After a great inaugural virtual Buzz Panel last May (and a Romance Buzz Panel over the summer), we are excited to add a Winter Editors Buzz Panel to our schedule, ahead of the now-virtual Winter Institute. We are proud to be joined by the American Booksellers Association as co-presenter of the event, with ABA board member and co-owner of Solid State Books in Washington, DC Jake Cumsky-Whitlock serving as moderator. The panel convenes Wednesday, January 27 at 7 PM EST. You can register starting now — and the first 50 booksellers who register will get a package of printed galleys […]
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Liz Stein has been promoted to executive editor for William Morrow. At Dutton/Plume, Natalie Church has been promoted to marketing manager and Caroline Payne to assistant marketing manager. Stephanie Kelly becomes senior editor for Dutton, and Cassidy Sachs associate editor. At Catapult, Megha Majumdar has been promoted to senior editor, and Kendall Storey has been promoted to editor & foreign rights manager. Hana Park has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon & Schuster. Tricja Okuniewska has been promoted to assistant editor at Putnam. Tom Marquet has been promoted to managing editor, digital, at Random House Children’s, and Bess Schelper […]
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Don Pape has launched a new agency called Pape Commons, that will “serve the author community as not only a literary agency but also a forum for community and support of writers’ craft.” Pape was most recently publisher for NavPress. “As I’ve been inspired by conversations with editors and authors alike,”said Pape in the release, “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to steward well the next generation of voices.” Sara Birmingham has been promoted to editor at Ecco. Jenny Xu has been promoted to editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Anton Strout, 50, who worked at Penguin Random House for 22 […]
Another Chance for PublishersMarketplace At A Discount
Many people took advantage of our holiday offer earlier this month to try a deep dive into the full resources of PublishersMarketplace.com at a substantial discount. So we’re finished the year with one more short window to try again: Use the “promo code” HNY21 in the indicated field when you register and enjoy the first month of service for just $15. Feel free to share this offer with anyone you think might be interested. (Please note, you must enter code in the “Promo Code: ___” box when registering to work.) This code is valid for a few days only, and […]
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Elizabeth A. Harris has been named a new publishing reporter at the New York Times, and will move over from culture to books. Harris joined the NYT in 2009. Book of the Month readers picked Brit Bennett‘s THE VANISHING HALF as their Book of the Year. The book was also the No. 1 checkout at the New York Public Library this year. The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has published the 2020 update to the BISAC book publishing subject codes.This year’s update added 155 codes and modified 123 literals. As executive director Brian O’Leary notes, “The BISAC Subject Codes are […]
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People Robin Cutler has joined LMBPN Publishing as president of worldwide publishing. Cutler previously worked for Ingram Content Group for over nine years, leading the development and launch of IngramSpark. At Canongate, Joanna Lord has been promoted to head of UK and digital sales; Nadine Luchsinger to sales operations manager; and Katalina Watt to audio and digital executive. Viet Thanh Nguyen wrote a piece for the New York Times exploring the future of literature post-Trump. He asks, in 2021, “will writers, especially white writers, take a deep breath of relief and retreat back to the politics of the apolitical, which […]