The Booker Prize longlist was announced yesterday. The list will be whittled to six on September 7, and the winner will be named on October 12. As helpfully sorted below, four of the titles are scheduled for US publication over the next three months, and three have no announced US publication date. In a Booker first, Damon Galgut’s novel does not have a US print release date yet, but is available now from Amazon Kindle. Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in AmericaAndrea Levy, The Long SongDavid Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Lisa Moore, February Christos Tsiolkas, The […]
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Michelle Andelman has joined Regal Literary, where she will represent children’s fiction. Previously she worked as a foreign rights scout and with the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Roger Jon Ellory has won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for A Simple Act of Violence (Orion)The Guardian Booksource will shut down its Irish subsidiary CMD Booksource this fall, citing “very difficult trading conditions.”The Bookseller
The August 2010 Indie Next List
The Hanging Tree: A Starvation Lake Mystery by Bryan GruleyThe Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise: A Novel by Julia StuartLet’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail CaldwellHeart of Lies: A Novel by M.L. MalcomSuper Sad True Love Story: A Novel by Gary ShteyngartA Dog’s Purpose: A Novel by W. Bruce CameronBurn: An Anna Pigeon Novel by Nevada BarrIn Harm’s Way: A Novel by Ridley PearsonThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree: A Novel by Ann WeisgarberDisplaced Persons: A Novel by Ghita SchwarzThe Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World’s Most […]
People and More: Schnittman to New Bloomsbury Post, Harper Uses NetGalley; and Much More
Oxford University Press vp of corporate and business development (and thus digital dealmaker) Evan Schnittman is joining Bloomsbury in newly-created position of managing director, group sales and marketing, print and digital, starting August 2. He will lead Bloomsbury’s sales and marketing in the UK, US, and Germany across all divisions of the group, and will take a lead role in Bloomsbury’s digital efforts. Chief executive Nigel Newton, to whom Schnittman reports, underscores in the announcement, “The creation of the role of a worldwide head of sales and marketing and the appointment of a highly experienced American with considerable digital experience […]
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Penguin Australia marketing and publicity director Dan Ruffino is being promoted to group digital director for Penguin Group worldwide, starting September 1 based in New York. He will report to chairman and ceo John Makinson and “focus on digital publishing and new digital revenue opportunities; direct to consumer communication and business intelligence; and global partnerships.” Makinson comments: “He is a hugely talented marketing professional who has spent the last six years thinking about ways to make our content more enticing to the consumer. He has all the right qualifications and qualities for the job, but, above all, he has the […]
More Announcements: Hearst Renews, Indigo's Teen Awards
Hearst Magazines has renewed its long-term trademark licensing agreement with Sterling that grants them the rights to create and publish books under the Hearst Books imprint. Sterling has worked with Hearst for nine years. Indigo is running a new Teen Read Awards program in which teen readers can vote for favorite books, authors and characters in ten nominated categories. As the chain underscores in their announcement, “the teen books category has grown by 150% and has become the second largest at Indigo and Chapters, after adult fiction.”Release