Neil Gaiman’s THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE leads off the July Indie Next List of bookseller-chosen titles: #1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman The Illusion of Separateness: A Novel, by Simon Van Booy Letters From Skye: A Novel, by Jessica Brockmole Lexicon: A Novel, by Max Barry The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells: A Novel, by Andrew Sean Greer Whistling Past the Graveyard: A Novel, by Susan Crandall Amy Falls Down: A Novel, by Jincy Willett Crime of Privilege: A Novel, by Walter Walker The Curiosity: A Novel, by Stephen Kiernan […]
Authors
Authors: Jonah Lehrer Gets “Second Chance” With S&S; Warren Ellis Parts Ways With Mulholland
The disgraced journalist Jonah Lehrer‘s proposal for his next book, tentatively titled THE BOOK OF LOVE, has been signed by Simon & Schuster. Jonathan Karp told the NYT Thursday night “Jonah Lehrer is an unusually talented writer. We believe in second chances.” Karp added to the AP Lehrer’s book would be “a meditation on and exploration of love through different prisms – psychological, scientific, historical, literary.” Ben Loehnen, who will edit the book, added: “We read Jonah Lehrer’s proposal in as unbiased a way as possible. The wisdom and the skill on the page are apparent, and all too rare.” […]
People, and Natan Award’s First Winner
Sourcebooks ceo Dominique Raccah was honored at the opening of BEA on Wednesday with their Industry Ambassador Award. Former IPG distribution executive Mark Suchomel has joined Perseus Books Group’s distribution client services group and will run a new division based in Chicago, Legato Publishing Group. It will operate as “an affiliate” of PGW, “leveraging some of PGW’s scale and best practices in serving independent publishers.” The Random House Publishing Group announced a number of promotions in its publicity department. Maria Braeckel has been promoted to assistant director of publicity, while Greg Kubie moves up to publicity manager. In addition, Michelle Jasmine has been promoted […]
Author News: Clinton Pre-Orders, Geithner Co-Author
Hillary Clinton‘s memoir will not be published until June 1, 2014, but Simon & Schuster made the book available for pre-order through major retailers. The 320-page hardcover is priced at $40, with the ebook version selling for anywhere from $19.99 to $16.99 at the moment. When announcing the deal, S&S said Clinton would share key decisions and experiences from her time as Secretary of State and her ideas for how the United States can address the challenges of a dramatically changing world in the 21st century. Another former member of President Obama’s cabinet turned author Timothy Geithner has selected a collaborator […]
Briefs: Court Hears Google Authors Guild Appeal, and More
For avid court watchers, this morning the Federal Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear oral arguments in the fight over whether to certify the author class in the long-running suit brought by the Authors Guild over Google‘s book scanning. Last year Judge Denny Chin approved certification of the class, and Google appealed that decision. We’re going to spare you further details until the court rules. Sony, which has sold its Reader devices in Australia for some time, has finally opened a Reader ebookstore there to go along with those devices. Price cuts on a variety of Nook devices — […]
People, Etc.
Michael Cairns is joining Publishing Technology as chief operating officer of their online solutions division, replacing Louise Russell. His responsibilities include their pub2web hosting platform and the ingentaconnect portal. Most recently Cairns has been a consultant and served as chief revenue office for SharedBook, focused on their Academic Pub platform. Greenhouse Literary Agency has hired Polly Nolan head up the UK side of their business representing children’s and YA authors. Currently associate publishing director, fiction, at Macmillan UK Children’s, she will start her new job on June 3. Amber Morley has joined Chronicle Books as marketing coordinator for their children’s division. […]