Our season preview from our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler continues with nonfiction. Politics and current events continue to lead the conversation, with numerous titles about the Trump presidency and Supreme Court. This season’s notable memoirs include offerings from Valerie Jarrett, Moby, and Tan France, all excerpted in Buzz Books. Fredrik Backman, Jill Biden, and Rick Moody also have memoirs appearing this spring. You can download “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks, Google Play, and Kobo, among other online retailers. (Also all linked at our main Buzz Books website.) Here is our full list of nonfiction titles for the fall […]
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Kate Dresser has been promoted to senior editor at Gallery. Shawn Sarles has joined DK as a sales manager (after serving as a sales Analyst at Hachette Book Group); and Katie Schloss has joined the company as a brand manager. At the University of Chicago Press, Carrie Olivia Adams has been named promotions and marketing communications director of the books division. Richard Atkinson left his position as senior commissioning editor at Bloomsbury UK in November after 12 years with the company to focus on writing a family memoir. The Harlequin Creator Fund announced last November is now open for submissions. Former vp […]
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Random House continues its absorption of Crown personnel and publishing lines. The Hogarth imprint becomes part of “little Random House family of imprints.” Alexis Washam is promoted to editorial director of Hogarth, and will report to Susan Kamil. Parisa Ebrahimi moves up to senior editor for the line. Crown’s Julian Pavia and Hilary Teeman both move over to Ballantine Bantam Dell, as executive editors. Penguin Random House UK Children’s is restructuring its rights department into three units: new business, brands and reprints, and rights operations. As a result, head of rights Camilla Borthwick is leaving the company at the end […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Commercial Fiction
With Winter Institute starting today in Albuquerque, we continue to present extracts from our big Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer overview, today highlighting commercial fiction. The new edition of Buzz Books includes work from Liv Constantine, Sarah Blake, and Cecelia Ahern, while the full spring/summer season as previewed below also includes releases from such authors as Jennifer Weiner, Jo Nesbo, Anthony Horowitz, and Kristan Higgins. Download the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks, Google Play, and Kobo, among other online retailers. (Also all linked at our main Buzz Books website.) We also remind you that a number of Buzz Books authors will […]
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Amanda Skolek has been promoted to senior graphic designer at Sourcebooks. Tuttle-Mori Agency has announced the appointment of three new board members: Chigusa Ogino as executive director, Manami Tamaoki as director, and Harumi Nakamura as director. Liane-Louise Smith joins Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency today in the the new role of rights director. She was at Furniss Lawton. Regnery Books has started a Regnery Media division recently, providing public relations services, run by the publisher’s senior director of publicity Alyssa Cordova.
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction from authors including T.C. Boyle, Mona Awad, Nell Zink, Karl Marlantes, Sarah Blake and more. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks, Google Play, and Kobo, among other online retailers. (Also all linked at our main Buzz Books website.) As usual, we begin our free ebook with a broad overview of the upcoming publishing season, featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. We’ll be presenting extracts from that season preview in the coming days. And if […]