If you haven’t submitted your title nominations for the forthcoming Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter sampler, you need to do so no later than Friday, March 10. This edition is for books to be published starting September 2023 through February 2024. If you missed your invitation, please contact Robin Dellabough, robin@publishersmarketplace.com. We’ll have a separate call/reminder for flagging your notable titles for our big seasonal previews, so stay tuned.
Authors Talk: Deepti Kapoor
The Age of Vice (Riverhead, January 3, 2023. Editor: Sarah McGrath. Agent: Anna Stein, ICM — now CAA.) Deepti Kapoor worked for several years as a journalist in New Delhi. The author of the novel Bad Character, she now lives in Portugal. Age of Vice is a Good Morning America Book Club pick and a New York Times bestseller. How did you find your agent? Through Hanya Yanagihara at a breakfast buffet. Seriously. I had been invited to the Sydney Writers’ Festival because I’d contributed to an anthology about Indian Women. I’d seen that Hanya had said some nice things […]
Ask An Expert: Literary Agent Heather Jackson
Heather Jackson became a literary agent in 2016 after a career as a trade editor for Crown, St. Martin’s, Rodale, and other houses. In her 20+ years as an editor she had dozens of New York Times bestselling authors, including: Tim Ferriss, Suzanne Somers, Joy Bauer, Dr. Robert C. Atkins, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Alice D. Domar, Mallika Chopra, Barbara Sher, and Martina Navratilova among many others. When you are reviewing a submission, what is your process for analyzing a writer’s platform? How do you decide whether the writer seems like the best person to write that book right […]
The Buzz Books Editors Panel Now Available to Stream
In case you missed it, we had another terrific evening on Wednesday with six breakout spring authors and their editors on our latest Buzz Books Editors Panel. Praise and enthusiasm from booksellers continues to pour in and now we have the full recording available to watch at your leisure. Once again, our thanks to the ABA for co-sponsoring and to all of the participating editors and authors. And if you haven’t done so yet, sample the presented titles and many more by downloading our newest free Buzz Books ebook.
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Nonfiction Preview Part 2
Last week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Spring/Summer sampler, with excerpts from an array of great fiction. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And this Wednesday, January 25 we’ll convene our live Buzz Books Editors Panel with moderator Michael Cader hosting six editors and their authors discussing some of the season’s potential breakout titles. Be sure to register today. Our last season preview installment from Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer continues with these nonfiction categories: social issues, history and crime, and business, […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Nonfiction Preview Part 1
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Spring/Summer sampler, with excerpts from an array of great fiction. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And on Wednesday, January 25th we’ll convene our live Buzz Books Editors Panel with moderator Michael Cader hosting six editors and their authors discussing some of the season’s potential breakout titles. Today our season preview from Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer continues with nonfiction. Because of the number of titles, we have divided […]