The ABA has announced its September Indie Next List, which includes five titles — THE YELLOW BIRDS by Kevin Powers, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND by Matthew Dicks, JOHN SATURNALL’S FEAST by Lawrence Norfolk, THE ORCHARDIST by Amanda Coplin, and BEA Buzz Book pick THE PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID by Shani Boianjiu — among the featured excerpts in our popular free ebook anthology of selections from over 30 big forthcoming books, BEA BUZZ BOOKS. Most of the excerpted titles release later in the year (and into next January), so if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s as […]
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Dan Mallory will join William Morrow as vp, executive editor on October 8. He is currently publisher at Little Brown UK’s commercial imprint Sphere. The company uses the personnel memo to announce that they will add a digital-first publishing line focused on crime and thrillers which Mallory will spearhead, in addition to acquiring and editing books for Morrow. (He launched a similar digital-first line, The Crime Vault, in the UK.) At The Experiment, Jack Palmer has been promoted to publicity, marketing, and sales manager and Molly Cavanaugh moves up to assistant managing editor, while current managing editor Karen Giangreco will […]
Briefs: RH UK Adds Digital Distribution Service; S&S Downplays PR for Posnanski Bio of Paterno; Rudin, Diller “Exploring” eBooks; And More
Random House UK‘s distribution unit–which include The Book Service and Grantham Book Services–is partnering with ePubDirect to offer a digital distribution service. It “includes e-book storage” and “global distribution in multiple formats to a growing list of customers which allows current access to over 1,000 e-tailers worldwide, and over 25,000 libraries.” ePubDirect CEO Gareth Cuddy says, “I am hugely excited about this agreement with Random House Distribution through TBS and GBS. We have developed our expertise over the last number of years working with many leading publishers and we know that Publisher sales thrive when fuelled by speed, innovation, reach […]
Amazon Lists Top Fall Picks
Amazon’s website book editors, led by Sara Nelson (whose title is Editorial Director of Books and Kindle, Amazon.com), posted their Fall Books Preview, include their picks for “fall’s ten most intriguing releases” along with a variety of recommendations across multiple categories. Their top ten, in alphabetical order: Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t, by Stephen Colbert The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy), by Justin Cronin Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy, by Ken Follett Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolve The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling Joseph Anton: […]
Fifty Shades Trilogy Nears Sales of 20 Million in the US, 31 Million In English
Vintage’s editions of EL James’s Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy sold 19.4 million units in the US through July 2, and 31 million units in English around the world. US sales remain almost equally split between trade paperbacks (9.8 million copies) and ebooks (9.6 million units), the WSJ writes in an advance look at Vintage’s press release. Those sales comprise approximately $145 million for Vintage–but also closer to $225 million for Random House, which licensed world English rights. James’ books, reissued four months ago, have comprised as much as 20 percent of all print adult fiction sales in the US […]
Stedman’s Debut Tops August Indie Next List
The No. 1 pick on the ABA’s August 2012 Indie Next list is M.L. Stedman’s debut novel THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS–which was also one of the featured excerpts in our popular free ebook anthology of selections from over 30 big forthcoming books, BEA BUZZ BOOKS. Also sampled there and on the August list is Peter Heller’s debut novel. Most of the excerpted titles release later in the year (and into next January), so if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s as relevant now as it was when we released it before BEA. Pick up the “trade version” at the […]