Today we unveil the last piece of our more than year-long process to redesign and update PublishersMarketplace.com: A terrific new look for PM Member Pages. You can see a few examples here, here, here and here. In addition to the updated look that’s in harmony with our sitewide redesign, new functionality means that agent and editor pages will automatically pull in your latest deals from our deals database. Our development team has done their best to map the new design to our previous member page templates, so you should not experience any major issues when you update your page (and thanks […]
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Expanded Matcher Includes Editors, Too
Over the weekend we went live with our newest update of Matcher, our AI-powered feature that searches and analyzes deals, dealmakers and related data. using natural language descriptions of your work. The new Editor Matcher will help you find editors that “match” your submissions, just as Agent Matcher helps find agents that “match” your manuscript. Editor Matcher works the same way as Agent Matcher, producing a list of the most likely editors who have acquired similar projects and follows with a second list of possible matches to investigate. But with his update, we have significantly upgraded the matching itself — […]
Introducing The New List
Backlist titles increasingly dominate the publishing landscape, comprising approximately 70 percent of all print book sales. The same statistic is true for top selling titles—of the top 200 books in 2022 and 2023, about 70 percent were published more than a year prior. Those older titles monopolize media bestseller lists, including the New York Times, leaving unrecognized many of the books that publishing staff are working on right now. But the original purpose of bestseller lists was to help readers recognize the hot new titles in the market. To help highlight which new titles are selling, we’re proud to announce […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Season Preview: Fiction
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler, with excerpts from an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley and Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. It’s another exciting season of new books ahead. Readers will find their way to the books previewed here and others yet to be discovered. To help you sift through the many thousands of planned fall and winter titles, we’ve selected what we think are among the most […]
Final Reminder: Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel Tonight
There’s still time to register for our virtual Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel happening TONIGHT at 7:00 PM Eastern. Please note, we are using a new, simplified platform for the panel — so you don’t have to deal with a Zoom app or an Eventbrite login. Just click on the link in your registration email and you will able to watch from within your browser! You can register here. This is your chance to hear from the authors and editors of some of the fall’s next potential breakout books! Be sure to download our latest digital sampler, Buzz Books […]
The Next Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel Is A Week Away
One of the industry’s favorite events—five great editors, in conversation with five breakout authors—is just a week away. Watch Helen Atsma, Deb Futter, George Gibson, Olivia Taylor Smith and Emily Wunderlich discuss five worthy fall “buzz” titles with the authors, hosted by the book expert Leigh Haber and co-presented by the American Booksellers Association. We’re using a new platform that we hope makes everything even smoother for attendees, but it will help if you register to hold your place now. As usual, the first 25 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. Earlier in […]