People Tara Gilbert has joined the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, associate agent. She was previously associate agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Amy Giuffrida has also joined as associate agent. She was previously literary agent apprentice at Corvisiero. At Astra Publishing House, Lisa Taylor has joined as production manager (she was at Lonely Planet Kids), and Alisa Trager moves over from Boyds Mills & Kane to serve as managing editor for Astra, working across all group imprints. Founder and publisher of Fig Tree Juliet Annan will leave the imprint at the end of October, as she pursues an MA in English […]
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Acquisitions Welbeck Publishing Group bought the assets of mind, body and spirit publisher Eddison Books for an undisclosed sum from The Fisher Company. Welbeck will continue working with Eddison’s authors on 2020 titles and publish its 2021 list under Welbeck’s imprints. Welbeck executive director Marcus Leaver said, “Mark and I have admired from afar the books and products that Eddison has made over the years. This deal gives us the opportunity to expand Welbeck’s publishing in a new category that complements our existing publishing.”
New Books Publishing June 9
This week brings another strong showing in summer fiction, alongside new non-fiction works from Stacey Abrams and others. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 14 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-9 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_June_9/217087 4 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-9 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_9/217088 More new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-june https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_in_June/216958 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you […]
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At Bloomsbury UK, Alexis Kirschbaum has been promoted to associate publisher. Alison Hennessey becomes publishing director. Rowan Yapp has been promoted to publishing director of the illustration list, while Emma Herdman becomes publishing director with a focus on literary and commercial. Ileene Smith, previously vice president and executive editor at Farrar, Straus, is now serving as an editor at large for the house. She will continue to acquire and work with selected authors. Andrea Joyce is now handling rights for Edinburgh-based agency Jenny Brown Associates. She was most recently rights director at Canongate for 12 years. Felicity Bryan is stepping […]
Apple Books’ June Picks
Apple Books announced its top picks for June, including Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half and Julie Clark’s The Last Flight, both excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Spring/Sumer sampler. The rest of the list: The Guest List, by Lucy Foley A Burning, by Magha Majumdar 28 Summers, by Elin Hilderbrand Dance Away with Me, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Devolution, by Max Brooks Conventionally Yours, by Annabeth Albert Heroes, by Stephen Fry The Next Great Migration, by Sonia Shah The Biggest Bluff, by Maria Konnikove Seven Lies, by Elizabeth Kay The Voyage of the Morning Light, by […]
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Celia Lee rejoins Scholastic’s trade division as senior editor, Cartwheel and Orchard, moving over from Scholastic Book Clubs’ We Need Diverse Books partnership. Lori Wieczorek also moves over from clubs, as editor, licensing, media, and brands. Michael Petranek has been promoted to executive editor and manager, AFK and Graphix Media. Sales News NPD Bookscan issued sales for the week ending May 30, with total print sales down from the previous week, but still running well ahead of the same week a year ago. The service tracked sales of 12.55 million units, compared to 13.27 million units a week ago (when sales […]