For the second month in a row, a debut novel (and a title featured in our Buzz Books Fall/Winter edition) — All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai — tops the Indie Next list. The full February list includes: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney The Girl Before, by J.P. Delaney The Impossible Fortress, by Jason Rekulak A Separation, by Katie Kitamura Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough Perfect Little World, by Kevin Wilson Swimming Lessons, by Claire Fuller 4 3 2 1, by Paul Auster […]
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Libby McGuire has joined The Gernert Company as an agent. Most recently she was publisher at Ballantine Bantam Dell, which she left a year ago. David Gernert said in the announcement: “Having worked with Libby for years I have no doubt that she will be a terrific, and terrifically successful, agent. And her vast experience in publishing will be helpful to us in a variety of ways.” McGuire added: “I have long admired the talent and strategy of The Gernert Company, so when I made the decision to become an agent, they were my first choice. I am thrilled to […]
Amazon Plans Manhattan Bookstore at Time Warner Center for Spring
With Amazon set to open their fourth and fifth bookstores in Chicago and Dedham, MA shortly, the company now says they expect to open a store in New York’s Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle this spring. The WSJ reports that the company confirmed plans for 4,000-square-foot store in the building’s retail mall. Last July, the NY Post had reported that Amazon was preparing to lease in the Hudson Yards development on the West Side, but that space would not open until late 2018 or early 2019. They also have been hiring for second Boston-area books store, north of the […]
More January Picks
Adding to the monthly recommendations, iBooks has listed their top 5 books across four categories — adding to the consensus on Shanthi Sekaran’s novel, which you can sample now in our January Buzz Books alongside Stephanie Garber’s Caraval — including: Fiction Lucky Boy, Shanthi Sekaran Transit, Rachel Cusk 4 3 2 1, Paul Auster The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden Little Deaths, Emma Flint Nonfiction Reality Is Not What It Seems, Carlo Rovelli The Lost City of the Monkey God, Douglas Preston The Telomere Effect, Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel The New Odyssey, Patrick Kingsley A Really Good Day, Ayelet […]
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Mary Pachnos, who has worked in association with Aitken Alexander Associates for the last 20 years, retired at the end of 2016. Her next phase will include volunteering as a guide at London Zoo. Marilyn Dahl has retired as editor of Shelf Awareness for Readers after twelve years with the publication. Dahl is succeeded by Stefanie Hargreaves as editor, effective Tuesday. Greaves has worked as an editor, bookseller, and reviewer for Ballantine, Girl Friday Productions, HarperCollins, Amazon.com and Book Page. Robbin Brosterman is joining Bright USA on January 9 as an agent in in the company’s New York office. Most recently […]
Hachette Book Group’s New Year’s Letter
HBG USA ceo Michael Pietsch wrote to staff with new year’s greetings instead of a holiday year-end letter, noting highlights of 2016–led by the acquisition of the Perseus Books imprints, which bolstered their “primary strategic goal” of growing the company. Without the Perseus titles, core HBG sales “decreased somewhat from 2015, primarily from declines in ebook and paperback sales and the transition of Yen Press to a joint venture.” But Pietsch says that core profits grew “by around 25 percent,” due in part to “care with costs,” with Perseus adding to both sales and profits. Looking ahead, he promises “we will soon […]