E. Lockhart’s YA novel WE WERE LIARS tops the May LibraryReads list. Also appearing is Laline Paull’s debut novel THE BEES, which like the Lockhart is among the 40 titles you can preview right now in our free ebook, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books 2014: Spring/Summer. (Paull’s novel made the May Indie Next list as well.) The LibraryReads list also includes: Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See Ruth Reichl, Delicious! Liz Trenow, The Forgotten Seamstress Josh Malerman, Bird Box Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, Bittersweet Molly Wizenberg, Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage Darynda Jones, Sixth Grave on the Edge […]
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Zevin’s AJ FIKRY Leads April LibraryReads List
Gabrielle Zevin’s THE STORIED LIFE OF AJ FIKRY, already named the #1 IndieNext pick for April, now also tops the April LibraryReads list. Also appearing is Nina Stibbe’s LOVE, NINA, which is among the 40 titles you can preview right now in our free ebook, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books 2014: Spring/Summer. The LibraryReads list also includes: Emma Donoghue, Frog Music Julia Glass, And the Dark Sacred Night Simone St. James, Silence for the Dead Donna Leon, By Its Cover Shane Kuhn, The Intern’s Handbook Colin Cotterill, The Axe Factor Akhil Sharma, Family Life Erin Duffy, On The Rocks
Laura McHugh Tops March LibraryReads List
Laura McHugh’s psychological suspense novel THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD leads the March LibraryReads list, with the remaining titles featuring: The Accident, Chris Pavone The Divorce Papers, Susan Reiger The Outcast Dead, Elly Griffiths Panic, Lauren Oliver A Circle of Wives, Alice LaPlante Gemini, Carol Cassella Precious Thing, Colette McBeth Kill Fee, Owen Laukkanen Show Your Work!, Austin Kleon
Haights Cross Sells Recorded Books
Haights Cross Communications has sold Recorded Books to private equity fund Wasserstein & Co., with Northwestern Mutual and Lexington Partners also contributing investment capital, and financing from BNP Paribas. The company’s primary market is unabridged audiobooks for libraries, schools and the retail market, but they also distribute 100,000 ebooks through their One-Click Digital Platform. Recorded Books ceo Rich Freese says in the announcement, “This strategic partnership provides us with the resources to further broaden our content offerings and services for customers, and accelerate our growth into additional global markets.” HCC used to report publicly until they filed, and emerged from, a […]
Abrams Announces eBooks for Libraries
At the ALA meeting in Philadelphia, Abrams announced that their frontlist ebooks are now available for libraries to purchase and lend, through the established vendors. Each “sale” activates the ebook for a year of lending, on the one-copy/one-user model. Abrams says they are selling to libraries at their standard digital list price. They are also offering “a full catalog of backlist” titles, so the program includes the Diary of Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. Abrams ceo Michael Jacobs says in the announcement, “We’ve been eager to fulfill library requests for both our frontlist and backlist e-books and are thrilled […]
Simon & Schuster Expands Library eBook Pilot; Guinness Moves to Macmillan
Simon & Schuster’s small pilot program for digital library lending is expanding to add 15 public libraries served by OverDrive. As with the initial efforts at New York City libraries, S&S will make available its full catalog of ebooks, offering unlimited checkouts for a year on a one copy/one user basis. The company has said previously that their library pricing is “a little bit more” than their ebook list prices. “We are pleased to expand our eBook distribution in libraries through this pilot with OverDrive,” Simon & Schuster vp, global ebook market development and strategy Doug Stambaugh said in the […]