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Tennis, Tarot, and Call of Duty: Five Romance Novels in Conversation
Viewers of Tuesday night’s Buzz Books Romance panel got an early peek at five swoon-worthy forthcoming books via lively discussions between their authors and editors. It was a diverse group of titles covering dark, contemporary, sports, military, and fantasy romance—and if you couldn’t attend live, you can now watch the conversations on YouTube. For Jane Costello, author of tennis romance FORTY LOVE, it was important to write a romance novel with representation of older women: “I got to my late 40s and I just couldn’t find exactly the book I wanted to read… where the main protagonist was my age… […]
Distribution: Gungnir Publishing
Gungnir Publishing, which publishes graphic novel and speculative fiction and is run by former Heavy Metal magazine ceo Matt Medney, will be sold and distributed by Macmillan. The company publishes under the imprints Storyteller Media, Asgard Books and Rogue Matter. Publishing entrepreneur and long ago publisher of Barnes & Noble’s publishing division Michael Friedman helped broker the relationship.
Ask an Expert: Digital Marketer Emily Ritter
Emily Ritter has over a decade of marketing experience working in-house at Simon & Schuster and Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Most recently she was the director of brand development for Sarah J. Maas and previously, the assistant director of digital marketing for teen books at Simon & Schuster, leading the Simon Teen brand. In 2024, she started Emily Ritter Digital Marketing to help more authors find accessible ways to promote themselves and their books online. What does a good social media presence look like for an author when they’re querying or just starting out? What about later in their career? While […]
Publishers, Authors, Win Florida Book Banning Suit
A federal judge has sided with six publishers, the Authors Guild, and several authors and students in their lawsuit against Florida over HB 1069, an “overbroad and unconstitutional” law which bans books that “describe sexual content” in school libraries. The law made unavailable books including Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, and titles by author plaintiffs Julia Alvarez, John Green, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Angie Thomas. “None of these books are obscene,” writes Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida in his decision. “The restrictions placed on these books are thus […]