After Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators executive director Lin Oliver acknowledged (per our report yesterday) that Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why, had been expelled from the SCBWI last year in the wake of sexual harassment allegations, Asher denied that account to BuzzFeed News. “I love the organization, but they didn’t decide to push me out. It was my decision,” Asher said. He reports that Oliver “said the email [reporting allegations against him] contained nothing that their organization should have anything to do with.” But Oliver has said in written statements that “both Jay Asher and David Diaz […]
Briefs: Flame Tree Publishing Launches; Gates Touts New Pinker; and More
London-based Flame Tree Publishing is building on their recent work in publishing genre short stories to launch the trade fiction imprint Flame Tree Press in September with 12 titles, and aims to publish 24 to 30 horror, crime, science fiction and fantasy books a year. Run by founder Nick Wells, Don D’Auria is the executive editor based in New York, working with the UK editorial board of Laura Bulbeck, Cat Taylor, Josie Mitchell, and Gillian Whitaker. Baker & Taylor Publisher Services will manage US sales. In the UK, former executive director of S&S UK and longtime Hachette UK executive Kerr MacRae has launched […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Nonfiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming nonfiction titles from authors including Mohammed Al Samawi, Barbara Lipska, Tessa Fontaine, and more. As usual, we begin our free ebook with an exhaustive overview of the upcoming publishing season featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Kindle, Nook, iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), and Kobo, among other online retailers. With Winter Institute 13 underway now in Memphis, we’ve been presenting […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction from authors including Patrick DeWitt, Aminatta Forna, Sheila Heti, Ottessa Moshfegh, and more. As usual, we begin our free ebook with an exhaustive overview of the upcoming publishing season featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Kindle, Nook, iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), and Kobo, among other online retailers. With Winter Institute 13 set for next week in Memphis, we’ll be presenting extracts from that seasonal preview […]
Ten Speed Will Replace Copies of Ottolenghi’s SWEET Due to Errors
Ten Speed Press will replace copies of British-Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s newest cookbook SWEET in April after the discovery of errors affecting 21 of 115 recipes. As first reported by the Toronto Star, “seven corrections involve ingredient amounts or typos,” with another 14 errors due to incorrect temperature conversions. In addition, a recipe for a Butternut, Honey and Almond Tin Cake was accidentally labelled nut-free. Ten Speed Press spokesperson David Hawk told the Star that “temperatures were rounded off…when the recipes were being tested for the North American audience,” leading to errors. As a result, Hawk said in a statement […]
People, Etc.
Rachel Chou will join Celadon Books as associate publisher, leading the publicity and marketing team, starting January 17. Most recently she had been general manager/chief content officer for Open Road Integrated Media, where she as part of the founding executive team. Beth Ineson will take over as executive director of the New England Independent Booksellers Association, as Steve Fischer retires. Most recently she was executive director, retail book sales, marketing and operations at America’s Test Kitchen. Jennifer Myers joined Crooked Lane as a production editor. She was previously an associate production editor at Berkley. At the Transatlantic Agency, Stephanie Sinclair has been […]