Damon Reiss moves over to become vp and publisher for W Publishing, reporting to Don Jacobson. He has been senior director for Harper Christian’s custom and backlist program as well as Christian bookstore key accounts and distributor channels. Bookseller PK Sindwani joined the American Booksellers Association this week as chief financial officer. He was the owner of Towne Book Center & Cafe in Collegeville, PA for 29 years. Nica Carrillo is leaving her position as marketing and sales manager of Coffee House Press on November 15. She will join Epsilon Agency as a client account executive. Marit Swanson, succeeds her […]
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Rachel Kim has been promoted to agent at 3 Arts Entertainment. Navah Wolfe will acquire and edit a number of novellas for Subterranean Press. She was at Saga Press. Alexandra Machinist has been promoted to head of the Media Rights department at ICM, continuing to represent authors as well. Publishing co-heads Jennifer Joel and Esther Newberg said in a statement, “In addition to being a phenomenal literary agent, Alexandra is known to have surpassingly sharp instincts for identifying the kinds of high concept commercial material that not only tops bestseller lists, but also translates to the box office.” Jodi Price […]
More Picks: Apple Books, Reese, and the Best Illustrated Children’s
Apple Books‘ November picks include Shannon Pufahl’s On Swift Horses, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter Sampler, and Lyssa Kay Adams’ The Bromance Book Club, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2019 Romance edition. The rest of the list: Blue Moon, by Lee Child A Minute to Midnight, by David Baldacci The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell This Early of Mine, by Kate Bateman The Andromeda Evolution, by Michael Crichton and Daniel H. Wilson Call Down the Hawk, by Maggie Stiefvater In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado Little Weirds, by Jenny Slate […]
Remember October: How Did They Pick?
The October picks were unusual for a number of reasons. Oprah’s new, more regular bi-monthly book club for Apple TV+ was the biggest outlier. Officially launching today, the “November selection” was announced September 23 and you could see the lift in the opening week of sales for Ta-Nehisi Coates’s novel. At the lower end of the commercial scale, Good Morning America followed the considerable success of their rivals at the Today Show with their own book club — announced quite modestly October 9, with little commercial response so far. Jenna Bush Hager, on the other hand, selected a book that […]
November Bookseller Picks
Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for November is Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea and its Featured Debut is NVK by Temple Drake. Also on the list are Kevin Wilson’s Nothing to See Here and Susannah Cahalan’s The Great Pretender, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the list: Find Me, by Andre Aciman Blue Moon, by Lee Child In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado Acid for the Children, by Flea Little Weirds, by Jenny Slate User Friendly, by Cliff Huang and Robert Fabricant Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction titles of the […]
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Sheila O’Shea will join Farrar, Straus as svp and director of marketing and publicity, starting November 18. Most recently, she was senior executive director, marketing communications at Hearst, which she joined in 2014 after 17 years at Penguin Random House. Director of publicity Sarita Varma will report to O’Shea. Publisher Mitzi Angel says in the announcement, “Sheila’s love of books, her enthusiasm, and her wide-ranging experience in both publicity and marketing will be invaluable. She will make a vital contribution to FSG as it looks to the future.” Joanna Pinsker joined Atria Publishing Group this week as deputy director of […]