Picador USA associate editor PJ Horoszko, 27, died unexpectedly March 2 in Brooklyn. Stephen Morrison, Picador Publisher, said in a statement: “PJ was a wonderful young editor on the rise with a keen eye, boundless curiosity, and fierce advocacy on behalf of his authors. He was also an absolute pleasure to work with. PJ is going to be deeply missed by all of us at Picador and our thoughts and prayers are with his family.” In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Newtown Youth & Family Services, 15 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook CT 06482. Scholastic announced a number of […]
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Debut Novel The Nest Is April No. 1 Indie Next Pick
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s debut novel The Nest tops the ABA’s April Indie Next List. (You can preview it now in our free Buzz Books 2016 ebook — along with other April picks from Faye, Chevalier, and Vestal.) The full list features: Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren Tuesday Nights in 1980, by Molly Prentiss Jane Steele, by Lyndsay Faye The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial, by Maggie Nelson The Charm Bracelet, by Viola Shipman Dodgers, by Bill Beverly Lust & Wonder, by Augusten Burroughs The Summer Before the War, by Helen Simonson Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall Kelly Fellside, by […]
AAP eBook Decline Deepens In October Report
The AAP reported sales for October 2015 as tabulated by their pool of approximately 1,200 publishers. After a strong September report (up over 7 percent), October’s results returned more to the year’s norm, a little above flat. Trade sales of $769 million were up $14 million, or less than two percent, from October 2014. Adult sales of $549 million were down $2 million with gains in hardcovers, paperbacks and digital audio weighed down by losses in mass market and ebooks. While adult ebook sales had been pretty stable through most of the year, the trend that started in September (with […]
Headline Makers, On Stage Next Week
With the main Digital Book World conference less than a week away — Tuesday March 8 and Wednesday March 9 — many of our featured speakers come straight from the latest headlines. Whatever the final disposition of the Perseus distribution companies, it will alter the distribution landscape, and the long-term transformation of Ingram Content Group as told by John Ingram is highly relevant. Barnes & Noble will report earnings tomorrow, and recently made headlines for renewed hints about their new store prototype, along with the rollout of Sourcebooks’ customized Put Me In the Story to over 200 stores. We have both […]
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Sam Im has been promoted to director, digital strategy & business development at Random House Children’s. Adrienne Szpyrka has been promoted to editor at Sky Pony Press. Rachel Zugschwert has joined Sparkhouse Family as director of marketing. Previously, she was marketing manager at Consortium. In Amazon‘s continuing rollout of staffed “pickup locations” on college campuses, the company announced an agreement to open a facility at the University of Texas at Austin in summer 2016. (In January, they announced new locations for the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Davis and the University of California, Berkeley. Obituary Former literary agent Ginger Barber, […]
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Edward Benitez has joined HarperCollins’ Spanish language publishing program as senior acquisitions editor for Harper Espan͂ol, Grupo Nelson and Editorial Vida, reporting to Larry Downs and working out of the company’s offices in Nashville. Most recently, Benitez served as the director for US Spanish language sales for Penguin Random House. Richard Callison has been appointed director, international online & digital sales, Penguin Random House international sales and marketing. He previously was an associate publisher at Random House. Jade Yeung has joined little bee books as production coordinator. Previously she was a production associate at Norton. Courtney Miller-Callihan has opened her own […]