Jordan Michelman writes in the Atlantic about “the most coveted screenshot in the literary world,” honoring writers’ joy in sharing their “Publishers Marketplace Official” book deal screenshots. “It’s become one of the most important rites of passage in the book-publication process—more meaningful to some writers than a book party or book-cover reveal. For many authors, in fact, no book deal is complete until they’ve posted it. It is the Publishers Marketplace book-deal social-media post.” Lately, we have been admiring all the authors moving to BlueSky and populating it anew with their deals. Creators continue to impress us with their innovative […]
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New Books Publishing November 19
This week’s fiction releases include novels by Haruki Murakami and Janet Evanovich. It’s a big week for nonfiction, with new memoirs by Bill Clinton, Cher and Keke Palmer (not to mention Josh Brolin and Jaleel White), plus works by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Alan Lightman. Also publishing this week is Brightly Shining by Ingvild Rishøi, translated from Norwegian by Caroline Waight, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler. 21 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-19 13 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-19 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling […]