Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Spring/Summer 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 or Edelweiss or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And on Wednesday, January 25th we’ll convene our live Buzz Books Editors Panel with moderator Michael Cader hosting six editors and their authors discussing some of the season’s potential breakout titles. In commercial fiction, there are new titles to look forward to from some of the biggest names in publishing. Brandon Sanderson is […]
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Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Spring/Summer 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 or Edelweiss. or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. The coming season is packed with big names and promising debuts. Spring brings short stories from Kelly Link; Emma Cline’s sophomore novel; the next installment in Colson Whitehead’s Harlem saga; two new works of fiction from Margaret Atwood; and more. Our sampler includes new work from Jamel Brinkley and Patrick deWitt, and an excerpt […]
2022: The Year In Deals
Today we report both fourth quarter and full-year 2022 statistics for US deal reports. Dealmaking patterns were somewhat in line with sales in 2022, as most key domestic deal statistics ebbed from record levels in 2021 but still held at high levels relative to previous years. Things did soften after a strong first quarter, and then picked up a bit in the fourth quarter. In particular: – US deals finished down by only 1.5 percent, with just over 7,000 reported transactions — still 8.9 percent more transactions than we recorded in 2020, and well ahead of earlier years. – Adult Fiction rose […]
Our Next Buzz Books Editors Panel
We are open for registration for our sixth virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, convening on Wednesday, January 25th at 7 PM Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with Publisher Lunch founder Michael Cader hosting. You can register here — and the first 50 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. On January 17th, a week ahead of the panel, we’ll release the next packed edition of our popular digital sampler, Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer, with substantial excerpts from all of the Editors Panel books, along […]
Dohle Steps Down As CEO of Penguin Random House; Malaviya Is “Interim Successor”
Bertelsmann announced Friday morning that Markus Dohle will step down as CEO of Penguin Random House at the end of 2022, and will resign his seat on the Bertelsmann Executive Board, “at his own request and on the best of mutual terms.” President & COO of Penguin Random House US Nihar Malaviya will serve as “interim successor,” reporting to Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe and joining Bertelsmann’s Group Management Committee (GMC). The moves follow the company’s lengthy effort to acquire Simon & Schuster that ended with the deal being blocked by the court. Dohle said in the announcement: “Following the antitrust […]
Last Call for Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer
Publishers: If you haven’t submitted your title nominations for the forthcoming Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer sampler, you need to do so by Friday, October 14th. For more information, or if you missed your invitation, please contact Robin Dellabough, robin@publishersmarketplace.com. We’ll have a separate call/reminder for flagging your notable titles for our big seasonal previews, so stay tuned.