Brenda Bowen will join The Book Group as senior agent, with a mission to grow the agency’s children’s business, particularly middle-grade fiction and picture books, starting July 1. She has been at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates since 2009. At Portfolio/Sentinel, Tara Gilbride was promoted to vp, director of marketing and publicity, following the departure of…
Holmes’ Evvie Drake Starts Over Tops June’s Library Reads
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes is the top pick for June’s Library Reads list. The other selections: Ayesha at Last, by Uzma Jalaluddin Call Your Daughter Home, by Deb Spera City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert Fix Her Up, by Tessa Bailey Kingdom of Exiles, by Maxym M. Martineau Magic for Liars, by…
Michael Wolff’s Siege: Trump Under Fire Publishes June 4
Holt announced Wednesday that they will release Michael Wolff’s follow up to Fire and Fury on June 4. The publisher says that Siege: Trump Under Fire is “an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side.” It “begins just as Trump’s second year as president is getting…
The Latest Big Buzz Books Fall/Winter Sampler, Just in Time for Book Expo
With Book Expo just two weeks away, today we launch Buzz Books 2019: Fall/Winter and the companion Buzz Books 2019 Young Adult: Fall/Winter. As usual, the samplers are the best way to prepare for the convention and the publishing season ahead, with more than 50 substantial pre-publication excerpts from major authors, as well as breakout and discovery books…
People, Etc.
Nicole Bond will join Atria Books on May 28 as vp, director of subsidiary rights, reporting to Libby McGuire. She was director, subsidiary rights working on the Grand Central, Hachette Nashville, and Hachette Books divisions. At Doubleday, Lauren Weber has been named associate director of marketing and Michael Goldsmith has been named associate director of…
Hachette Book Group, IPG Add Distribution Programs for Indies; Pottermore Moves to New Warner JV, and More
The steady stream continues of publishers offering programs to encourage independent booksellers to order directly, following Baker & Taylor‘s announcement on May 1 that they will withdraw from trade wholesaling. The latest announcements are from Hachette Book Group and Independent Publishers Group. Under the HBG plan, any independent bookstore who does not already have an…