We are open for registration for our second virtual Buzz Books Young Adult Editors Panel, convening on Wednesday, February 2 at noon Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with Books of Wonder YA expert Zoe Detlaf as the host. You can register here — and the first 25 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. Our just-released digital sampler, Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer includes substantial excerpts from the YA Editors Panel books, along with dozens of other not-yet-published breakout titles. The Young Adult Buzz […]
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Our 20th Buzz Books Now Ready to Download
Today we launch Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer, our biggest sampler ever since we began Buzz Books in 2012: excerpts from 56 of the most buzzed-about books scheduled for publication this spring and summer in an exclusive, free ebook. Most Publishers Lunch readers will want the trade editions of Buzz Books, which include marketing/publicity, rights information and contacts for all of the titles, plus easy click-throughs to read or request full digital galleys. Download it from NetGalley or Edelweiss, where our samplers regularly top the most downloaded lists. The consumer editions of Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer are available now on all major ebook platforms, including Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple, and Google […]
Discuss Today at Noon: Literary Agent Heather Jackson
One more reminder: Join literary agent and former editor Heather Jackson online at this Publishers Marketplace link today at noon Eastern. Just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments and Heather will post back.
Tomorrow’s Live Discuss Guest: Literary Agent Heather Jackson
Join literary agent and former editor Heather Jackson online at this Publishers Marketplace link tomorrow, Wednesday, January 11 at noon Eastern for your chance to ask her about all things publishing from both an agent’s and an editor’s point of view; how she works with editors and authors; how she evaluates manuscripts, and more. Just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments (which you also can do in advance) and Heather will post back. (Can’t make it tomorrow? You can read all the Q&As our expert guests have completed since April 2021 at your […]
The Next Buzz Books Editors Panel Coming Soon
We are open for registration for our fourth, much anticipated, virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, convening on Wednesday, January 26th at 7 PM Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with co-owner of Books Are Magic bookstore and bestselling novelist Emma Straub as the host. (Her latest novel, This Time Tomorrow, is out in May.) You can register here — and the first 50 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. On January 18th, a week ahead of the panel, we’ll release the next packed edition of our popular digital sampler, Buzz […]
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden On Access to Tech
During the opening keynote of OverDrive’s Digipalooza librarian and educator conference, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden emphasized the importance of having access to technology in all libraries and all communities, rural and urban, as the pandemic brought digital inequities into stark relief. Digital access, she said, is “an equalizer in culture.” “Part of my role now is to talk about how important it is to have those institutions and places for people to go, and the Library of Congress is going to be a partner in digitizing as much as we can,” she said. Hayden said that the pandemic “accelerated […]