Mary Pachnos, who has worked in association with Aitken Alexander Associates for the last 20 years, retired at the end of 2016. Her next phase will include volunteering as a guide at London Zoo. Marilyn Dahl has retired as editor of Shelf Awareness for Readers after twelve years with the publication. Dahl is succeeded by Stefanie Hargreaves as editor, effective Tuesday. Greaves has worked as an editor, bookseller, and reviewer for Ballantine, Girl Friday Productions, HarperCollins, Amazon.com and Book Page. Robbin Brosterman is joining Bright USA on January 9 as an agent in in the company’s New York office. Most recently […]
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January Bookseller Picks
Amazon made Douglas Preston’s new book their spotlight pick for January, with the Indie Next No. 1 debut novel from Emily Fridlund as their featured debut. (Our new spinoff free sampler January Buzz Books features read-it-now excerpts from Fridlund and another Amazon pick from Shanthi Sekaran’s Lucky Boy, plus three others and our big preview of forthcoming January books. Get it at Amazon, iBooks and Google Play, or from NetGalley). Amazon’s full monthly picks: The Lost City of the Monkey God, Douglas Preston History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden The Dry, Jane Harper Lillian Boxfish Takes a […]
Briefs: Macmillan to Publish with NY Public Library, Reacher Stories, and More
Macmillan evp Will Schwalbe has brokered a deal with Carrie Welch at the New York Public Library “to create and publish a wide variety of print and e-books for adults and for children drawing from and inspired by” the library’s collection. Michael Flamini will oversee the adult program, and Jean Feiwel and Christian are overseeing the children’s line. Among the first adult titles will be a book featuring menus from the library’s collection of 45,000 New York eatery menus and Book Face, collecting top posts from the #bookface Instagram. Early children’s titles include a coloring book featuring vintage art; a picture book starring the […]
People: New President for Chronicle, and More
Chronicle Books vp of sales & marketing Tyrrell Mahoney is being promoted to president of the publisher as of January 1, as Jack Jensen takes the “more comprehensive role” of president of McEvoy Group, Chronicle’s owner. Jensen will oversee all of McEvoy’s companies — Chronicle Books, along with Galison/Mudpuppy, Princeton Architectural Press, and ISeeMe. Mahoney joined Chronicle in 1996 and will report to Jensen. McEvoy Group ceo Nion McEvoy says in the announcement: “It has been an honor and a privilege to work with Jack personally for over thirty years. His contributions to Chronicle Books as well as to the business of […]
Delaney Tops January Library Reads List
J.P. Delaney’s suspense thriller The Girl Before tops the January 2017 Library Reads list. Books on this list that also appear on the January Indie Next list include: The Second Mrs. Hockaday, by Susan Rivers The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden The Dry, by Jane Harper Books for Living, by Will Schwalbe The Most Dangerous Place on Earth, by Lindsey Lee Johnson Her Every Fear, by Peter Swanson The rest of the list features: Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough The Fifth Petal, by Brunonia Barry Heartstone, by Elle Katharine White In Best of 2016 lists, you can […]
Fridlund Tops January Indie Next, and More Best of Lists
The ABA puts Emily Fridlund’s debut novel at the top of the January 2017 Indie Next list (and yes, it’s been available for a free preview in our Fall/Winter Buzz Books collection, as is Shanthi Sekaran’s Lucky Boy). The full list: History of Wolves, by Emily Fridlund The Second Mrs. Hockaday, by Susan Rivers The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden The Dry, by Jane Harper Everything You Want Me to Be, by Mindy Mejia Fever Dream, by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell (Trans.) *Lucky Boy, by Shanthi Sekaran Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay Books for Living, by Will Schwalbe The […]