There’s still time to register for our virtual Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel happening TONIGHT at 7:00 PM Eastern. Please note, we are using a new, simplified platform for the panel — so you don’t have to deal with a Zoom app or an Eventbrite login. Just click on the link in your registration email and you will able to watch from within your browser! You can register here. This is your chance to hear from the authors and editors of some of the fall’s next potential breakout books! Be sure to download our latest digital sampler, Buzz Books […]
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Conor Mintzer has been promoted to assistant director, publishing operations at Henry Holt.
Authors Talk: Terah Shelton Harris
Long After We Are Gone (Sourcebooks Landmark, May 14, 2024. Editor: Erin McClary. Agent: Abby Saul at The Lark Group.) Terah Shelton Harris is a librarian and freelance writer, who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in consumer and trade magazines including Catapult, Women’s Health, Backpacker, and more. How did you find your agent? I love this question because it gives me an opportunity to tell my unique story. My editor, Erin McClary, responded to my query and first 50 pages, asking for the full manuscript. It was a miracle that I […]
Abrams Acquires Taunton Books
Just months after the Taunton Press was sold to Active Interest Media last December, the new owners have sold off the Taunton Books imprint, to Abrams. AIM ceo Andrew Clurman said in the announcement, “After a review of the business and competitive landscape, it made sense for a larger trade industry player to be the home for the Taunton Books division. We feel that Abrams is the right fit and can provide focus on this business, allowing Active Interest Media to concentrate on its core competencies, producing consumer and trade magazines, websites, events, and education. We are working closely with […]
Distribution: Tokyopop
Starting January 1, 2025, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute manga publisher Tokyopop‘s frontlist and backlist across all sales channels worldwide. Tokyopop moves over from IPG.
Nobel Laureate Alice Munro Dies
Alice Munro, 92, Canadian short story writer and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, died on Monday night at her care home in Ontario. Munro was born in 1931 and published her first short story collection, Dance of the Happy Shades, in 1968. She was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2009 for her lifetime body of work. Penguin Random House Canada issued this statement. CEO of Penguin Random House Canada Kristin Cochrane said, “Alice Munro is a national treasure—a writer of enormous depth, empathy, and humanity whose work is read, admired, and cherished by readers throughout […]