At Disney-Hyperion, Rotem Moscovich has been promoted to executive editor, Laura Schreiber has been promoted to senior editor, and Hannah Allaman moves up to assistant editor. Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn is leaving after 34 years at the newspaper (18 as book editor). In this column, “she looks back at notable adventures and thanks you, the readers and writers who built our city of literature.” Distribution IPG will handle North American sales and distribution for Albert Whitman, beginning with the publisher’s digital frontlist as of February 1, and adding print titles as of April 1. Whitman has been […]
Forthcoming: Hillary Clinton’s Personal Essays, Plus Illustrated IT TAKES A VILLAGE; El Chapo Book to Harper; and More
Hillary Clinton will continuing her longstanding publishing relationship with Simon & Schuster, which announced two books for publication this fall. (Actual pub dates were not released, but the S&S website says the books “ship on or around September 26.”) A book of personal essays will “tell stories from her life, up to and including her experiences in the 2016 presidential campaign” along with “reflections on the future,” inspired by hundreds of quotations she has been collecting for decades. “These are the words I live by,” Secretary Clinton says in the release. CEO Carolyn Reidy notes, “We first began talking about this […]
February Bookseller Picks
Amazon chose 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster as their as their spotlight pick, though the book released January 31. (Another pick, The Upstarts by Brad Stone, also published on January 31.) The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak is the featured debut. The rest of the Best Books of February list includes: Universal Harvester, John Darnielle Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari Insomniac City, Bill Hayes Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman Swimming Lessons, Claire Fuller Pachinko, Min Jin Lee Separately, the February Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Elizabeth Poliner‘s As Close to Us As Breathing. For our […]
People
At Picador USA, Anna DeVries has been promoted to executive editor. Susan Hawk will move to Upstart Crow Literary as an agent on February 1. She has been at The Bent Agency. Christina Jeffries has been promoted to vp, director, national accounts, mass merchandise sales at Random House Children’s. Former HarperCollins India publisher V.K. Karthika has joined Westland as publisher. Amazon bought control of the company last October. A spokesperson told HuffPost India she will “head a newly-formed division at Westland, focusing on literary and mainstream fiction and non-fiction.” Oprah Winfrey is returning to network television — as a special contributor to […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Nonfiction
Our Buzz Books 2017 Spring/Summer sampler alone is full of excerpts from great forthcoming nonfiction by Roxane Gay, Richard Ford, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Kate Moore, Gerda Saunders, and more — and as usual, our free ebook starts with a broad view of the forthcoming publishing season that highlights hundreds of new books of note on the way. Don’t have yours yet? The consumer edition is featured on the iBooks home screen (and the trade editions are featured on NetGalley’s home page). With Winter Institute 12 finishing up today in Minneapolis, we’re continuing to presenting extracts from the seasonal preview included at the beginning of Buzz Books 2017. […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2017 Spring/Summer sampler alone is full of excerpts from great forthcoming literary fiction by Danzy Senna, Courtney Maum, Gin Phillips, and Catherine Lacey, as well as highly-touted debuts by Omar El-Akaad, Rachel Khong, Sarah Schmidt, and more — and as usual, our free ebook starts with a broad view of the forthcoming publishing season that highlights hundreds of new books of note on the way. Don’t have yours yet? The consumer edition is featured on the iBooks home screen (and the trade editions are featured on NetGalley’s home page). With Winter Institute 12 starting today in Minneapolis, we’re continuing to presenting […]