Lisa Scottoline and Garrard Conley publish new novels this week, while nonfiction includes works by Hanif Abdurraqib and Fareed Zakaria. Also out this week are IF THE TIDE TURNS by Rachel Rueckert, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer anthology, and THE EMPEROR AND THE ENDLESS PALACE by Justinian Huang, available to sample in our Buzz Books 2023: Romance collection. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-26 10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-26 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our […]
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Obituaries: de Brunhoff, Vinge
French author-illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, 98, died on March 22 from complications of a stroke. De Brunhoff wrote and illustrated the Babar picture books after the death of his father, Jean, who created the character. Science fiction author Vernor Vinge, 79, died on March 20 from Parkinson’s Disease. Vinge won Hugo Awards for his novels A FIRE UPON THE DEEP, A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, and RAINBOWS END.
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At IPG, Kristen Noon has been promoted from to director, credit & collections.
Strong Backlist Sales Can’t Offset Scholastic’s Seasonal Losses
Scholastic announced results for the fiscal third quarter ended February 29, with sales of $323.7 million, nearly even with $324.9 million a year ago. “Lower U.S. Book Clubs revenues of approximately $14.4 million related to the strategic repositioning of the business, were offset by strong trade publishing revenues in the U.S., Canada and the UK, which benefited from the sales of popular book series titles,” the company said in a release. Operating loss increased 26 percent to $(34.9) million, while adjusted EBITDA decreased 33 percent to (7.2) million. In Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution, the good news was that consolidated […]
Forthcoming: FRAMED by John Grisham
On October 8, Doubleday will publish John Grisham‘s FRAMED: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions, written with Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey. It is the author’s first nonfiction book since 2006. “Since I published THE INNOCENT MAN in 2006, I have wanted to write more true stories about wrongful convictions,” Grisham said in a release. “From a pure storytelling perspective, they are incredible because the drama has so many layers: Suffering, corruption, waste, faith, perseverance, and, hopefully, redemption – it’s all there in every case. From a moral perspective, it is imperative for a society to face and correct injustice. […]