Though presidential politics has dominated commercial frontlist publishing, the just-announced longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction follows a different course, though many of the books still deal with the political and social issues of the day. Norton has four titles in contention: Michelle Bowdler, Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and…
Sargent to Leave Macmillan Over “Disagreements Regarding the Direction,” Weisberg to Take Over
Holtzbrinck announced Thursday morning that longtime ceo of Macmillan John Sargent will leave the company on January 1 “as a result of disagreements regarding the direction of Macmillan.” President of Macmillan US Trade Don Weisberg will take over in 2021 as ceo of Macmillan’s English-language trade publishers, and general manager of Macmillan Learning Susan Winslow…
First Volume of President Obama’s Memoir to Publish November 17
Consistent with the leak earlier this week, Crown announced that it will publish Barack Obama’s A PROMISED LAND on November 17, for simultaneous release in 25 languages. This will be the first in what the publisher now says is two volumes of presidential memoirs. Crown says they will print 3 million hardcovers, and once again…
People, Etc.
Longtime Holt executive editor Barbara Jones will leave the company on October 16, “first to dedicate a few weeks to getting out the vote and thereafter to apply her editorial pencil elsewhere.” Editor-in-chief Sarah Crichton wrote to staff, “An active member of Holt’s D&I Council from its early days, and a dear friend as well…
National Books Awards Longlists: Translated Literature and Poetry
Announcements of the National Book Award longlists continued, first with the nominees for Translated Literature on Wednesday, and then with the poetry candidates on Thursday: Shokoofeh Azar, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Europa Editions) Translated, from the Persian, by Anonymous Linda Boström Knausgård, The Helios Disaster (World Editions) Translated, from the Swedish, by Rachel…
National Book Awards Longlists Begin With YA
The National Book Awards announced their 10-title longlist for young adult literature. All of the authors on the list this year are first time nominees. Finalists will be announced on October 6. Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Press) Traci Chee, We Are Not Free (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s) Evette Dionne, Lifting as We…