Will Murphy has joined the ghostwriting and publishing services firm Kevin Anderson & Associates as senior executive editor-at-large. He was previously executive editor at Random House. Kim Daly has been promoted to copy chief at Workman Publishing. Awards Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld‘s The Discomfort of Evening (Graywolf) won the International Booker Prize. At 29, they are the youngest author to ever win the prize. They will split the £50,000 prize with translator Michele Hutchison. Bookselling The Barnes & Noble store in Roxbury, NJ closed yesterday after 26 years, as part of a redevelopment of the mall where they were housed. […]
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Kurt Mueller is joining Inkshares as coo. He was previously coo of The Onion for eight years. Cassie Mannes Murray has been promoted to associate agent at Howland Literary. Eugene Winick, 84, longtime president of McIntosh & Otis literary agency — which he acquired in 1985 — died August 21. Gail Sheehy, 82, author of bestselling Passages, died on August 24. Audio Audible has launched a new lower-priced subscription plan: For $7.95 a month, Audible Plus actually offers less. They provide “unlimited” access to what is actually a limited catalog of approximately 11,000 titles. The regular Audible subscription thus becomes […]
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Andy Bird will take over as ceo of Pearson, starting October 19. At that point, current ceo John Fallon will continue in the position until then, when he will step down from the board and remain as an advisor through the end of the year. Bird had been chairman of Walt Disney International most recently, and joined Pearson’s board in May. Board chair Sidney Taurel said, “Andy brings a wealth of international consumer experience, as well as significant expertise in building brands, transformational change and driving digital innovation. He is an inspirational and dynamic leader with an excellent track record […]
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Picks Reese Witherspoon chose Leah Johnson‘s You Should See Me in a Crown as her first-ever YA title for the Hello Sunshine Book Club. Forthcoming AMERICAN CRISIS by Andrew Cuomo, “a revealing, behind-the-scenes account of his experience leading New York State through the COVID-19 epidemic,” will be published by Crown on October 13. Audio CD versions of Recorded Books‘ audiobooks will be manufactured-on-demand, sold and distributed in North America exclusively by Blackstone Audio beginning October 1. As part of the agreement, Blackstone will “serve all of Recorded Books’ CD audiobook production needs for libraries in the US and Canada. Over the coming months, […]
Cole’s When No One Is Watching Tops September Library Reads
Alyssa Cole’s When No One Is Watching is the top pick for September’s Library Reads list. Also on the list are Sue Miller’s Monogamy, and Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, both excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler, as well as Rosie Dana’s The Roommate, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2020 Romance sampler. The rest of the picks: Battle Ground, by Jim Butcher Piranesi, by Susanne Clarke A Rogue of One’s Own, by Evie Dunmore Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi Well Played, by Jen DeLuca The Writer’s Library, by Nancy Pearl and […]
Backman’s Anxious People Tops September Indie Next List
The ABA named Anxious People by Fredrik Backman as their Indie Next No. 1 pick for September. Also on the list is Sue Miller’s Monogamy, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the picks: Homeland Elegies, by Ayad Akhtar Vesper Flights, by Helen MacDonald World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil When No One Is Watching, by Alyssa Cole The Lying Life of Adults, by Elena Ferrante The Big Door Prize, by M.O. Walsh Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Betty, by Tiffany McDaniel One by One, by Ruth Ware Just Us, […]