Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Fall/Winter sampler, with excerpts from an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And on Wednesday, May 17th we’ll convene our live Buzz Books Editors Panel with moderator Leigh Haber hosting five editors and their authors discussing some of the season’s potential breakout titles. Some of the biggest names in publishing have books coming out in fall and winter, from Jessica Knoll, Stephen King, and Walter Mosley, to Brandon […]
Events
Brown and Lucas Address Black Women In Publishing Panel
Digital Book World convened in New York starting on Monday. In a panel called Black Women in Publishing, Hachette Nashville publicity director Laini Brown and Pantheon svp and publisher Lisa Lucas both said they would recommend publishing as a career to anyone who wanted to break into it. Brown said that it’s an industry where you can learn a lot about a lot of different topics, and Lucas said that people should know that there are many types of jobs in publishing outside of editorial, and that publishing is “a great living.” “As much as we complain about money and […]
Our Next Buzz Books Editors Panel
We are open for registration for our sixth virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, convening on Wednesday, January 25th at 7 PM Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with Publisher Lunch founder Michael Cader hosting. You can register here — and the first 50 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. On January 17th, a week ahead of the panel, we’ll release the next packed edition of our popular digital sampler, Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer, with substantial excerpts from all of the Editors Panel books, along […]
Events: Doubleday 125th Anniversary
Doubleday will host a paid event to celebrate the imprint’s 125th anniversary, in-person in New York and via livestream. “This remarkable milestone spans the publications of DRACULA in 1897 to this year’s phenomenon LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY,” publisher and editor-in-chief Bill Thomas said. Six current Doubleday authors – Helen Ellis, David Grann, Kevin Kwan, Jane Mayer, Colson Whitehead and Hanya Yanagihara – will each read from a classic Doubleday title and discuss their respective publishing careers at Symphony Space. (Due to “scheduling conflicts,” Dan Brown and John Grisham — originally on the schedule — will not appear at the event.)
Ingram Panel: The Health of Today’s Publishing Industry
In a discussion on Wednesday afternoon titled The Health of Today’s Publishing Industry, panelists highlighted some of the same issues that come up on nearly every panel about industry challenges–labor shortages, supply chain issues, diversity, and discoverability. Ingram Content Group vp of merchandising Amy Cox Williams moderated the panel, which was made up of ABA ceo Allison Hill, Ingram coo Phil Ollila, and Zando ceo Molly Stern. Speaking to the current moment, Ollila mentioned inflation as an issue, as well as “getting books into the hands of readers, whether there are new supply strategies or big changes in the way […]
Stream Romance Editors Panel Now
In case you missed it, we had another terrific event on Wednesday with five authors and their editors on our latest Buzz Books Romance Editors Panel. The full recording is available for download to watch at your leisure. And if you haven’t done so yet, sample the presented titles and many more by downloading our free Buzz Books 2022: Romance ebook. Once again, our thanks to the ABA for co-sponsoring, to Publisher Lunch reporter Erin Somers for her smooth hosting, and to all of the participating editors and authors. One more time, here are the featured titles: Jasmine Guillory DRUNK ON LOVE (Berkley). […]