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 time in 68 years, “due to issues related to the ongoing pandemic.” Pamela Paul and Jennifer Krauss at the NYT noted that the judging is usually conducted at the newspaper’s offices, “under staff supervision.” Those premises remained closed to all nonessential employees, and “the judging […]
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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 in its 155-year history. She succeeds Tom Grady, who is retiring after 15 years at the publisher. Megan Dobson will join Zondervan on July 27 as vp, publisher for Zonderkidz, reporting to Laura Minchew. She was publisher for ChristianAudio, prior to which she spent 9 […]
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 Me, by Carl Hiaassen The Switch, by Beth O’Leary Vaness Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop, by Roselle Lim
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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 and shipped over 600,000 hardcovers. Bookselling During lockdown Barnes & Noble refreshed about 350 of its stores, but as the NYT reports, the adjustments were relatively minor, “using small teams to move furniture around, paint walls and bring in new books.” Ceo James Daunt reports […]
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 partnership with the Miami Book Fair will be on November 16. Separately, the Frankfurt Book Fair has received a 4 million euro grant from the German government’s cultural stimulus package. As a result, stands up to 48 square meters at this year’s show will have […]
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Dawn Durante will join University of Texas Press as editor in chief on August 10. She was previously senior acquisitions editor at University of Illinois Press. Catherine Zappa has been promoted to publisher and evp of film & television at Dreamscape Media. Rachel Spence has joined The Rights Factory as associate editor. She was previously acquisitions editor at Dundurn Press. Picks Barnes & Noble chose Rachel Beanland‘s Florence Adler Swims Forever as its July book club selection. Book Fairs As expected, Canada will not participate in this year’s actual Frankfurt Book Fair as the featured/paid “guest of honor.” They will […]