Oprah’s latest Book Club pick, her first in approximately 18 months, is Colson Whitehead’s new novel The Underground Railroad. Originally scheduled for release on September 13, Doubleday has pushed up publication and the book, emblazoned with the Oprah Book Club logo, is on sale today. (The most recent Oprah pick was Cynthia Bond’s Ruby, in February 2015.) In a short video, Oprah begins, “Oh, have I found a great book!” while describing why she chose The Underground Railroad. There is a special page devoted to the pick on Amazon, where Winfrey adds: “This book has kept me up at night, had my heart […]
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August Bookseller Picks
Amazon has made their monthly picks for August, with Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn as their spotlight pick, and Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers as the featured debut. In addition, Timothy Murphy’s debut novel Christodora was featured in our Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer ebook sampler (you can start reading excerpts of key fall & winter titles right now in Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter.) The rest of Amazon’s best books of the month are: Nadja Spiegelman, I’m Supposed to Protect You From All This Liane Moriarty, Truly Madly Guilty James Andrew Miller, Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency Carolyn […]
Booker Prize Longlist Ranges from Veteran Coetzee to NBCC Winner Beatty
The longlist for the Booker Prize was announced Wednesday morning, and as last year, the list includes titles by five American authors: NBCC winner The Sellout by Paul Beatty (FSG/Oneworld), Hystopia by David Means (FSG/Faber), Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press/Jonathan Cape), Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves (Scribner/Scribner UK), and My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (Random House/Viking UK.) The actual shortlist will be announced on September 13 and the winner will be named October 25. Two-time Booker winner J.M. Coetzee is the main veteran on the list, though Deborah Levy was shortlisted in 2012 for […]
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Jackie Engel will join Little, Brown Children’s as vp, associate publisher on August 1, reporting to Megan Tingley. Previously she was vp, group sales director at Penguin Children’s, and in her new role, Engel will focus on list positioning and marketing strategy, new business development, and digital publishing. At Simon & Schuster’s adult trade imprint, Dana Trocker has been promoted to associate director of marketing. Carol Grossmeyer will retire as chief executive officer of 800-CEO-READ on September 1 after 8 years in the position and more than 40 years in the book business. Succeeding her is Rebecca Schwartz, currently chair of […]
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Danielle Crabtree has been promoted to senior marketing manager for the Crown, Hogarth, Broadway, and Tim Duggan Books. At Glitterati, Brandon Schultz has been promoted to associate publisher. Allison Sundstrom has joined Sourcebooks as graphic designer. Previously, she was packaging and production designer at FibreCraft. Politics and Prose bookstore has hired Heidi Metcalfe Lewis to head a new corporate events initiative, designed to “match visiting authors with area businesses for private events and talks—supported with bulk book buys.” Most recently, she was associate director of publicity at William Morrow/Dey Street. Jean Stein is funding a new, $75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, to be given […]
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At Franklin & Siegal Associates, Danny Yanez has been promoted to director of adult scouting. In addition, both Nicole Sohl and Joshua LaMorey have joined as literary scouts. Sohl was most recently associate editor at Thomas Dunne Books and Macmillan Entertainment, while LaMorey was previously a literary scout at Barbara Tolley & Associates. Zaneta Jung has joined Chronicle Books as assistant editor. Previously she was an assistant editor, children’s books at Sterling. Politics & Prose has promoted Liz Hottel to director of events, succeeding Susan Coll, who is taking a leave of absence to focus on other projects. In addition, […]