Michael Wolff’s new book, LANDSLIDE: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency, will be published by Holt on July 27. Though the book is embargoed, a first serial will be featured on the cover of New York Magazine’s July 5 issue. The book promises continuing “extraordinary access to White House aides and to the former President himself, yielding a wealth of new information and insights.” Little Brown UK will publish simultaneously again, this time through the Bridge Street Press imprint.
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Good Changes
We are quietly at work on site changes and new initiatives all the time and it has been a particularly busy stretch recently. Sometimes those changes are subtle and occasionally they are unavoidable. Some time very soon — perhaps as soon as next week — you’re going to open your Lunch and it will look different. And better. So don’t be too surprised!
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Writers House senior agent Geri Thoma has announced her retirement, effective June 8, after 42 happy years in publishing. She joined Writers House in 2013. Writers House chair Amy Berkower wrote, “Along with her prestigious list, Geri brought with her years of insight and publishing savvy. We will miss her wit, wisdom, and generosity of spirit, and we will treasure the legacy she has left us.” Separately, former svp, corporate director of business affairs at Penguin Random House John Schline has joined Writers House as senior agent. Recently, he has been an independent consultant for tech start-ups, small publishers, and […]
Forthcoming
Jamie Foxx‘s book, ACT LIKE YOU GOT SOME SENSE: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me, revealing his “rocky parenting journey through priceless stories about the tough love and old-school values he learned growing up in the small town of Terrell, Texas,” will be published on October 19, by Grand Central.
New Books Publishing June 15
Alex Michaelides, Nathan Harris, and Joshua Henkin lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes titles from George Packer, Craig Melvin, and Ursula Burns. The Henkin is excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer edition. 12 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-15 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing__June_/219488 9 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-15 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_/219489 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 […]
Imprints: Burke and Hartson Create All Seasons Press
Louise Burke and Kate Hartson have launched a new publishing company, All Seasons Press, “to publish the best writers, politicians and pundits in the conservative movement.” The first list, debuting this fall, will feature RUSH ON THE RADIO, by Rush Limbaugh show producer James Golden; THE CHIEF’S CHIEF by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff for Donald Trump; and IN TRUMP TIME: MY JOURNAL OF AMERICA’S PLAGUE YEAR by Peter Navarro. Founder and publisher Burke was previously president and publisher of the Gallery Publishing Group at Simon & Schuster, where she co-founded the Threshold Editions imprint and tried to publish […]