Book Expo continues to adjust their chairs, announcing in a letter to exhibitors that the 2020 show will — yet again — return to a schedule featuring one day of programming and education (on Wednesday, May 27) and two days only of trade show exhibitions, on Thursday and Friday (closing at 3:00 PM). For the…
Briefs: New from Owens and Clintons, The Atwood Review Embargo, and More
Forthcoming Delia Owens‘ WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, will be published in a Spanish-language edition in the US and Canada by Vintage Español. La chica salvaje will release in trade paperback on October 29, with Penguin Random House Audio publishing the audio edition. (That’s the title used by El Ático de los Libros in Barcelona, which…
Random House Publisher Susan Kamil Dies
Random House Publishing Group president and publisher Gina Centrello announced to staff Monday morning that Random House publisher Susan Kamil, 69, died on Sunday “from a sudden illness…after complications from lung cancer.” Centrello wrote: “Her loss is shattering in so many ways. Susan was a brilliant editor, who guided her beloved authors through the creative…
People: NBF to Honor Teicher, and More
American Booksellers Association ceo Oren Teicher, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be honored with the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Author and bookseller Ann Patchett will present the award at the National Book Awards ceremony on November 20. Marleen Reimer has joined…
High-Profile CIA Memoir Still Awaiting Formal Prepublication Approval
Journalist Yashar Ali reported earlier this week that former CIA officer Amaryllis Fox — whose book LIFE UNDERCOVER: Coming of Age in the CIA is scheduled for publication on October 15 by Knopf — has not yet received written approval to publish from the CIA’s Publications Review Board. Nonetheless, a Knopf spokesperson tells PL, “We…
Audible Tells Self-Published Authors They’ll Delay Captions Until “The Legal Proceeding Is Resolved”
While large publishers took the lead in suing to block the Audible Captions initiative, authors who control their own audiobook rights and have produced titles through Audible’s ACX program expressed concerns that their titles were in line to be “captioned” without their prior consent as well. As a group, those authors comprise a major supplier,…