HarperCollins general books group president & publisher Michael Morrison will leave the company at the end of January, as he “has decided not to renew his contract.” Morrison, who spent nearly 19 years at HarperCollins, said in the announcement: “After 35 years of going to a Manhattan skyscraper every day, I thought it was about time I experienced a different life.” As a result, Jonathan Burnham will be promoted to president and publisher for Harper, overseeing Harper, Harper Paperbacks, Harper Perennial, Harper Business, Harper Design, Harper Wave, Broadside Books, Amistad, and Ecco. Liate Stehlik moves up to president and publisher […]
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Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Commercial Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming commercial titles from authors including Araminta Hall, Kristan Higgins, Ann Mah, Beatriz Williams, and more. As usual, we begin our free ebook with an exhaustive overview of the upcoming publishing season featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Kindle, Nook, iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), and Kobo, among other online retailers. With Winter Institute 13 set for next week in Memphis, we’ll be presenting extracts from that seasonal preview over the […]
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Anke Steinecke has been promoted to chief legal officer of Penguin Random House worldwide, and will continue as executive vice president, general counsel, Penguin Random House US reporting to ceo Markus Dohle in both capacities. Anna Dobben has joined the National Book Foundation as awards and relationships manager. She was previously publicist at Knopf. John Sellers will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on January 29 as publicity director for children’s books. He has been children’s reviews editor at Publishers Weekly since 2009. Sarah Brohman has joined LifeTree Media as editorial director. Previously she worked at Random House Canada and ran a freelance editing, content […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction from authors including Patrick DeWitt, Aminatta Forna, Sheila Heti, Ottessa Moshfegh, and more. As usual, we begin our free ebook with an exhaustive overview of the upcoming publishing season featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Kindle, Nook, iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), and Kobo, among other online retailers. With Winter Institute 13 set for next week in Memphis, we’ll be presenting extracts from that seasonal preview […]
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Carolyn Bresh will join Quarto as chief financial officer starting April 9, and also join the board as executive director. Previously, she was a partner at consultancy Everymind. CEO Marcus Leaver said, “She brings considerable sector and international experience, an increased commercial focus as well as strategic planning and analysis–all of which we need as an ambitious pure-play publishing business.” Also at Quarto, Nanette Gibb has joined as group director of people. She has worked in human resources roles for 25 years, including at Hearst Magazines UK and for CBRE UK. Anne-Lise Spitzer has joined the Philip Spitzer Literary Agency as executive vice president and […]
The Complete Spring/Summer Buzz Books Titles
As we revealed yesterday, our new free ebook Buzz Books 2018: Spring/Summer features a roster of authors you love, as well as excerpts from 11 debut voices. Plus, our dedicated YA companion, Buzz Books YA Spring/Summer, compiles a selection of the season’s must-read titles, from bestselling authors to newcomers. For the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys—get an EPUB file of Buzz and Buzz YA directly from our site, from us or go to NetGalley or Edelweiss. The consumer editions are available for download now for Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), […]