As government officials look to leave the “controversial precincts of Trump World” their job options are slimmer than usual. Many find their way to literary agents Matt Latimer and Keith Urbahn at Javelin who “have turned this professional abyss into their market niche,” the NYT Magazine writes. The right book deal provides money as well…
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Penguin Random House Acquires UK’s Little Tiger Group
Penguin Random House has acquired UK children’s publisher and packager Little Tiger Group, with the deal to close on April 1. CEO and cofounder of Little Tiger Group Monty Bhatia will report to Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s, who “initiated and led the acquisition.” Little Tiger will be run as a…
AAP’s January StatShot Shows 7 Percent Decline in Adult Trade
The AAP released their StatShot publisher-reported monthly sales statistics for January. As we have explained before, the statistics for any given month turn out to have little or no statistical significance, particular for the print categories. The current report has adult trade sales at $352.5 in January 2019 (down 7 percent from $380 million last…
March Picks From Reese, Apple Books
Last summer Reese Witherspoon‘s production company Hello Sunshine and Amazon Studios announced a co-production of a 13-episode series based on Taylor Jenkins Reid‘s forthcoming DAISY JONES & THE SIX. So it should be surprise that the book is also the March pick for Witherspoon’s book club (as well as Amazon’s “spotlight pick” for the month)….
YA Author Kosoko Jackson Cancels Book After Online Criticism
Debut YA author Kosoko Jackson has withdrawn his book A Place for Wolves from publication after it was called culturally insensitive in online reviews. Originally due out from Sourcebooks Fire on March 26, the book centers on a queer love story between two non-Muslim Americans during the Kosovan Genocide. Jackson pulled the book when Goodreads…
Self-Publishing Group Accused of Stacking Nebula Nominations
The 2018 Nebula Award finalists, announced last week, have sparked controversy in the science fiction and fantasy community, drawing accusations that a self-publishing group called 20Booksto50K stacked this year’s list with a slate of self-published authors they selected. The Nebulas are voted on by SFWA members, and according to a post by author Cora Buhlert,…