Quarto COO Ken Fund will retire from the company on December 1, and will leave the board at the same time. He joined Quarto in 1999, originally as president and CEO of Rockport Publishers, before running the company’s US division for many years. He says in the announcement, “Being a part of Quarto for the past 22 years has been a wild adventure that I have enjoyed completely. This is the right time to retire as Quarto is in good hands and has a strong future.” Dominique Cimina has been promoted to svp, publicity, corporate communications, and author brand strategy […]
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Janet Hill Talbert will join Nelson Books as executive editor, starting June 14. She was most recently senior editor at Guideposts Books and Inspirational Media. Anna Cooperberg has joined Hay House as editor, with a focus on metaphysical topics. Previously, she was assistant editor at Workman Publishing. Jess Zimmerman will join Quirk Books as editor on July 6. She was previously editor in chief at Electric Literature. At Harlequin Trade Publishing, Justine Sha has been promoted to senior publicist, and Lia Ferrone has been promoted to publicist. At Books Forward, Elysse Wagner has joined as a campaign strategist; she was […]
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Nate Lanman has been promoted to associate editor at William Morrow. Mia Council has been promoted to associate editor at Penguin Press. Awards The London Book Fair announced seven recipients of its International Excellence Awards. Winners included Findaway Voices in the US won the AudioBook Publisher of the Year Award, while Hachette UK won the Inclusivity in Publishing Award. The Rights Professional Award went to Nora Mercurio at Suhrkamp in Germany.
New Books Publishing June 1
EL James, Elin Hilderbrand, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Edward St. Aubyn lead this week’s fiction releases alongside the debut form Zakiya Dalila Harris, while nonfiction includes titles from Clint Smith, Ben Rhodes, and Dan Abrams and David Fisher. 25 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-1 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_June_/219407 11 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-1 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_/219408 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details […]
The Complete Buzz Books 2021: Romance
Alongside our recently-published Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler, our Buzz Books 2021: Romance collection returns for a sixth year. Buzz Books 2021: Romance is available now, with 10 exclusive pre-publication excerpts. This year’s edition features more contemporary romance than ever before, as well as more diverse voices from imprints such as Zebra. From power players such as Kat Martin and Beth Reekles, author of The Kissing Booth, now a Netflix film, to fan favorites Therese Beharrie and Marcella Bell, these authors are bestselling and award-winning. Discover debut romance writers Ali Hazelwood and Jean Meltzer then round out your reading list with LGBTQ titles […]
ABA Sees Significant Drop In Member Stores, Presses “The Mantle of 10 More Points”
The American Booksellers Association held their annual meeting and town hall virtually on Thursday. Incoming president Bradley Graham at Politics & Prose presented membership data that revealed the significant toll the pandemic (and potentially other factors) has had on the sector. “At the latest count, the ABA has 1,700 member companies and 2,100 locations,” Graham reported. A year ago the organization did not report membership data because of the pandemic, so the most recent comparison is from two years ago, when the numbers peaked at 1,887 members, operating 2,524 locations. Graham said the ABA “lost 80 members unfortunately due to […]