The Pennie’s Pick at Costco for July is Daniel Silva’s The Other Woman. Amazon‘s spotlight pick for the month is My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, and their featured debut is The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan. Another top ten pick, Baby Teeth, is excerpted along with the Moshfegh in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler and available for download now. Also on their list for the month: Indianapolis, by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic America for Beginners, by Leah Franqui The Poisoned City, by Anna Clark The Billionaire Raj, by James Crabtree What We Were Promised, by Lucy Tan Believe […]
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John Siciliano has been promoted to executive editor for Penguin Books. He continues as executive editor for Penguin Classics. Remy Cawley has joined Nation Books as an assistant editor. Cawley was formerly at Norton. Michelle Obama‘s Facebook page features a video with remarks from her recent appearance at the ALA’s annual conference in New Orleans, talking about her forthcoming book: “It’s a its rehumanization effort…. It’s the ordinariness of a very extraordinary story. I hope that by telling it that it makes others..to feel the pride in their story in the way I feel about mine… I am not a unicorn. […]
Kwon’s The Incendiaries Tops August Indie Next List
The ABA named R.O. Kwon’s novel The Incendiaries as its No. 1 pick for August. (Separately, Barnes & Noble announced their Best Beach Reads for the summer.) Also on the list is Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler, and available for download now. The rest of the picks: Dear Mrs. Bird, by AJ Pearce Meet Me at the Museum, by Anne Youngson Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens Cherry, by Nico Walker The Family Tabor, by Cherise Wolas Jell-O Girls, by Allie Rowbottom America for Beginners, by Leah Franqui The Reservoir Tapes, by […]
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Mike Zuccato has been promoted to general manager, ecommerce at Sourcebooks. Kelly Snowden has been promoted to senior editor at Ten Speed Press. Initiatives Penguin Random House is helping Metro-North Railroad promote recently-expanded free wifi in and around Grand Central Terminal with a Grand Central Reads website. It provides free e-book excerpts for commuters, “tailored and timed to the length of individual commutes.” In the UK, Profile Books has partnered with Little Brown UK to launch a Profile Audio line, starting with David Runciman’s How Democracy Ends in July. Profile editor Louisa Dunnigan and publicity director Hannah Ross will work with […]
Briefs: Oakland’s Laurel Book Store to Close, Arabic Kindle Books, and More
Bookselling Laurel Book Store in downtown Oakland, CA will close in August when their lease expires, as “ongoing sales have not been enough to meet expenses comfortably.” Owner Luan Stauss writes she is “continuing to engage with” potential business partners or buyers. Initiatives Simon & Schuster is launching consumer promotion program, Book Club Favorites, designed to highlight “noteworthy book club titles…from across the company.” Monthly picks will include bestselling authors as well as new voices. Debuting in July, the first title is the paperback edition Alice Hoffman’s The Rules of Magic. Discussion questions and other content will be available on the Book […]
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Louise Sherwin‐Stark, currently joint managing director of Hachette Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed ceo, reporting to deputy Hachette UK ceo Richard Kitson. Sherwin-Stark shared her position with Justin Ratcliffe who will stay on as managing director of Hachette ANZ. Kate Cassaday has been promoted to executive editor at Harper Canada, effective June 25. Emily C. Chiu joined Barnes & Noble Education’s board of Directors. She is as a principal at Square, the payment technology company. Awards In the UK, Preti Taneja‘s debut novel We That Are Young won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott prize.