Our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss., or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. As usual, we begin our free ebook with a broad overview of the upcoming publishing season, featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. We’ll be presenting extracts from that season preview in the coming days. There are plenty of notable names with new books out this fall, including titles from Marilynne Robinson, Phil Klay, Nicole Krauss, Sigrid Nunez and more. […]
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Virtual Buzz for Actual Breakout Titles on the Way
It’s hard in so many ways that we can’t all be together right now — but for a little over an hour last night, we recreated online that exciting experience of hearing passionate editors speak about a few special forthcoming books that moved them, and that they think are going to resonate with readers all over. The presentations were razor sharp and we could tell from the live chat thread that our “virtual attendees” were excited and animated in response, and felt that connection through stories that we have all been missing. And everyone’s babies, dogs, and spouses were on […]
Last Call for Live Buzz
Tonight is the night for our Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Presents (#LunchBuzz) Zoom panel, featuring six editors presenting potential breakout titles for the fall. We will start promptly at 7 pm EDT, and you can join the webinar room starting at 6:45. Please note that you must register in advance if you are planning on joining us. (We need to close registration at the end of the work day, to allow registrants into the webinar room ahead of time.) A The first 150 booksellers who register will get a package of four printed and two digital galleys for the featured titles […]
Join the Virtual Room
Almost 500 people have already registered for our Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Presents (#LunchBuzz) Zoom panel featuring six editors presenting potential breakout titles for the fall. Add your reservation and join us tomorrow night online on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 pm EDT. The first 150 booksellers who register will get a package of four printed and two digital galleys for the featured titles (since some publishers are currently unable to print and ship galleys), without having to rush the tables at the end of the session. We’re also helping to raise money for BINC, to help booksellers in need — […]
The Complete Buzz Books 2020: Romance
Along with our Buzz Books 2020: Fall/Winter sampler, our Buzz Books 2020: Romance collection returns for a fifth year. With publishers withdrawing from this year’s RWA well before the pandemic was an issue, we knew authors and publishers would need launch and discovery platforms more than ever. Buzz Books 2020: Romance is available now, with 14 exclusive pre-publication excerpts. This year’s edition features more contemporary romance than ever before, as well as more diverse voices, from imprints such as Carina, Dafina, and Zebra. It includes titles from Devon Daniels, Melissa Ferguson, Brenda Jackson, Vanessa Riley, Mona Shroff, and more. The collection is already […]
Editors Buzz, Now with A Guest Host
Make sure to add your name to the hundreds who have signed up for the Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Presents (#LunchBuzz) Zoom panel featuring six editors in the format you know and love, coming up soon online on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 pm EDT. We’re excited to welcome one more featured guest, our celebrity host and author, Cameron Esposito. A standup comic, actor and writer, she has appeared on major network television, films, and is co-creator and co-star of Take My Wife, which aired on Starz. Queery, her podcast, features interviews with high profile members of the LGBTQ community. Her first […]