At PRH Children's, Amanda Close is promoted to senior vice president, children’s sales and strategic development.
NYC Study Shows $9.2 Billion Publishing Output in 2020; Jobs Declining
The New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) released the results of its first Publishing Industry Economic Impact study, which significantly honors and underscores “specifics on the industry’s continued significance and contribution to New York City’s creative economy,” a press release states. Publishing is a signature industry for New York City, and merits continuing and increased support from the government, the report recommends. Unfortunately, much of the study groups all of “publishing” together, including book publishing along with print (newspapers and magazines) and digital journalism, plus bookstores, printing and more, broken into four sectors: Publishers, Talent (independent […]
People 11/30
Erik Platt has been promoted to director, advertising & audience development at the St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Distribution: Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press will sell and market frontlist and backlist for Floating Opera Press and ERIS. CUP will distribute ERIS titles worldwide, and Floating Opera titles in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Best Of: NYT, WSJ, Oprah
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal announced their Top 10 books for 2022.
New Books Publishing November 29
This week’s fiction releases include a new mystery by Louise Penny, while nonfiction includes a collection of Volodymyr Zelensky’s speeches. Also out this week is Winterland by Rae Meadows, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter anthology. 7 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-29 4 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-29 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 […]