Soho Press will move their worldwide distribution–including ebooks–to Random House as of January 1, 2011. They have been distributed by Consortium since 2003 Marcy Posner, formerly agent and foreign rights director at Sterling Lord Literistic, has joined Folio Literary Management as an agent specializing in children’s and young adult as well as women’s fiction, romance and serious and commercial non-fiction. Celeste Fine will continue as the foreign rights director. Lottchen Shivers will join Abrams on April 19 in the new position of executive director of adult marketing and publicity, reporting to vp of sales and marketing Mary Wowk. Shivers will […]
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Awards: Quirky Shortlist for IMPAC
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, nominated by public libraries worldwide, issued an unusual shortlist today: The Twin, by Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch) The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery In Zodiac Light, by Robert Edric (British) Settlement, by Christoph Hein (German)The Believers, by Zoe Heller (British)Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill (Irish) God’s Own Country, by Ross Raisin (British) Home, by Marilynne Robinson (American) As far as we can tell, Bakker’s book was published in the US by non-profit Archipelago Books; Erdric, published in the UK by Doubleday and Black Swan, never had a US edition.
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The UK’s Felicity Bryan has restructured to form Felicity Bryan Associates, owned by Bryan, Catherine Clarke and Caroline Wood. Clarke will serve as managing director and Wood joins the board as a director, as Bryan chairs the board and continues to work with her authors. Sally Holloway continues at the agency as an associate agent. Pablo Defendini is leaving Tor.com to join Open Road as interactive producer. New members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ main body include authors Marilynne Robinson, Francine Prose, Thomas McGuane and Richard Powers. Hachette Book Group will sell and distribute Marvel‘s books to […]
Bookselling: New Store, Old Story
Half Price Books will open their second Oklahoma City-area story in August.News OK Separately, former distributor Don Linn rants over last week’s non-story that “publishers are squeezing booksellers on credit.” He writes: “while you may feel like you ‘deserve’ better credit terms than others and that your credit risk is somehow different from some other credit risk, it’s just not true. Publishers and distributors already act as the bank with relatively generous terms and, in case you haven’t noticed, you get to return anything you choose to at anytime for full credit forever. So spare me the whining about credit, […]
Bookselling: Indie Expands In Borders' Shadow
Pittsburgh-area Bradley’s Books is opening three new stores this month, in mall-based locations previously filled by Borders Express stores. Owner Mike Paper tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Our competitive advantage lies in the fact we deal with primarily bargain books–overstocks, remainders, close-outs, things we can find at deep discounts. In today’s environment, it’s especially valuable to offer consumers value.”PTR
Verghese and Grann Top Indies Choice Awards
The American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards: FictionCutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf) NonfictionThe Lost City of Z, by David Grann (Doubleday) DebutThe Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam) Young AdultCatching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) Middle ReaderWhen You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books) Picture BookThe Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown) Full story