Earlier this week Viking increased the price of Amanda Gorman’s forthcoming poetry collection CALL US WHAT WE CARRY to $24.99, up from $19.99 when it was first announced. (The ebook and audio prices remained the same.) A month ago, the publisher moved back the publication date from September 21 to December 7, and retitled the book. First announced in January, the collection enjoyed significant preorders and promotional campaigns from retailers at the original price point. Copper Dog Books in Beverly, MA is among the stores that ran a preorder campaign, encouraged by PRH, and co-owner Meg Wasmer was happy to […]
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Last Day For Our Summer Sale
We’ve already had a great reception for our experimental Summer Sale — and today is the last day for this offer. Use the promo code summer21 in the provided box when you enroll and get $10 off the first month’s membership fee (a 40 percent reduction). The code expires at the end of the day today. Feel free to alert anyone who might be interested.
A Summer Sale
I’m not sure we have ever done this before, but it has been a long time since we have offered any kind of discount at PublishersMarketplace. So we are trying a little summer sale this week. Use the promo code summer21 in the provided box when you enroll and get $10 off the first month’s membership fee (a 40 percent reduction). The code will work through lucky Friday the 13th. Also note, for another value approach to our deep resources at PM, earlier this year we introduced a Quick Pass option — providing short-term use of the site for a […]
Obituaries
Two-time Newbery Honor author for Lily’s Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff, 86, died on June 22.
Behold
Yes, as noted briefly last week, this looks different. And with luck, better! After many months of development, we are pleased to introduce a fresh look and improved coding for our daily newsletters. The initial, and primary, goal was to make Lunch display better on mobile viewports and across the wide variety of common email services (all of which have their own special ways of mangling email code). As with most renovations, that starting point quickly turned into an opportunity to rethink and revise a lot of our common features and ways of presenting information every day. At the same […]
Imprints: Quarto and Bonnier UK’s New Lines
As previewed previously, Quarto will launch a new children’s imprint, Happy Yak, led by associate publisher Rhiannon Findlay. First titles will debut this summer, and the list will include board books, picture books, and more for children up to seven. The Bonnier Books UK music imprint led by Pete Selby will be called Nine Eight Books and launches in November with THE A-Z OF QUEEN by music journalist and author Mark Blake. Selby says in the announcement, “Our aim is to publish books which will not only appeal to music afficionado’s [sic] and fans but also curious readers who simply love […]