Oprah Winfrey chose Lara Love Hardin’s The Many Lives of Mama Love as her next book club pick.
New Books Publishing February 27
Tommy Orange and Anna Quindlen publish novels this week, while new nonfiction includes works by Sloane Crosley, Kara Swisher, and Deborah Jackson Taffa. Also out this week is Madeleine Gray’s GREEN DOT, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter anthology. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-february-27 11 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-february-27 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 February‘s 68 fiction releases, 42 works of nonfiction; and 26 children’s titles; plus […]
People 2/26
Longtime Yale University Press director John Donatich will retire at the end of June 2025.
People 2/23
David Howe has been promoted to associate editor at Harper.
Penguin Random House US to Open Export Distribution Center in the UK
Penguin Random House US will open a new distribution center in the UK to supply export sales to continental Europe, which ceo Nihar Malaviya says they “currently expect to be operational next year, likely summer 2025.” Those sales have been serviced from the company’s US warehouse. The company will also develop local UK-based printing of at least some of those US titles. The new facility is actually a current PRH UK distribution center — in Grantham, England, where the UK division is exiting their third-party distribution business Grantham Book Services and was due to close down the plant and lay […]
Obituary: Herman Parish, Joey Paul
Herman Parish, 71, author of 59 Amelia Bedelia books, died on February 10. Parish’s aunt Peggy Parish created the series when he was in fourth grade, and Herman resumed the series in 1995 after her death. The books have sold 55 million copies worldwide. His publisher Harper Collins writes, “He cared deeply about bringing Amelia Bedelia to life for young readers and about making the very best book possible. We will fondly remember his snappy bow ties, his anecdotes and stories, his humor and kindness, his vision and fierce dedication to the timeless Amelia Bedelia, and his magic with words.” […]