Simon & Schuster UK group sales & marketing director Charlotte Robertson is leaving to join Aitken Alexander as an agent next year. At Cengage Learning, Ron Mobed has been hired as president of the academic andprofessional group, effective immediately, reporting to ceo Ronald Dunn. Previous president Charles Siegel is retiring. The National Book Foundation named their new list of “5 Under 35“: Ceridwen Dovey, Blood KinC. E. Morgan, All the LivingLydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of BreathingKaren Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by WolvesJosh Weil, The New Valley Ian Frazier won the Thurber Prize for American Humor […]
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November Indie Next Picks
Chronic City: A Novel, by Jonathan LethemMennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home, by Rhoda JanzenThe Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel, by Jess WalterLit: A Memoir, by Mary KarrInvisible, by Paul AusterA Friend of the Family: A Novel, by Lauren GrodsteinBeloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude, by Jim Perlman, Deborah Cooper, Mara Hart, and Pamela Mittlefehldt (eds.)Americans in Space: A Novel, by Mary E. MitchellLast Night in Twisted River: A Novel, by John IrvingThe Evolution of Shadows: A Novel, by Jason Quinn MalottThe Lacuna: A Novel, by Barbara KingsolverHardball: A […]
People and Awards: New Head for RH Mondadori, Harper's Chief Digital Officer, Also on the Gallery Editorial Team, and More
Following the previous announcement of the elevation of Random House Mondadori ceo Riccardo Cavallero to general manager of trade publishing at Mondadori (which is a joint venture partner in RH Mondadori), the owners have jointly named Nuria Cabuti, 42 as the unit’s new ceo, effective January 1, based in Barcelona. She has been publisher and editorial director of the Random House Mondadori Children’s and Paperback divisions. A letter from Random House ceo Markus Dohle and Mondadori Group chief executive Maurizio Costa notes that “as a publishing leader she has significantly improved our children’s books results, and increased our paperback revenues […]
Oddsmakers Favor Amos Oz for Nobel
The betting has begun on this year’s selection for the Literature prize (though bear in mind that bookie’s favorites rarely prevail). Ladbroke’s has Oz at 4/1; Algerian novelist Assia Djebar at 5/1; Juan Goytisolo at 6/1; Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth at 7/1; Syrian poet Adonis at 8/1; and Thomas PynchonItalian scholar Claudio Magris, Italian novelist Antonio Tabucchi and Haruki Murakami all at 9/1.Guardian
Briefs
* Barnes & Noble named Louise Penny‘s THE BRUTAL TELLING as their sixteenth “Recommends” program main selection. The pick also marks three in a row for publisher Voice (following August’s The Day the Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan and July’s The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe), a first for any single imprint. * In the UK, The Bookseller reports that Nielsen BookScan data shows sales of almost 551,000 copies for Dan Brown’s THE LOST SYMBOL in the first five days on sale. * Writers Edwidge Danticat and Deborah Eisenberg and poet Heather McHugh are among […]
As Predicted, Oprah to Pick Uwem Akpan's Story Collection
The metadata posted last month made Uwem Akpan’s SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM the odds-on favorite as Oprah Winfrey’s new book club selection (a Little, Brown book, available in 14.99 paperback and 23.99 hardcover editions). The Washington Post confirmed it yesterday, saying that additional information was accidentally leaked. The first version of the story named Ingram as the leaker; the version in today’s paper simply blames a “book distribution company.” Oprah Winfrey Show spokesperson Angela DePaul told the Post, “We don’t comment on advance speculation. Oprah announces her book club selections on her show and shares her reasons for choosing […]