Relief Simon & Schuster announced a new program to help indie bookstores impacted by COVID-19. The program includes “dating on open invoices (customers should contact their CFS credit representative to discuss options), extra discount and dating for a reopening order between now and the end of August, and enhanced terms for orders during the Fall bookselling season. Booksellers should contact their sales representatives for more information.” Events Helping to answer the question of how do you explain this to your children, a virtual #Kidlit Rally for Black Lives, organized by authors Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jason Reynolds, and hosted […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing June 2
It’s another big launch week for new titles. 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: 23 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-2 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_June_2/216959 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-2 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_2/216960 6 new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-june https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_in_June/216958 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to […]
Briefs
Forthcoming J.K. Rowling will publish a new standalone book for children, THE ICKABOG, in November 2020. Rowling writes on her website that she wrote it “in fits and starts between Potter books, intending to publish it after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” She will post free serialized chapters every weekday between May 26 and July 10 on The Ickabog website, and invites children to create illustrations, some of which will be selected for various editions of the book. Rowling promises to give all royalties “to help groups who’ve been particularly impacted by the pandemic.” Her list of people to thank […]
New Books Publishing May 26
The unofficial start of the summer brings some commercial fiction to market — Brown, Connelly, Roberts, Thayer, Woods and more — among the many new titles of note publishing today. 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: 14 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-26 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_26/216881 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-on-may-26 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_26/216882 More new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-may https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_May/215942 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference […]
New Books Publishing May 19
Suzanne Collins‘ Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the week’s biggest release, with Curtis Sittenfeld’s RODHAM and Andre Leon Talley’s THE CHIFFON TRENCHES already receiving a lot of attention. But there are plenty of other new titles of note publishing today. 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: 16 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-19 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_19/216075 9 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-on-may-19 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_19/216076 More new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-may https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_May/215942
Great Excerpts: The New Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter Samplers
With the season’s book events cancelled and digital promotion taking on a more important role than ever, today we launch two installments in the most successful sampler program in publishing: Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter and Buzz Books 2020: Romance. The Fall/Winter sampler presents excerpts from 30 highly anticipated fall titles, bringing together debut voices, beloved authors, breakout books, provocative nonfiction, and a selection of new YA titles as well. Plus, the anthology begins with a comprehensive preview from Publishers Lunch of hundreds of noteworthy Fall/Winter books to have on your radar. It’s all the fun and discovery of galley grabbing […]