The iBookstore best books of September list overlaps with the field in highlighting novels from Jonathan Safran Foer and Ann Patchett, while also adding The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies, and Dear Mr. M by Herman Koch. Their nonfiction picks start with Bruce Springsteen’s book and include: Shirley Jackson, by Ruth Franklin The Pigeon Tunnel, by John le Carre Blood at the Root, by Patrick Phillips The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben And in YA they select: Kids of Appetite, David Arnold The Fever Code, James Dashner Ghosts, Raina Telgemeier A Shadow Bright […]
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Allison Adler has joined Andrews McMeel as editor. Previously she had been an editor at Henry Holt, and has been working as a freelance editor. Mike Levine has left Northwestern University Press, where he was an acquisitions editor since 2007, to work as an independent provider of editorial services. At House of Anansi Press in Canada, Douglas Richmond joins the company as editor, focusing on acquiring for Spiderline (crime/mystery/thriller imprint) and Ambrosia (their new lifestyle imprint). He was associate editor at Harper Canada, where he was Associate Editor. Cindy Ma has been promoted to senior publicist, as Lindsay Holung joins the company as publicist (she was […]
September Picks
Amazon makes Affinity Konar’s Mischling their spotlight pick for September (with a rare typo in the promotional banner) and Nathan Hill’s The Nix is their featured debut (even though it published Tuesday, in August). Both titles are excerpted in our free Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter, as are additional Amazon picks When in French by Lauren Collins and A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. The rest of the list includes: A Torch Against the Night, Sabaa Tahir Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen Hero of the Empire, Candice Millard Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon, Kelley French Now: The Physics of Time, Richard A. Muller Barnes & […]
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At Chronicle Books, Deanne Katz has been promoted to assistant editor, food and lifestyle. At Soho Press, Abby Koski has been promoted to senior publicist, while Rudy Martinez moves up to senior marketing manager. Stephany Daniel has joined Sourcebooks as publicist. Previously she was she was publicity and marketing coordinator at Shambhala Publications. In addition, Sabrina Hill joins as project editor. Previously she worked as a project manager at Corporate Translations, Inc. Awards The winners of this year’s Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards are Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas and Danielle Geller (nonfiction), Jamey Hatley, Ladee Hubbard, and Asako Serizawa (fiction) […]
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Ben Platt will join Public Books as global coordinating editor, where he will commission articles and expand web outreach. Previously he was an editor at Basic Books. Chelsea Morgan and Kerry Johnson have both joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as production editors. Morgan was previously assistant production manager at Macmillan, while Johnson was most recently a freelance production editor. Janine Sato has joined Chronicle Books as junior production designer. Previously she was a product designer at Apple. Awards The Thurber Prize has announced its shortlist, with the winner to be named on September 26: Jason Gay, Little Victories (Doubleday) Harrison […]
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At St. Martin’s, Lisa Senz has been promoted to vp, associate publisher, reporting to Jennifer Enderlin. Jackie Cantor will join Gallery Books as senior editor on August 29. Most recently she was executive editor at Berkley. Jessica Schmidt will join Running Press as director of marketing and publicity on September 14, working out of the Philadelphia offices. Previously she was director of sales and subsidiary rights at The Story Plant. Cara Raguz joins BlueBottleBiz as marketing coordinator. Previously she worked in the field marketing department at Nimble Storage. Awards Marilynne Robinson has won the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award […]