Nora Roberts, Jack Du Brul and Clive Cussler, and Brian Malloy lead this week’s fiction releases, while new nonfiction includes titles from Salman Rushdie, Dr. Jen Gunter, and Michael Dobbs. Read an excerpt of the Malloy and the Gunter now in our Buzz Books 2021 Spring/Summer sampler. 10 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-25 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_/219392 8 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-25 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_/219393 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 […]
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People, Etc.: Dan Frank Dies at 67
Tiffany Liao joins Zando on June 9 as executive editor leading their young readers initiative. She was previously senior editor at Holt Children’s. Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman has joined Convergent as senior publicist. She was previously at Independent Publishers Group in Chicago. Caitlin Morrow has joined the Simon & Schuster special markets sales team as assistant manager. Martha Wydysh has been promoted to literary agent at Trident Media Group. Adam O’Brien has joined Apollo Publishers as an editor. Previously, he was editor at Sterling Publishing. Dan Frank, 67, editorial director of Pantheon since 1996, died on May 24 in Manhattan. Knopf evp […]
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Andrea Hall has joined Beaming Books as senior acquisitions editor. She was formerly editor at Albert Whitman & Company. Bookselling Betsy Burton and some of her partners are selling their majority interests in the King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, UT, to Calvin Crosby, currently executive director of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance. Effective July 1, Crosby will join part-owner Anne Holman. Distribution Oxford University Press will move their US warehouse and fulfillment operations to Ingram Distribution Solutions this fall. OUP has serviced fulfillment through their own 190,000-square-foot warehouse in Cary, NC, which will close. OUP USA president Niko […]
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Co-founder of industry newsletter Subtext and co-owner of Open Book Publishing Stephanie Oda, 77, died earlier this week. Retired Bantam, BDD, and RH svp, fulfillment and trailblazing distribution and facilities leader Phyllis Mandel died Thursday, the day after her 75th birthday. The company notes: “Mandel was a large presence, professionally and personally, often underestimated and disrespected early in her tenure because she was a formidable woman boss in the ‘man’s world’ of facilities operations. But most who misread her initially came to admire her tough and tender dimensions, encyclopedic knowledgeability and team-building skill sets, fierce loyalty to her staff and […]
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Claire Eddy and Will Hinton have been promoted to editorial directors of Tor, Nightfire, Tor Teen, and Starscape. Also, Molly McGhee is promoted to assistant editor, effective immediately, reporting to Devi Pillai and Miriam Weinberg. Stacey Barney will join Nancy Paulsen Books as associate publisher, starting June 1. She was most recently executive editor at Putnam Children’s. Caitlin Tutterow will also join the Nancy Paulsen imprint; she was previously assistant editor at Putnam Children’s. Michelle Triant has joined Chronicle Prism as senior publicist. She was previously at Fortier Public Relations and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Brianne Johnson has joined HG Literary, bringing her list […]
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Macmillan global chief operating office Andrew Weber “will depart at the end of May to take a position with another company.” He has been at Macmillan since 2013. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group ceo Stefan von Holtzbrinck says in the announcement: “Andrew has been a loyal partner to Macmillan and Holtzbrinck, with great collegiality, human warmth and an eye for talent, all of which will ensure his legacy at Macmillan Publishers as well as at Macmillan Learning.” DK CFO and strategy director Paul Kelly takes on added responsibility as president of DK US, in addition to his current role. CEO Carsten Coesfeld […]