The UK remains a leaky cauldron for newsmaking books, with the Guardian obtaining a copy of Michael Wolff’s SIEGE: Trump Under Fire, due for publication on June 4. (The Guardian was the first to break the embargo on FIRE AND FURY as well, though they underplayed the book’s contents; and when Wikileaks tried to punish…
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Imprints & Forthcoming: Penguin Adds Life; Little, Brown Is Voracious; Mattis Book Publishes Soon
Imprints Penguin Publishing Group will import their version of the Penguin Life line in the UK, across three imprints: Starting in January 2020, titles that focus on inspiration, personal development, lifestyle, and healthy living will come from Viking Life, Penguin Life, and Pamela Dorman Books. Starting with will four titles, together the lines expect to…
People, Etc.: Remembering Bernstein, and More
Georgia Bodnar has been promoted to editor at Viking. Amy Sun has been promoted to associate editor at Viking. Jeramie Orton has been promoted to associate editor at Pamela Dorman Books. John Glynn has been promoted to senior editor at Hanover Square Press. At Random House Children’s, in the marketing department, Elizabeth Ward has been…
Michael Wolff’s Siege: Trump Under Fire Publishes June 4
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…
People, Etc.
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…