Tonight is the night for our Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Presents (#LunchBuzz) Zoom panel, featuring six editors presenting potential breakout titles for the fall. We will start promptly at 7 pm EDT, and you can join the webinar room starting at 6:45. Please note that you must register in advance if you are planning on joining…
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Almost 500 people have already registered for our Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Presents (#LunchBuzz) Zoom panel featuring six editors presenting potential breakout titles for the fall. Add your reservation and join us tomorrow night online on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 pm EDT. The first 150 booksellers who register will get a package of four printed…
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Kent Watson is stepping down from his role as executive director of PubWest on June 12 after 12 years in the position. The board has begun the search for an interim executive director. Imprints China’s Thinkingdom Media Group has formed Astra Publishing House, a publishing group that will combine their Boyd Mills & Kane and mineditionUS…
New Books Publishing May 19
Suzanne Collins‘ Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the week’s biggest release, with Curtis Sittenfeld’s RODHAM and Andre Leon Talley’s THE CHIFFON TRENCHES already receiving a lot of attention. But there are plenty of other new titles of note publishing today. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store…
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Longtime literary agent Frances Goldin, 95, died in her home in New York on May 16, after years of declining health. She founded the Frances Goldin Literary Agency in 1977 to champion left-wing authors, and her roster included Dorothy Allison, Barbara Kingsolver, Martin Duberman, Adrienne Rich, Mumia Abu Jamal, Mike Wallace, Frances Fox Piven, Susan…
The Complete Buzz Books 2020: Romance
Along with our Buzz Books 2020: Fall/Winter sampler, our Buzz Books 2020: Romance collection returns for a fifth year. With publishers withdrawing from this year’s RWA well before the pandemic was an issue, we knew authors and publishers would need launch and discovery platforms more than ever. Buzz Books 2020: Romance is available now, with 14 exclusive pre-publication…