Here are July’s picks: #1: Gold, by Chris Cleave Beautiful Ruins: A Novel, by Jess Walter The Age of Miracles: A Novel, by Karen Thompson Walker The World Without You: A Novel, by Joshua Henkin Alif the Unseen: A Novel, by G. Willow Wilson Things That Are: Essays, by Amy Leach Albert of Adelaide: A Novel, by Howard Anderson 15 Seconds: A Novel, by Andrew Gross Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety, by Daniel Smith Miss Fuller: A Novel, by April Bernard Juliet in August, by Dianne Warren Into the Darkest Corner: A Novel, by Elizabeth Haynes Shadow of Night: […]
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Derek Krissoff has been named the new editor in chief for the University of Nebraska Press, effective July 16. He has been a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Georgia Press since 2006. John W. Warren has joined Georgetown University Press as marketing and sales director. He has spent the past twelve years as marketing director of RAND Corporation’s publications department. KC Smythe will retire on June 15 from his position as national account manager at Hachette Book Group, after 10 years with the company. Prior to Hachette, he spent 17 years at Ingram, mostly in the buying department, and 6 years as […]
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Hachette Book Group’s Orbit division is adding a new imprint for commercial fiction, Redhook. Launching in April 2013 with Robert Lyndon’s historical epic set in the 11th century HAWK QUEST, they plan to start with one or two titles a month. The imprint will publish in all formats, including some digital-only titles. Orbit svp and publisher Tim Holman says in the announcement, “Redhook will help us grow the division and broaden our business and consumer relationships. Our highly focused acquisition strategy will be matched by original and individually tailored publishing strategies.” CEO David Young adds, “The creation of Redhook is […]
Pynchon, Crichton, and Highsmith eBooks Issued; Another Government Request for eReading
On Tuesday, the Penguin Press released all seven previous novels and one story collection by Thomas Pynchon in ebook editions for the first time. At least some of those titles–such as THE CRYING OF LOT 49–are still issued in print by other publishers (such as HarperCollins). The Penguin Press acquired the ebook rights in a deal with Pynchon’s agent Melanie Jackson. Also newly available as ebooks are the early novels by the late Michael Crichton, including JURASSIC PARK and THE RISING SUN from Ballantine, and THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, CONGO, EATERS OF THE DEAD, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, SPHERE, THE TERMINAL […]
People: Buzz Waterhouse Named President and CEO of McGraw-Hill Education
As part of McGraw-Hill Education’s ongoing spinoff from the main company, the division has a new president and ceo in Lloyd G. “Buzz” Waterhouse as of June 14, reporting to company president, ceo and chairman Terry McGraw. Waterhouse was previously ceo of Harcourt Education and most recently served as a director of a number of companies including SolarWinds, ITT Educational Services and Ascend Learning. “Buzz is a superb choice to lead the world-class franchise we’ve built in McGraw-Hill Education,” McGraw said in a statement. “Buzz’s exceptional record of leadership, his qualifications in the education sector, substantial international credentials, significant experience […]
Neil Young Shares Glimpses of His “Diary”
Wednesday’s lunchtime talk between Patti Smith and Neil Young on the occasion of his upcoming book WAGING HEAVY PEACE — which he characterized as “not quite a memoir. It’s more like a diary and a projection” — was understandably a major event at BEA. As part of the wide-ranging conversation about Young’s career, how technology affected music, and the nature of memory, Smith told Young “I have read much of your book,” she said, “and one of the things I liked most about it is that there’s no barrier between the reader and you. It’s intimate. You’re talking. And it’s […]