This week new work from Cynthia Ozick, Elizabeth McCracken, and Paul Theroux is in the mix, along with Buzz Books featured author Angela Jackson-Brown, whose novel When Stars Rain Down transports readers to a small, Southern town in 1936. The small selection of highlighted nonfiction is heavy on history, with books covering the Cuban missile crisis, three generations of the Sackler family, and a Gold Rush disaster, among others. 21 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-13 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_April_/219277 6 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-13 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_April_/219278 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for […]
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Book Excerpt: The Patience Behind Lightning In A Bottle
Print on demand is a key part of the supply chain now, with Ingram’s Lightning Source as the leading independent vendor, but that success was hardly a foregone conclusion. As we learn in the forthcoming book THE FAMILY BUSINESS: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books by Keel Hunt, Ingram’s early entrance into the business required extraordinary patience and long-term investment in order to become a success. The book publishes next Tuesday, April 20. Following on our excerpt from last month, we now present an edited version of the chapter, Lightning in a Bottle: What would become one of the most […]
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Shelley Husband has joined the Association of American Publishers as senior vice president, government affairs and special projects. Most recently she was staff director and general counsel for the House Committee on the Judiciary from 2013 to 2019. At Hachette Livre, Nathalie Houël has been promoted to group chief financial officer. Arnaud Robert becomes group secretary general, responsible for all legal matters, compliance, insurance and institutional relations. Juliane Chevallier moves up to internal audit and internal control director. All three will report to deputy ceo Fabrice Bakhouche. Kevin Lopez becomes group chief controller, reporting to Houël. Marian Brown has been promoted […]
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At McClelland & Stewart, Anita Chong has been promoted to the new role of executive editor. Joe Lee has been promoted to associate editor. Emma Holmes has joined Chronicle Books as head of brand, Ridley’s Games. She was previously at Wild + Wolf. Distribution Peachtree Publishing will move their sales and distribution to Penguin Random House Publisher Services a year from now, starting May 1, 2022. PRH already distributes Holiday House and Pixel+Ink, which like Peachtree are owned by Trustbridge. Peachtree current handles their own sales and distribution. Finance Primarily on the strength of the expected proceeds from the $349 […]
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Kathryn Deaton has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Macmillan Children’s. Miranda Paul has been promoted to agent at Erin Murphy Literary Agency. At Westwood Creative Artists, Bridgette Kam is moving from the rights department to become a literary associate, working with Jackie Kaiser and Hilary McMahon. Caroline Vassallo has been promoted to international rights associate and film/tv associate. Briar Jones has joined the company as office manager. Awards PEN America announced its 2021 award winners in a ceremony on Thursday evening. Ross Gay’s Be Holding won the $75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; Asako Serizawa‘s Inheritors was awarded the PEN […]
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Traci Lester has joined the Center for Fiction as executive director, succeeding interim executive director Michael Roberts who took over last June after the retirement of Noreen Tomassi. Lester was most recently executive director of the National Dance Institute. Board chair Erroll McDonald said in the announcement, “Ms. Lester is a proven leader with an extensive background in education and the arts. She brings more than 25 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector with an impressive track record of organizational development and growth. I am confident she will lead The Center with vision, creativity, and managerial skill as we continue […]