UK, which could create challenges for delivery and unveiling of the book. The hardcover has a list price of $45 (and an ebook price of $24.95), and the book seems to be printed in four-color, and is listed as, “Includes 40 […]
Elizabeth Warren Didn’t Violate First Amendment in Criticism of Amazon, Court Finds
As expected, Senator Elizabeth Warren won a lawsuit brought against her by a publisher and authors who said her letter to Amazon criticizing their book amounted to a First Amendment violation. In 2021, Warren wrote a letter to Amazon claiming that Joseph Mercola and Ronnie Cummins’s THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 included vaccine misinformation and calling out the retailer’s algorithms that allowed the book to show up at the top of search results. The authors, along with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr (who wrote the foreword) and publisher Chelsea Green, sued Warren, arguing that her letter infringed on their First Amendment rights […]
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SPARE Drives Q1 for Penguin Random House
Bertelsmann announced headline results for the first quarter of 2023, with sales up 5.6 percent to €4.8 billion and organic growth of 2 percent. They maintained their full-year forecast of “moderate to significant revenue growth and a stable operating result,” according to cfo Rolf Hellermann. Penguin Random House was a “main revenue driver” for the company, along with a few other divisions, with a “strong first quarter” led by Prince Harry’s SPARE, which the company says sold more than 4 million copies across formats. In a release, chair & ceo Thomas Rabe said, “We are growing significantly and will continue […]
Simon & Schuster Keeps Growing In Q1, As Paramount Acknowledges Sale Process Has “Restarted”
Simon & Schuster continued its hot streak in the first quarter of 2023, reported Thursday morning by parent company Paramount Global, with sales of $258 million, up $41 million from a year ago, and operating income of $58 million, up $8 million. As ceo Jonathan Karp wrote to staff, “All of our publishing divisions increased revenue, and all of our domestic groups had double-digit growth.” International sales were “a little over flat.” In a letter to staff, Karp confirmed what we had already heard from prospective bidders, which is that, “As expected, Paramount has resumed the process of selling Simon […]