June’s edition of Buzz Books Monthly is devoted to fiction, featuring four debuts, along with three novels, all publishing next month. As always, the collection includes exclusive, pre-publication excerpts, and is available now for download on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. Among the debuts are Jane Rosenberg LaForge’s The Hawkman: A Fairy Tale of the Great War; James McLaughlin’s Bearskin; Katie Williams’s Tell The Machine Goodnight; and Spencer Wise’s The Emperor of Shoes. Rounding out the sampler are two novels are by British authors, Allison Pearson’s How Hard Can It Be? and Katy Regan’s Little Big Love, as well as Ann Mah’s The Lost Vintage. Buzz Books […]
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May Book Picks
The May Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Leopard at the Door, by Jennifer McVeigh. Educated by Tara Westover is the May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club. Amazon’s spotlight pick for May is Michael Ondaatje’s Warlight, and their featured debut is The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine (available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer collection). Also on their top 10 for the month are: Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain The Feather Thief, by Kirk Wallace Johnson A Shout in the Ruins, by Kevin Powers How to Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan Miss Subways, by David Duchovny Come […]
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At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Sarah Creech has been promoted to associate art director for Simon Pulse and Tiara Iandiorio has been promoted to junior designer for Aladdin. Heather Palisi has joined as senior designer for Aladdin and Simon Pulse; she was most recently senior designer at Penguin Random House. Jess LaGreca has joined as art coordinator. Kaitlyn Kennedy has joined Sourcebooks as director of marketing. She was previously publicity manager at Harper Collins. At National Geographic Kids, Becky Baines has been promoted to vice president and editorial director; Kate Hale moves up to executive editor; Sally Abbey becomes director of editorial operations; Ariane Szu-Tu has been promoted to editor; Kathryn Williams moves up to associate editor; Michaela Weglinski become assistant editor; and […]
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Hannah Carmack has joined Sourcebooks as events marketing specialist, while Ashlyn Keil has joined as author marketing associate. Misty Vernon has joined the digital marketing team as UX designer. Kelly Van Sant joins Red Sofa Literary as of May 1. She was previously an agent at D4EO. Alessandra Bastagli has left her position as editorial director of Nation Books. At Holiday House, Raina Putter has joined as a managing editor. She previously worked at the Ingram Content Group as a client relations manager, and held positions at Random House Children’s, Hyperion Children’s, and Harlequin Books. Judy Varon will join as production manager starting May 1. […]
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Jennifer Levesque will join Disney Book Group as editorial director starting May 7. She is charged with “driving the audience expansion strategy in the adult, collector, and lifestyle categories” and looking at opportunities around Disney properties. She was previously vp, editorial director of Rodale Books. Jhanteigh Kupihea will join Quirk Books as editorial director, starting May 21. She was most recently senior editor at Atria Books. Kupihea, who will split her time between New York and Quirk’s Philadelphia offices, says “It’s so rare to find a publisher that treats each book on their list like a beloved passion project while maintaining a […]
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Victoria Wells Arms is joining Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency as of May 1, bringing her clients over from Wells Arms Literary. Ken Brooks, Bill Kasdorf, Thad McIlroy, Bill Rosenblatt and Bill Trippe are coming together in a powerhouse alignment of “independent consultants with complementary expertise,” forming Publishing Technology Partners. They are calling it a “one-stop destination for addressing your publishing technology challenges and opportunities at a strategic level and implementing practical, effective solutions tailored to fit your needs.” Their announcement notes: “We recognized that no one of us could solve all of the technology problems of every publisher. But together we’re convinced that we’ve […]