At Pearson, Alexa Christon has been promoted to chief marketing officer, reporting to chief corporate affairs officer, Deirdre Latour. Robb Forman Dew, 73, author of fiction, memoirs, essays, criticism, and cookbooks, died on May 22. Her 1981 novel, Dale Loves Sophie to Death, won the National Book Award (then known as the American Book Award) for a…
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Nonfiction Part 1
Our season preview from our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler continues with nonfiction. Because of the number of titles, we have divided the preview in half, today featuring fall and winter books about politics and current events, social issues, and science and technology. The coming season includes titles from Al Sharpton, Claudia Rankine, Eula Biss, Laila…
Summer Plans: PRH Will Work at Home at Least Through Labor Day, HBG to Reopen in Phases, and NYU Goes Online
In a May 26 letter to employees, PRH US ceo Madeline McIntosh officially announced that work from home will continue at least through the summer: “For those of us who ‘usually’ work in offices, we will continue to work in our remote status at least until after Labor Day.” The company is surveying employees about…
Briefs
Forthcoming J.K. Rowling will publish a new standalone book for children, THE ICKABOG, in November 2020. Rowling writes on her website that she wrote it “in fits and starts between Potter books, intending to publish it after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” She will post free serialized chapters every weekday between May 26 and July…
Billionaire Arnault Buys Stake In Arnaud Lagardere’s Holding Company
Lagardere has enlisted another billionaire to keep the company and its controlling owner solvent during the pandemic. Longtime family friend Bernard Arnault’s investment firm Groupe Arnault has agreed to buy 25 percent of Lagardère Capital & Management, the holding company of Arnaud Lagardere. Arnault is reportedly paying less than €100 million for the stake. LCM…
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Commercial
We continue to present extracts from our big Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter overview, today highlighting commercial fiction. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss., or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. Buzz Books Fall/Winter includes work from Ken Follett and Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith….