Executive Director of the National Book Foundation Lisa Lucas will take over Pantheon and Schocken Books as svp, publisher — though not until “completing her work with the NBF at the end of 2020.” She will report to Reagan Arthur, who says in the announcement, “When I thought about Pantheon’s rich legacy and imagined ways…
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing July 14
Besides the court-released Mary Trump, this week brings new books by David Mitchell, Colin Jost, and many others. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 22 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-july-14 9 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-14 More new children’s and…
People, Etc.
Stephanie Cabot has joined Susanna Lea Associates, working primarily from the New York office. She has been at The Gernert Company since 2005, and is a French-American dual national. Jenny Chen has been promoted to editor at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press, where she will acquire crime and book club fiction. Publisher for art…
People, Etc.: Nan Talese to Retire
Nan A. Talese, president, publisher & editorial director of her own imprint at Doubleday, announced she will retire at the end of the year after six decades in publishing. She joined Random House in 1959 as a copyeditor and went on to work at Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin, founding the Nan A. Talese…
New Books Publishing July 7
It’s a big week for new books coming to market. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 31 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-titles-publishing-july-7 14 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-7 27 new children’s and YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-july We consult a number of…
S&S Moves Up Pub Date for Mary Trump Book
In advance of a July 10 court hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order to delay publication of Mary Trump’s TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, Simon & Schuster has moved that publication date up to July 14. The change was “due to high demand and extraordinary interest in this book,” the publisher said….