Drew Reed will move to Sony Pictures as evp of literary affairs, starting May 1. He has served in a similar role at Fox for 17 years. Jake Bauman continues as vp of literary development, and will report to Reed. Patricia “Patty” M. Wong, city librarian at Santa Monica Public Library, was elected as president-elect of the American Library Association. She will serve as president-elect for one year before taking over as president at the 2021 ALA Annual Conference. At Scribe UK, Sarah Braybrooke has been promoted to publisher and managing director and Molly Slight to editorial director. Both will […]
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Briefs: Forthcoming Books, Postponed Pulitzers
Forthcoming Paolo Giordano‘s HOW CONTAGION WORKS will be published in the US on April 14, as an ebook from Bloomsbury and in audio from Penguin Random House Audio. An essay on the coronavirus pandemic that explains how disease spreads and how our interconnectedness will save us is reported to have been shared over 4 million times in Italy, with publication planned in 25 countries around the world. (Rights originate from MalaTesta Literary Agency in Milan.) In the UK, Nosy Crow posted a free digital book on Monday, CORONAVIRUS: A Book for Children, including artwork by illustrator of The Gruffalo Axel […]
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Andrea DeWerd has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as senior marketing director, overseeing general interest, lifestyle, and culinary titles. She was most recently as senior director of marketing for Random House Christian and Crown Forum. James Akinaka has been promoted to digital marketing coordinator at Penguin Children’s. Selihah White has joined Melville House as a publicist. White was publicity assistant at Penguin Press. PEN America president Jennifer Egan discusses her own experience with a suspected case of coronavirus and how the pandemic is affecting writers on the organization’s podcast. Picks Oprah Winfrey chose Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker (out today […]
A Big Week for New Releases
Even with the many changes in spring pub dates that we have been tracking at publun.ch/pubdatechanges, April remains packed with new books coming to market. As we have done the past couple of weeks, we are ready to call attention to a number of notable titles publishing today in need of attention and support. Our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of: 30 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-7 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_April_7/177704 13 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-7 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_April_7/177703 11 new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-april-7 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_April_7/177705
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Andie Krawczyk joined Chronicle Books as children’s marketing director. Stefanie Schroeder been promoted to publicity director for Thomas Nelson Gift and Zondervan Gift. In the UK, Emily Barrett has been promoted to editorial director for Sphere nonfiction. Fiona Rose joins as commissioning editor starting April 20. She was previously at Michael O’Mara Books. Nelle Andrew has joined the Rachel Mills Literary agency. She was at PFD and will continue working with her clients. JK Rowling believes she had COVID-19 and is now “fully recovered,” but shared on Twitter some breathing techniques recommended by a UK doctor and nurse. Kate Mattes, […]
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Kyle Olund has joined Thomas Nelson as senior acquisitions editor for W Publishing. Most recently, he was executive editor for Worthy Books and FaithWords. UK wholesale Gardner’s has reopened their business that ships individual books to consumers on behalf of retailers, on a limited basis. Customers are limited to just one book per order, and they can only ship inventory that is already in stock. Reference Pages We have continued to update our sharable, free web pages on resources and measures the publishing community is taking. Continue to let us know as you add initiatives and information, and share these simple […]