As usual, our free adult spring/summer Buzz Books ebook sampler opens with Sarah Weinman’s broader surveys of over 100 notable books from the forthcoming season. This is the second portion of those overviews, which we are running in advance of the ABA’s annual Winter Institute next week in Asheville, NC. (Added to the Winter Institute mix this year is genuine early interest in and promotion for two fall titles, debut fiction from Garth Risk Halberg and Bill Clegg. Both will be shared as WI galleys, which will make things interesting when they are positioned as hot BEA titles later this year.) You can […]
More Details From Harper and Nurnberg On Forthcoming Harper Lee Novel
The rediscovery and forthcoming publication of Harper Lee’s GO SET A WATCHMAN dominated Tuesday’s cultural news cycle, as excitement over the novel, said to have been written in the 1950s and set 20 years after the events depicted in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, was played against some skepticism over Lee’s current condition and how the manuscript was found. Two representatives from Lee’s publisher Harper Collins shared thoughts and background with the media. Harper vp, publisher Jonathan Burnham told NBC the company “instantly read it, devoured it” while asserting his confidence the manuscript was, in fact, Lee’s: “Everyone had believed it to been lost, […]
Buzz Books for Spring/Summer and Winter Institute: Nonfiction
As usual, our free adult spring/summer Buzz Books ebook sampler opens with Sarah Weinman’s broader surveys of over 100 notable books from the forthcoming season. We’ll be running portions of those overviews the next couple of days in advance of the ABA’s annual Winter Institute next week in Asheville, NC. You can read the complete previews anytime in the new editions of Buzz Books, and start reading exclusive pre-publication excerpts of almost 40 forthcoming adult titles and over 25 YA and middle grade books. In today’s installment, we look at forthcoming nonfiction. And also as usual, publication dates may have changed, […]
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At Random House’s digital imprints (Loveswept, Flirt, Alibi and Hydra), Gina Wachtel has been promoted to vp, editorial director of digital and associate publisher of romance, reporting to Scott Shannon. VP, director of digital strategy Matt Schwartz will add responsibility as associate publisher for digital, overseeing the overall strategy and pricing for those digital imprints, also reporting to Shannon. At Penguin Random House, Skip Dye has been appointed to the companywide role of vp, director, sales operations, continuing to report to Jaci Updike. Dye will also remain in his role as vp, director, academic marketing & library sales, Random House and Crown Publishing […]
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Rakesh Satyal will join Atria as senior editor on February 9. He had been a senior editor at Harper Collins, and spent the past three years working in San Francisco and New York for branding and marketing firms. Satyal will focus on a broad range of nonfiction with an emphasis on narrative-driven books in the areas of pop culture, biography, memoir, current events, and emerging trends. Also at Atria, Jin Yu has joined as digital marketing manager. Previously she was assistant marketing manager at Ballantine Bantam Dell. Lisa Tauber has joined Clarkson Potter as editor. Previously she was an associate editor […]
Alexander Takes Newbery, Santat Wins Caldecott, Woodson Gets King (and Newbery Honor)
The ALA presented their many Youth Media Awards Monday morning on the closing day of their winter meeting in Chicago. The Newbery medal went to THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and the Caldecott was awarded to THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE: The Unimaginary Friend written and illustrated by Dan Santat (Little, Brown Children’s). Among other honorees, Jandy Nelson won the Michael L. Printz Award for I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN (Dial Books) and Sharon M. Draper won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for “significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.” Nelson’s book was featured prior to publication […]