Anne Tyler’s novel Vinegar Girl, the latest in the Hogarth Shakespeare series, is the No. 1 pick for the June Library Reads list. You can start reading an excerpt of another novel on the list, Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry, right now Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer. The rest of the list features: The Invisible Library, by Genevieve Cogman Grunt, by Mary Roach Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi Missing, Presumed, by Susie Steiner Stiletto, by Daniel O’Malley We Could Be Beautiful, by Swan Huntley Lily and the Octopus, by Steven Rowley Widowmaker, by Paul Doiron
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Kathy Trager has decided to retire from her position of evp general counsel, Penguin Random House as June 30. CEO Markus Dohle writes to staff, “As one of the most accomplished general counsels in publishing ever, Kathy has left an indelible mark on our company and our industry.” Associate general counsel Anke Steinecke will be promoted to fill Trager’s position on July 1, reported to Dohle, and also succeeding Trager as secretary of the Penguin Random House US board of directors. Ben Tomek will join Flatiron Books as marketing director on May 23, moving over from Ecco. Keith Hayes joins the division as executive art director on May […]
The Full Buzz Books Young Adult Roster
Yesterday we listed the complete list of 40 great adult authors and excerpts packed into our new free ebook Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter, and today we’re proud to feature all of the young adult authors and excerpts in Buzz Books 2016 Young Adult: Fall/Winter. Since we first spun-off YA into their own Buzz Books collection at BEA three years ago, these editions have been particularly popular with consumers, and this edition is perfectly suited for sharing with eager YA fans at BookCon. (YA readers in particular like to cite all their TBR discoveries in their online reviews: “I love love […]
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Angie Giammarino has joined Rodale as senior marketing manager. Previously she was a marketing manager at Macmillan. Carin Siegfried has joined Soho Press as sales manager. Previously she worked with both national accounts and independent retailers at Baker & Taylor. Miriam Keil has joined Chronicle Books as the associate sales manager, specialty markets. She was most recently at First Book. In addition, the specialty markets department has promoted Julia Carvalho to senior sales manager; Samantha Steele to sales manager; and Noëlle Simkins to sales coordinator. Don Linn announced via Twitter that he has “parted ways” with the University of Chicago […]
More May Bookseller Picks
Some outlets start the month a little later than others, so here are more “best books of May” picks. Still more of our Spring/Summer Buzz Books titles make the new lists, with Louise Erdrich a consensus read across the board, joined by Emma Straub, Betsy Lerner, Lindy West (and if you include Apple’s genre lists, Noah Hawley). iBooks Fiction LaRose, Louise Erdrich Modern Lovers, Emma Straub Everybody’s Fool, Richard Russo Imagine Me Gone, Adam Haslett This Too Shall Pass, Milena Busquets Nonfiction The Bridge Ladies, Betsy Lerner Shrill, Lindy West The Gene, Siddartha Mukherjee Joe Gould’s Teeth, Jill Lepore Tribe, […]
May Picks
Amazon‘s spotlight pick for May is Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Gene and their featured debut is the Indie Next No. 1 pick, Elizabeth J. Church’s The Atomic Weight of Love. Six of the nine other selections for best books of May are Spring/Summer Buzz Books titles. (We’re releasing the new fall/winter Buzz Books today, though you may still be able to find our sampler at your ebookseller of choice and check out these May picks.) Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Chris Cleave LaRose, Louise Erdrich Valiant Ambition, Nathaniel Philbrick Girls on Fire, Robin Wasserman The Sport of Kings, C. E. Morgan The […]