Last week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Fall/Winter sampler, with excerpts from an array of great fiction. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And this Wednesday, May 17th we’ll convene our live Buzz Books Editors Panel with moderator Leigh Haber hosting five editors and their authors discussing some of the season’s potential breakout titles. Be sure to register today. Our season preview installment from Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter continues with these nonfiction categories: Essays & Criticism; Biographies and Memoirs; Politics & Current Events. As always, biographies […]
Flatiron’s Big Summer Book is BTS Oral History
Flatiron Books confirmed to various media outlets that their major nonfiction book publishing on July 9 is BEYOND THE STORY: 10-Year Record of BTS, an oral history of the blockbuster Korean band written with journalist Myeongseok Kang. Big Hit Music will publish in South Korea. It was translated into English by Anton Hur, Clare Richards, and Slin Jung. The announcement follows a week of speculation about the book, which was launched to booksellers with a plan to reveal the author and title on June 13. Initial guesses that it could have been a Taylor Swift memoir drove initial press and […]
Publishers and IA “Cautiously Optimistic” Negotiations Could End Soon
As AAP ceo Maria Pallante implied at the organization’s annual meeting, the publishers and the Internet Archive asked Federal judge John Koeltl for yet another postponement to file a proposal for judgment to be entered following his verdict finding the IA guilty of copyright infringement. But the parties see the possibility of resolution soon, writing: “Since our last extension request, the parties have resolved all but a few substantive issues with respect to injunctive relief, and expect that further discussion will resolve all but potentially one. The parties have also had a further exchange of proposals regarding the resolution of […]
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Harper Sales Remain Flat as Amazon Orders Pick Up
News Corp reported results for the third quarter ended March 31, with sales at Harper Collins flat at $515 million. Higher sales in the Christian division made up for a 2 percent negative FX impact. The company’s top titles in the quarter were The Courage to Be Free by Ron DeSantis, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and Never, Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher. EBITDA was down 9 percent to $61 million, “driven by ongoing supply chain, inventory and inflationary pressures on manufacturing, freight and distribution costs,” which contributed to a cost increase of 1 percent. The company’s press […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Commercial Fiction
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Book 2023: Fall/Winter sampler, with excerpts from an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And on Wednesday, May 17th we’ll convene our live Buzz Books Editors Panel with moderator Leigh Haber hosting five editors and their authors discussing some of the season’s potential breakout titles. Some of the biggest names in publishing have books coming out in fall and winter, from Jessica Knoll, Stephen King, and Walter Mosley, to Brandon […]