In addition to sharing 40 substantial pre-publication excerpts from notable forthcoming titles, our free ebook Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter also opens with our signature preview of hundreds of additional titles to look for in the coming months. With BEA finishing up, we’ve been running selections from those preview lists in Lunch all week long. Today we close out with highlights in debut & literary fiction, with earlier preview lists for commercial fiction and nonfiction. Remember, you can get the adult and YA trade editions of Buzz Books 2016 as direct EPUBs from us, or from NetGalley for any platform. The consumer editions of both […]
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ABA’s Teicher: “The State of Independent Bookselling Remains Strong”
Following the early release of the American Booksellers Association’s annual membership numbers which showed their seventh annual increase — along with an indication of increased print unit sales at member stores that report to Nielsen Bookscan, the organization’s ceo Oren Teicher addressed the group’s annual meeting. He noted that “almost two third of the ABA members” in attendance at BEA this year are members “who have not been to this show in recent years,” due to the one-year relocation to Chicago. (BEA returns to Javits Center in New York in 2017.) Teicher celebrated “independent booksellers’ commitment to innovation and hard […]
BEA: Foggy In Chicago
Chicago has been wrapped in fog as BEA returns to this city for the first time in over a decade, a smaller show than it has been in some time. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Beyond the already-reported reduction in advertised show square footage, almost everything about this year’s show makes you feel small. Even if it were packed, occupying just one part of the mammoth, multi-building McCormick Place convention center sprawl exacerbates the smallness. The main exhibition floor of the West Building that houses BEA is listed at 470,000 square feet — about 15 percent bigger than […]
Fall/Winter Preview: Commercial Fiction
In addition to sharing 40 substantial pre-publication excerpts from notable forthcoming titles, our free ebook Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter also opens with our signature preview of hundreds of additional titles to look for in the coming months. With BEA now underway, we’ll be running selections from those preview lists in Lunch this week. Yesterday we ran our nonfiction preview; today we present highlights in commercial fiction, with debut & literary fiction to follow later in the week. Remember, you can get the adult and YA trade editions of Buzz Books 2016 as direct EPUBs from us, or from NetGalley for any platform. The consumer editions […]
Fall/Winter Preview: Nonfiction
In addition to sharing 40 substantial pre-publication excerpts from notable forthcoming titles, our free ebook Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter also opens with our signature preview of hundreds of additional titles to look for in the coming months. With BEA set to open in Chicago tomorrow, we’ll be running selections from those preview lists in Lunch this week: Today we present highlights in nonfiction, with commercial fiction and debut & literary fiction to follow later in the week. Remember, you can get the adult and YA trade editions of Buzz Books 2016 as direct EPUBs from us, or from NetGalley for any platform. The consumer editions […]