At Simon & Schuster, Bryn Manion has been promoted to senior digital sales analyst. Will Plunkett has been promoted to online sales manager. Andie Schoenfeld has been promoted to digital marketing manager.
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Obituary: Stephen Rubin
Stephen Rubin, 81, former president and publisher at Doubleday for 15 years, died on October 13 in a Manhattan hospital following “a brief and sudden illness,” according to his nephew. Rubin joined Bantam Books as executive editor in 1984, and went on to preside over Doubleday as president and publisher for 15 years, overseeing the publication of John Grisham and Dan Brown. He left Random House in 2009 and shortly thereafter joined Macmillan, where he led and reSuscitated Henry Holt, overseeing the publication of Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing” series and Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY. Most recently, he was a consulting […]
New Books Publishing September 26
Ayana Mathis, Ken Follett, Vauhini Vara all publish new fiction this week, while new nonfiction includes work from Cassidy Hutchinson, Kerry Washington, and Jann Wenner. Finally, there is the release of C. Pam Zhang’s LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, Nnedi Okorafor’s SHADOW SPEAKER, and Ariel Kaplan’s THE POMEGRANATE GATE, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter anthology. 18 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-26 16 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-26 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists […]
Bookselling: New Stores
Solid State Books in Washington, DC has opened a second location, at 1809 14th St. NW. Barnes & Noble will open a store in Gainesville, GA in “early 2024.” Their last location in the area closed in 2013.
Distribution: teNeues Publishing
Two Rivers Distribution will distribute teNeues Publishing beginning in January 2024.