Mary Trump’s TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH sold over 1.35 million units across all formats during its first week on sale in the US, Simon & Schuster reported. Another hardcover reprint will give them 1.35 million copies in print when it delivers. That suggests continuing sales of about 400,000 units after pre-orders and the first…
Awards
People, Etc.
In the UK, Muna Reyal will join Chelsea Green’s UK team as head of editorial and production. Before leaving publishing for graduate school she was a food and lifestyle publisher and editorial director at Headline Home. Awards The New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards for 2020 have been cancelled for the first…
People, Etc.
Analieze Cervantes and Jennifer Herrington have joined Harvey Klinger as associate agents, where they will focus on YA and adult fiction. They were previously at Corvisiero Literary. Karey Circosta has been promoted to publisher and chief executive officer of Ave Maria Press, starting August 31, the first woman to serve as publisher of the press…
Daria’s You Had Me at Hola Tops August Library Reads
Alexis Daria’s You Had Me at Hola is the top pick on the August Library Reads list. Also on the list: Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline Harrow the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir The Night Swim, by Megan Goldin No Offense, by Meg Cabot The Silent Wife, by Karin Slaughter Squeeze…
Briefs
Donald Trump remains remarkably effective at boosting the sales of books he tries to block. As of June 30 Simon & Schuster told the court they had printed and started shipping approximately 75,000 copies of Mary Trump‘s TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH — and yesterday in a new afffadavit the publisher said they have printed…
Events: Virtual National Book Awards, and A Grant for Frankfurt
The National Book Awards ceremony on November 18 and all of the associated events will be held virtually this year. As a result, the organization will spread its events out, starting with the 5 Under 35 list on October 20. The NBA finalist reading is set for November 10 and Teen Press Conference held in…