Madeleine Morel of 2M Communications started work as a literary agent/book packager in 1982. Capitalizing on the expertise she’d gained in putting authors and writers together, and recognizing that ‘platform’ was increasingly becoming the buzzword, she decided to exclusively represent ghostwriters who could facilitate books by ‘authors’. She works, on a non-exclusive basis, with over 100 professional ghostwriters, all of whom have been published multiple times by the top publishing houses. Each writer specializes in today’s major non-fiction areas. 2M Communications’ writers have resulted in over 50 New York Times bestsellers, several of which were No. 1. If I work […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Commercial Fiction
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Spring/Summer sampler, with excerpts from an array of great forthcoming literary and debut 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. In commercial fiction, there are new titles to look forward to from some of the biggest names in publishing. Brandon Sanderson is […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Spring/Summer sampler, with excerpts from an array of great forthcoming literary and debut 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. The coming season is packed with big names and promising debuts. Spring brings short stories from Kelly Link; Emma Cline’s sophomore novel; the next installment in Colson Whitehead’s Harlem saga; two new works of fiction from Margaret Atwood; and more. Our sampler includes new work from Jamel Brinkley and Patrick deWitt, and an excerpt […]
The Complete Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer Available Now
Our newest free ebook Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer is packed with 55 pre-publication excerpts from major authors and exciting debuts. Our sampler is the ultimate way to prepare for the upcoming publishing season. For the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys, you can download through NetGalley or Edelweiss. The consumer editions of Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer are available now on all major ebook platforms, including Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple, and Google Play. Authors to be featured on our upcoming Buzz Books Editors Panel on Wednesday, January 25 are noted with an asterisk (Register here for the panel now). Here are all of the forthcoming books excerpted in the […]
Authors Talk: Stephen Markley
The Deluge (Simon & Schuster, January 10, 2023. Editor: Stuart Roberts. Agent: Susan Golomb, Writers House.) Stephen Markley is the acclaimed author of Ohio, which NPR called a “masterpiece.” A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Markley’s other books include the memoir Publish This Book and the travelogue Tales of Iceland. How did you find your agent? She picked me out of the slush pile when she visited the Iowa Writers Workshop. I got a call from her nearly a year later saying basically, “Hey, I finally got around to reading your manuscript. I love it. It needs work. Are you ready for that?” […]
Our Next Buzz Books Editors Panel
We are open for registration for our sixth virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, convening on Wednesday, January 25th at 7 PM Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with Publisher Lunch founder Michael Cader hosting. You can register here — and the first 50 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. On January 17th, a week ahead of the panel, we’ll release the next packed edition of our popular digital sampler, Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer, with substantial excerpts from all of the Editors Panel books, along […]