The ABA named On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong as its No. 1 pick for June Indie Next list. You can sample it now in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer, along with titles from Mona Awad, Sara Collins, and Richard Roper, which are also on the June list. The rest of the picks: Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston The Confessions of Frannie Langton, by Sara Collins Underland, by Robert Macfarlane Recursion, by Blake Crouch Magic for Liars, by Sarah Gailey Bunny, by Mona Awad Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, by Karen […]
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Independent Publishers Group announced a number of promotions: Alex Granato was promoted to editorial & subrights associate; Kristen Noon to senior A/R associate; Sam Ofman to senior publicist; Emily Parenti to content marketing coordinator; Stefani Szenda to marketing associate; Anna Torres to publisher development coordinator; Ethan Walles to A/P manager; Josh Williams to senior AQ editor; Clarissa Young to AQ Coordinator; and Jen Young to special sales rep. At their distribution center, Oskar Nogueda was promoted to print center supervisor and Mario Montenegro to replenishment coordinator. Gary Thompson has been promoted to director at Dead Reckoning. London’s Sunday Times had reported that poet […]
Awards: Indies Choice to Miller, Westover, and More
The American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. The Indies Choice Winners: Fiction Circe, by Madeline Miller (Lee Boudreaux Books) Nonfiction Educated, by Tara Westover (Random House) Debut There There, by Tommy Orange (Knopf) Audiobook Circe, by Madeline Miller, read by Perdita Weeks (Hachette Audio) Young Adult The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen) And the winners of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards: Middle Reader Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Picture Book We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion) In the UK, Will […]
More May Picks: Apple Books, Reese’s Book Club, and More
Apple Books announced its May picks, which include Sara Collins’ The Confessions of Frannie Langton, excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the list: Exhalation, by Ted Chiang Furious Hours, by Casey Cep The Paris Diversion, by Chris Pavone Middlegame, Seanan McGuire With the Fire on High, Elizabeth Acevedo The Pioneers, by David McCullough Once More We Saw Stars, by Jayson Greene Eat Like a Fish, by Bren Smith Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris Riots I Have Known, by Ryan Chapman Queen Bee, by Dorothea Benton Frank Elsewhere, Reese Witherspoon chose […]
May Bookseller Picks
Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for May is Furious Hours by Casey Cep, and its Featured Debut is Riots I Have Known by Ryan Chapman. Also on the list is Sarah Blake’s The Guest Book, which is excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: Bitcoin Billionaires, by Ben Mezrich Correspondents, by Tim Murphy A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do, by Pete Fromm The Apology, by Eve Ensler The Deer Camp, by Dean Kuipers Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris Once More We Saw Stars, by Jayson Greene Barnes & Noble […]
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Craig Popelars is joining Tin House Books as publisher, starting June 1. He was previously associate publisher at Algonquin Books. Win McCormack, current publisher and owner of Tin House Books, says, “Craig Popelars is a powerhouse in the field. He has exactly the kind of vision, energy, and experience needed to take Tin House Books to the next level.” At Penguin Random House Canada, Robert Wheaton expands his role to include strategy, becoming chief strategy and operations officer. He continues to report to ceo Kristin Cochrane. Charidy Johnston moves up to vp, sales, continuing to report to Wheaton. She takes […]