Simon & Schuster opened their 100th anniversary season with a blockbuster double-header. On Monday night, they featured over 30 prominent S&S authors on stage at The Town Hall (expertly curated by Cary Goldstein) in a surprisingly entertaining evening, and on Tuesday night they gathered well over 1,000 people in a party at Chelsea Piers. Monday’s event highlighted authors from across the company’s divisions, including many who have substantial history of their own with the house — starting with Doris Kearns Goodwin, who has published with S&S for almost half of those 100 years, beginning in 1977, and finishing with Bob […]
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Hans Christian Andersen Award
IBBY announced the winners for its 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's books are Heinz Janisch from Austria for writing and Sydney Smith from Canada for illustration.
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlist
Five authors from Canada and the US have been shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
Ingram Clarifies Procedures For Former SPD Clients
Further to Monday’s reporting on unclaimed SPD inventory, Ingram clarified procedures for impacted small publishers, stating that there is “some flexibility” on the time frame. A recent email informed former SPD clients that they would need to complete a request to relocate their inventories by April 17 and that any inventory remaining at the Ingram distribution center after 60 days would be recycled. They write in an email to PL, “While we have some flexibility within the 60-day timeframe to retrieve inventory, we do ask for a prompt response to expediate their desired next steps, which includes the necessary movement […]
New Books Publishing April 9
This week’s fiction releases include novels by Leigh Bardugo, Lionel Shriver, and Megan Miranda, while Anne Lamott, Hampton Sides, and James Patterson and Matt Eversmann publish new nonfiction works. Also out this week is Etta Easton’s THE KISS COUNTDOWN, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Romance anthology. 25 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-9 15 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-9 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out April‘s 104 fiction releases, 48 […]