Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan’s next novel MANHATTAN BEACH, her sixth work of fiction, will be published on October 3 — her first book with Nan Graham at Scribner. (In 2013, Jordan Pavlin at Knopf spoke about losing Egan to Scribner in a lengthy Poets & Writers interview: “It took me about four months to peel myself off the floor. That was one of the hardest moments in my professional life. I wish her only the best and I miss her terribly.”) Set in the World War II era, the new novel tells the intertwined stories of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s only female […]
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Maria Campbell Associates is working for Netflix as their exclusive literary scout. Annabelle Saks in New York and Katie McCalmont in London are spearheading the scout’s efforts. Maria Campbell says in the announcement, “Our motto is ‘scouting without borders,’ which perfectly aligns with Netflix’s transformational model to bring stories in every form to people all over the world.” MCA had scouted for 16 years for Warner Bros., New Line and Warner Bros. Television, and that relationship concluded at the end of February. Allison Lorentzen has been promoted to executive editor at Viking. Former Running Press publisher Chris Navratil has joined Weldon […]
More Buzz Books Excerpts for April
With our spring/summer Buzz Books collection ranking high in recent days, we are continuing our successful monthly sampler initiative with the release of April Buzz Books Monthly. Offering just the right amount of excerpts for consumers — and extra attention for the books right before their release — and starting with a comprehensive preview that highlights over 100 notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again week by week), the April monthly features excerpts from: American War, by Omar El Akaad Radium Girls, by Kate Moore and four young adult titles: This Is Really Happening, by Erin […]
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Barnes & Noble presented their annual Discover Great New Writers Awards to Abby Geni’s debut The Lightkeepers (Counterpoint Press) for fiction, and Matthew Desmond’s widely-acclaimed Evicted (Crown) for nonfiction. People Erin Somers has joined Publishers Lunch as a reporter. Previously she has worked for two trade publications, and her writing about books has appeared in Literary Hub, The Millions, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Somers is also the recipient of a 2016 Center For Fiction Emerging Writer Fellowship. News editor Sarah Weinman is on a leave of absence to complete the manuscript for her forthcoming book AMONG THE WHOLESOME CHILDREN, the story of the real-life inspiration for […]
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Margaux Weisman has joined Vintage/Anchor as editor. Previously she was an associate editor at William Morrow. At Sourcebooks, Tiana Marzette has been promoted to inside sales representative. Brad Sharp has been promoted to director of manufacturing at Bookmasters. Jennifer Schaper has joined Duke University Press as sales manager. Previously she was senior manager for international rights at Perseus Books Group. When Douglas Brinkley‘s book THE UNRAVELED TALES OF BOB DYLAN was first announced in 2012 it was one of two books signed for Johnny Depp’s “imprint” at HarperCollins Infinitum Nihil — expected for publication in 2015. Brinkley is finally working on the […]
Bookselling: Amazon Opens In Dedham, Waterstones Criticized for Modest Stores “Posing” As Indies
Amazon’s previously-announced 5,800-square-foot bookstore at Legacy Place in Dedham, MA will open on Tuesday, after holding a preview on Saturday. As previously announced, this is Amazon’s first bookstore to open on the East Coast (and fourth to open so far), with at least three more “coming soon” in Lynnfield, MA; Paramus, NJ; and Manhattan’s Columbus Circle. Waterstones is receiving criticism in British media for small-town bookstores they have opened over the past 3 years, charged with “posing as independent bookshops to avoid the backlash against the homogenization of Britain’s high streets,” the Guardian writes. The stores, which are in Rye, Southwold and Harpenden, notify customers of their corporate affiliation with […]