Holt announced Wednesday that they will release Michael Wolff’s follow up to Fire and Fury on June 4. The publisher says that Siege: Trump Under Fire is “an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side.” It “begins just as Trump’s second year as president is getting…
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Nicole Bond will join Atria Books on May 28 as vp, director of subsidiary rights, reporting to Libby McGuire. She was director, subsidiary rights working on the Grand Central, Hachette Nashville, and Hachette Books divisions. At Doubleday, Lauren Weber has been named associate director of marketing and Michael Goldsmith has been named associate director of…
Reality Bites: Penguin Random House No Longer Expecting Obama Book In 2019
Since early 2018 Penguin Random House had been “very confident” and hopeful that former president Barack Obama’s book would be published in 2019. Now the AP reports that the publisher “started alerting foreign publishers and others” that the book is not expected for publication this year any more. (In the early days of the deal…
Zhao’s Postponed Blood Heir to Publish in November
Amélie Wen Zhao’s debut YA novel Blood Heir, originally scheduled for publication June and postponed earlier this year, will be published on November 19 by Delacorte. In January, Delacorte postponed indefinitely their publication at the author’s request, after some online readers accused Zhao of racism and insensitivity to the history of American slavery. Though Zhao…
Briefs: Prince Memoir Coming In October, and More
Stephen Brayda will join the Harper One Group on April 24 as art director for Harper Via, Amistad and Harper Espanol, reporting to Judith Curr. He was previously with Riverhead. Director of events at Copperfield’s Books Barbara Lane debuts a column for the San Francisco Chronicle, Chapters and Verse, where she will “discuss what I…
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Susan Dobinick has been promoted to senior editor, nonfiction at Bloomsbury Children’s. Jen Monroe has been promoted to editor at Berkley. Emma Benshoff joins Random House Children’s as associate publicist. She previously worked for Random House Publishing Group as publicity assistant. Megan McLaughlin has been promoted to associate art director for Dr. Seuss and Beginner…