Deal reports rebounded in the first quarter of 2024, likely helped by an early convening of the London Book Fair and driven by strong investment in adult books. The gains come in comparison to a lower bar from a year ago, when Harper Collins was dealing with a strike and cutbacks. This quarter’s deal volumes were nearly back to the record total from 2022, and six-figure sales hit a new high. Adult fiction sales set a new record, up 20 percent over last year. Adult nonfiction recovered meaningfully from last year’s lull, gaining 10 percent, though still well off its […]
April Book Club Picks
Spotify’s New Audiobook Plan To Launch In Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand
Spotify’s new audiobook plan, which gives Premium subscribers 15 hours of audiobooks per month, will launch in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand on April 9. The plan previously took effect in the US, the UK, and Australia last fall. Subscribers will have access to 250,000 titles. Payment terms for publishers and authors remain opaque.
Obituary: Maryse Conde
Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé, 90, author of more than 20 novels including Segu and The Children of Segu, as well as memoirs, essays, and children’s books, has died.
Distribution: BenBella Books, Chalkboard Publishing
Simon & Schuster will sell and distribute BenBella Books effective January 1, 2025, moving over from Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Ampersand will now handle sales for Chalkboard Publishing.
New Books Publishing April 2
This week’s fiction releases include new books by Amor Towles, Cixin Liu, and Crystal Hana Kim. Maggie Nelson, Lydia Millet, Ronda Rousey, and Rebel Wilson publish nonfiction works this week, while April’s YA releases include a new novel by Mariko Turk. Also out this week is THE BEAUTY OF FALLING by Claudia de Rham, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer anthology. 31 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-2 15 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-2 20 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/april-2024-children-s-new-releases From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling […]