Publisher Flatiron Books says that Sarah Wynn-Williams’ CARELESS PEOPLE sold 60,000 units across all formats in its first week on sale. Circana Bookscan shows tracked hardcover sales of just over 18,500 copies. Last week Meta won an interim award from an emergency arbitrator ordering the author to not make any “disparaging, critical, or otherwise detrimental comments” about Meta, effectively blocking her promotion of the book. But Wynn-Williams failed to appear at the hearing or even send an attorney to answer Meta’s complaint.
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing March 18
This week’s fiction releases include books by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kristen Arnett, and Stephen Graham Jones, plus Suzanne Collins’ new Hunger Games book, SUNRISE ON THE REAPING. New nonfiction includes work from John Green, Michael Lewis, and Senator Chuck Schumer (who announced he has cancelled his book tour “due to security concerns”). Also publishing this week are new books by Emma Donoghue, Josh Duboff, Jefferson Fisher, and Stuart Nadler, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer sampler. 27 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-18 18 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-18 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ […]
Forthcoming: E. Lockhart’s WE FELL APART
On November 4, Delacorte will publish E. Lockhart‘s WE FELL APART, a new novel in the world of YA bestseller We Were Liars. According to a release, the book is an “intricate, highly bingeable psychological suspense novel exploring themes of privilege, family legacy, freedom, and parental abandonment. In it, [Lockhart] ramps up the intrigue and unknowns, interweaving stories of present characters with those who came before them—interconnecting the story of the Sinclair family with a new ensemble of personalities.” Former Delacorte publisher Beverly Horowitz acquired world rights from Elizabeth Kaplan.
New Books Publishing March 11
This week’s fiction releases include books by Torrey Peters, Karen Russell, Lawrence Wright, and Lucy Score, while new nonfiction includes work from Sarah Wynn-Williams, Maureen Dowd, and the Dalai Lama. Also publishing this week is ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME by Sarah Harman, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer sampler. 32 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-11 16 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-11 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check […]
Meta Spars with Flatiron Over Forthcoming Book
NBC reports extensively in advance on revelations in Sarah Wynn-Williams’s CARELESS PEOPLE, publishing Tuesday. They note that, “Meta filed an emergency request for a hearing before an arbitrator Saturday, arguing that Wynn-Williams had violated a nondisparagement agreement and seeking ‘injunctive relief barring disparagement.’” NBC says Meta lawyer Jonathan Cohn wrote to publisher Flatiron Books on Friday, claiming that the marketing copy suggested the embargoed book featured “overheated, false, and potentially defamatory allegations.” Cohn asked for an opportunity to suggestions revisions. Flatiron Books said in a statement: “This book is a first person narrative account of what the author herself witnessed. […]
New Books Publishing March 4
This week’s fiction releases include books by Laila Lalami, Freida McFadden, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Amal El-Mohtar, while new nonfiction includes work from Samina Ali, Chloe Dalton, and Amanda Nguyen. March’s children’s releases include novels from Suzanne Collins, Tracy Deonn, Nic Stone, and Trang Thanh Tran. Also publishing this week are novels by Georgia Hunter and Nanda Reddy, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer sampler, and K.L. Walther’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG, excerpted in our 2024: Romance anthology. 30 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-4 16 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-4 39 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/march-2025-children-s-releases […]