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 A Year After Hurricane, Houston Booksellers Prove Resilient
A year after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston and the nearby gulf coast, the area's indie booksellers are still dealing with its impact. more »  Rona Jaffe Award Winners Announced for 2018 Writers Chelsea Bieker, Lisa Chen, Lydia Conklin, Gabriela Garcia, Karen Outen, and Alison C. Rollins have been awarded the 2018 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards, which honors women writers early in their writing careers. more »  Small Shifts for Christian Fiction To counter some softness in the category, authors try new genres. more »  Tumble into 'Sheets' by Brenna Thummler Today! Thirteen-year-old Marjorie Glatt’s laundry business is confronted by mysterious mishaps when a ghost named Wendell turns Glatt’s Laundry into his midnight playground. While Wendell attempts to create an afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain. 'Sheets' is in stores now from CubHouse! (Sponsored) More » 
James Iacobelli, formerly
art director at HarperCollins, is joining Atria Publishing Group as art
director, effective September 4.
Mick Silva has joined HarperCollins
Christian Publishing. as senior acquisitions editor.
Stacy Eisenstark, formerly
editor at Texas A&M University Press, is joining University of California
Press as acquisitions editor in environmental studies.
Molly Fletcher has been promoted to
marketing associate for e-commerce at Sourcebooks.
Leyla Parada has been promoted to
contracts attorney at Sourcebooks.
Annie Berger has been promoted to senior
editor for Jabberwocky and Fire at Sourcebooks.
Katelyn Beaty has been named acquisitions
editor at Brazos Press.
 The Soda Goes Pop In This New Novel The rise and fall of a soft drink dynasty follows the course of an American century in Snowden Wright's 'American Pop.' more » »
Sargent to Give CEO Talk at Frankfurt Book Fair 2018 John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, will be featured at this year’s Frankfurt CEO talk on Wednesday, October 10. more » »
North Carolina
Bookseller Talks Shop: 'Writer Unboxed' interviews Beth Seufer
Buss, the community outreach manager of Bookmarks in North Carolina.
Georgia Store
Crowdsources Funds: Avid Bookshop in Athens, Ga., is raising
$10,000 on GoFundMe to repair a location damaged by flooding.
Asian
Bookselling Conference Convenes: The Asian Bookstore Forum in
Chengdu, China, hosted hundreds of booksellers to discuss best practices.
China Sponsors
Global Pop-Up Stores: China exerts soft power with its
"My China Bookshelf" pop-up stores, offering 1,000 titles in
locations around the world.
The Best
Bookstores in Coventry: 'The Culture Trip' offers a list of
the top five bookstores in and around Coventry in the United Kingdom.
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to join the bookselling conversation in PW's Facebook group for
booksellers.
Amazon Merges
CreateSpace, KDP Print: A new notice has been posted to Createspace
user dashboards, informing them that CS is merging into KDP Print.
'By the Book,'
By the Gender: A look at "By the Book" columns in
the 'New York Times' shows male authors are four times more likely to
recommend books by men than by women.
Mailer at the
1968 DNC : Fifty years ago this week, the Democrats held their
National Convention in Chicago. It was a disaster—and Norman Mailer knew it.
A House for
Mr. Ṣóyínká: If the location of Nobel laureate Wọlé Ṣóyínká's estate, deep in the Nigerian bush, inconveniences his
visitors, he clearly delights in their discomfort.
Have We Ever
Had Enough Time to Read?: For women of the 18th Century, the
answer was a resounding "no."
 Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List 'Girl, Wash Your Face' by Rachel Hollis is the #1 title on PW's adult hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. See the full list » »
  'So Far So Good: Poems
2014–2018' by Ursula K. Le Guin "These poems are candid in the extreme, casual in the faces of death, funny, glum, reverent, irreverent, certain, uncertain, but never trivial, never an afterthought." more » »
#IndieBookCrawl for Teachers Elizabeth Bluemle
A Rochester teacher’s brilliant book idea.
 Two Writers Meet In Connecticut M.J. Rose (l.) and Randy Susan Meyers held a joint signing at R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Conn., earlier this month to celebrate their recent releases. Meyers’s 'The Widow of Wall Street' (Atria) came out in trade paperback in June, and Rose published the historical fiction 'Tiffany Blues' (Atria). Courtesy Atria |
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 Trump, Fighting Omarosa, Fixes His Gaze On S&S Months after President Donald Trump's lawyers slapped Macmillan with a cease-and-desist letter in advance of the publication of Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury,' the president has done the same to Simon & Schuster and Omarosa Manigault Newman's 'Unhinged.' more »  Curiosity Books Debuts First List This Fall Curiosity Ink Media, a recently formed media company with a mission to create original family-friendly TV and film animation and revitalize dormant properties, is launching a children’s publishing imprint, called Curiosity Books. more »  Authors Crowdfund Online YA Anthology Project YA authors Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma have launched an Indiegogo campaign for 'Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology, a free, monthly online publication featuring YA short stories from underrepresented voices. The team reached its goal of $16,000 in less than two weeks and is continuing to raise funds for the project. more » 
Stacy Horowitz has been named partnerships
manager at Random House publishing group.
Bridget Hartzler is leaving
her position as publicity manager at Penguin Young Readers and can be reached
at bridget.hartzler@gmail.com.
Suzannah Bentley, formerly
foreign rights coordinator at Janklow & Nesbit Associates, has joined
Scribd as content acquisition associate and can be contacted at suzannahb@scribd.com.
 In Conversation: Yuyi Morales and Neal Porter Author-illustrator Yuyi Morales and editor Neal Porter have worked together on six books, but Morales’s newest, 'Dreamers,' is her most personal work to date. It recounts the story of her emigration in 1994 from Mexico to the United States, with her two-month-old son. We asked Morales and Porter to discuss their collaboration. more » »  Tune In to PW Radio From the Archives: Mathematician and professor Eugenia Cheng explains 'How to Bake π: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics.' more » »
Ingram to Distribute Grim Oak Press Ingram Publisher Services has added Grim Oak Press to their distribution network. more » »
Nebraska Book Company, Follett Partner Up
The companies have entered a sourcing partnership to expand access, efficiency, and savings to institutions involved in wholesale course materials sourcing and selling. more » »
Two Decades of
Bookselling: The owner of Barrett Bookstore in Stamford,
Conn., discusses running the store for the past 21 years.
Louisiana Art
Bookstore to Close: The Stacks art and design bookstore in New
Orleans is closing October 1 after three years in business.
Amazon Picks
Denver Store Spot: Amazon has settled on opening its Denver
bookstore at 2nd and Detroit in Cherry Creek.
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Keanu Reeves
Pivots to Print: The actor and his business partner, the
visual artist Alexandra Grant, have created X Artists’ Books, an imprint full
of esoteric titles.
Upcoming
Ursula K. LeGuin Adaptations: A list of every TV and movie
adaptation in store for sci-fi and fantasy aficionados everywhere.
The Rise of
the Celeb Book Club: Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Jessica Parker,
and Jimmy Fallon are all nipping at Oprah's heels.
The World's
Weirdest Libraries: Get your books from a phone booth,
monastery, military tank, or camel at one of these unconventional book
lenders.
Fictional
Foods We Wish Were Real: Fake snacks readers would love to
taste, from Douglas Adams's Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster to J.K. Rowling's
Cauldron Cakes.
 Top 10 Overall Bestseller List 'Girl, Wash Your Face' by Rachel Hollis is #1 on our overall list this week. See the full list » »
 'Blind Kiss' by Renee
Carlino "Carlino impresses and astonishes with this complicated, beautiful contemporary that shifts between past and present with devastating effect." more » »
A Pen Pal at Red Balloon Bookshop Meghan Dietsche Goel
Two booksellers (and Gerald and Piggie) re-discover the lost art
of correspondence.
 Faruqi Celebrates Her Debut In Houston Debut children’s author Saadia Faruqi celebrated the publication of her early chapter book 'Meet Yasmin!,' illustrated by Hatem Aly (Capstone/Picture Window Books), with a signing at Houston’s Blue Willow Bookshop earlier this month. The book follows the adventures of a Muslim Pakistani-American girl and her family. The launch party event included a read-aloud of the book and activities for kids like a Yasmin coloring sheet and a maze. Courtesy Two Cats Communications |
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Claudia Dey's wonderful new novel,
'Heartbreaker,' includes a dog's perspective. Dey discusses fiction's ability
to fill any perspective, and picks some of her favorite dogs in literature. more
PW Picks: Books of the Week,
August 20, 2018 This week: a James Baldwin children's book, plus a contemporary and provocative take on 'Frankenstein.' more
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Reverberations Continue in Donadio
& Olson Embezzlement Scandal A lawyer for a handful of authors is interested in putting together a class action lawsuit—and cleaning up a multimillion-dollar mess. more
Turkish Agent Issues Warning,
Requests Patience With the Turkish economy collapsing, Nermin Mollagoglu of Istanbul's Kalem Agency discusses the impact on the publishing industry, noting a reduction in rights deals and delayed payments. more
The Most Anticipated Children's
and YA Books of Fall 2018 Our selections for 21 eagerly awaited children's and YA books for the coming season, including noteworthy debuts, series continuations, and more for readers of all ages. more
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The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and
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Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump
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Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering
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Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God
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 Trade Remained Publishing’s Brightest Spot in 2017 Trade sales have grown steadily over the last five years—even as other major segments continue to have their struggles. more »  Librarians Question Tor’s E-book Embargo Librarians have been looking at the data and they say Macmillan’s recent claim that library e-book lending is having a “direct and adverse” impact on science fiction publisher Tor’s retail e-book sales appears to be more fiction than science. more »  'We Rise' Anthology Offers Call to Action A new anthology edited by Just Us Books publishers Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson and featuring 50 diverse contributors, 'We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices' aims to inspire children and parents to stand up for their beliefs. more »  A Delightful Halloween Caper for Kids Bea A. Fraid goes to an all-ghoul school where students learn how to make haunted houses, paint terrifying pictures, and eat lady fingers and spare ribs for lunch. But Bea doesn't want to be scary; she wants to dance and sing and tell jokes, which frequently lands her in the principal's office. Find out how Bea becomes the scariest ghoul of all! (Sponsored) More » 
Emma Paterson is joining Aitken Alexander
as agent in October.
Melissa Jo Hill has been
promoted to digital marketing specialist at Kaye Publicity.
Hailey Dezort has joined Kaye Publicity as
publicity assistant and can be contacted at hailey@kayepublicity.com.
Chelsea Hunter, formerly art studio manager
at Little, Brown, has joined Holiday House as designer.
IN THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE
  Spotlight on David Weber 'Uncompromising Honor,' the latest installment in Weber's Honorverse series, takes readers on a journey toward vengeance and retribution. (Sponsored)  Book Deals: Week of August 20, 2018 In this week’s column, Norton buys a debut novel at auction; Berkley buys two from Bently; Orbit invests in a new trilogy by Merbeth; and more in this week's notable book deals. more » »  This Week's Bestsellers: August 20, 2018 ‘Girl Wash Your Face’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ enjoy a particularly strong week, and the DC Icons series adds some meow to the mix. more » »  PW's Latest Starred Reviews Check out the starred reviews of titles including 'Coyote Doggirl,' 'A Life of My Own,' 'The Crocodile and the Dentist,' and more. more » »  Comics in the Classroom: Spotlight on Manga Classics Teachers are excited about these faithful adaptations of classic literary books in the style of Japanese manga. (Sponsored) more » »
Barack Obama's
Summer Reading List: The former president’s summer reading
list, up on his Facebook page now, is a model of diverse voices and concerns.
John Calder
Dies at 91: The independent British publisher built a
prestigious list of authors and spiritedly defended such writers as Henry Miller
against censorship.
Collapse of
Distributor Strands Hundreds: The collapse of a
"stalwart" Australian book distributor has hurt hundreds of tiny
publishers and self-published authors.
CNN to Make
Bourdain Documentary: Months after his death, the appetite for
globe-trotting chef Anthony Bourdain seems inexhaustible.
'Watchmen'
Gets Another Adaptation: A full season adaptation of
'Watchmen' by Alan Moore (who will likely hate it) and Dave Gibbons will come
to HBO in 2019.
 Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List 'Tailspin' by Sandra Brown is the #1 bestseller on PW's adult hardcover fiction bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'Summer' by Karl Ove
Knausgaard "The sights, sounds, and family activities of a Norwegian summer spark Knausgaard’s imagination in this expansive, engrossing meditation on everything, the final volume of a series loosely inspired by the seasons." more » »
B-I-N-G-O! The Game of Things Booksellers Hear Daily Elizabeth Bluemle
Fifty-plus booksellers share the customer comments that make or
break our retail days, kicking off a week of Bookstore Bingo for ShelfTalker.
 John Waters Is a Book Person John Waters (c.) paid a visit to the University of California Press headquarters in Oakland, Calif., and posed with staff after discussing the forthcoming release of 'John Waters: Indecent Exposure,' the catalogue to the Baltimore Museum of Art retrospective of Waters's work as a visual artist, which opens October 7th. Courtesy UCP |
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Annette Pollert-Morgan, formerly
editorial director at Sourcebooks, has joined Bloomsbury Children's Books as
editorial director.
 Writing for the Future: PW Talks with DeRay Mckesson Activist and podcaster Mckesson lays out lessons from his experiences in 'On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope' (Viking, Sept.). more » »
Frankfurt Book Fair Launches Bookfest The festival-within-a-festival, to be held in the new Frankfurt Pavilion, will feature bestseller events on the fair's exhibition grounds, poetry slams, tasting events, and discussions across the city. more » »
Tyndale Names New CFO
Following the retirement of executive v-p and CFO Paul Mathews, Tyndale House Publishers has named Scott Mathews as the company's new CFO. more » »
Amphorae Acquires Goldminds
Amphorae Publishing Group has acquired Goldminds Publishing, adding more children's, YA, regional fiction, historical fiction, and sci-fi/fantasy titles, among others. more » »
HFS to Distribute Wesleyan
Hopkins Fulfillment Services will begin providing distribution services for Wesleyan University Press effective January 2019. more » »
New Bookstore
Opens in Southeast Texas: Muddy Water bookstore has opened in
Navasota, selling new and used books Wednesday through Sunday.
New Store to
Open in Southern Utah: The Book Bungalow, a new independent
bookstore, will open this September in St. George.
Greek
Bookstore Cited for Beauty: Atlantis Books in the Greek
village of Oia is considered one of most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Buying English
Books in Rome: The Otherwise Bookshop is an English-language
bookstore just a minute's walk from Piazza Navona in Rome.
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booksellers.
SAGE Buys Tech
Company Talis: SAGE has bought technology company Talis and
Talis Aspire, its course resource list management system, for an undisclosed
sum.
Another
Librarian Goes Grifter: A former Utah library director pleaded
guilty to stealing $89,000 from the library where he worked to purchase items
in 'Game of War.'
Hollywood Is
Ready for Slaughter: On paper, author Karin Slaughter seems an
ideal fit for adaptations—but it's taken Hollywood a long time to figure that
out in practice
Gutenberg's
Revenge Is In the Works: Why books are the only form of
physical media whose sales are growing.
'You Haven't
Read Vonnegut?': A cheeky rundown of what to do if someone at
a party asks you if you've ever read the works of Kurt Vonnegut.
 Trade Paperback Bestseller List 'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine' by Gail Honeyman is the #1 title on PW's trade paperback bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'So Done' by Paula
Chase "Through successfully rendered dialogue, Chase vividly conjures the triumphs, tensions, and worries percolating in the [protagonists'] low-income neighborhood." Read more » »
Can Zafon’s Cemetery Series Be Read in Any Order? Kenny Brechner
With the magnificent completion of The Cemetery of Forgotten
Books, its author’s narrative conceit deserves our consideration.
 Cookies for Book[ie]s A plate of custom cookies made for the Rockville Centre Public Library Summer Soirée with author Beatriz Williams, who discussed her book 'Summer Wives' (William Morrow). Courtesy RVCPL |
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 Insight Editions Buys Weldon Owen In a deal that unites two illustrated book publishers, Insight Editions has acquired Weldon Owen from Bonnier Publishing USA for an undisclosed price. more »  Hachette to Buy Worthy Publishing Hachette Book Group will acquire all assets of the Nashville-based Christian publisher, including five imprints. more »  The African American Book Expo Goes West The African American Book Expo, which launched in 2017, will be held in Los Angeles County this weekend. The Expo, which brings readers of African-American books together with publishers and authors, is set for Saturday, at the SOL Venue, an event space in Carson, Calif. more »  Win a Copy of 'On Reading Well!' Enter for a chance to win one of 20 copies of 'On Reading Well,' Karen Swallow Prior's forthcoming book about finding the good life through great books. (Sponsored) More »
Cheryl Young will retire from her
position as executive director of the MacDowell Colony in early 2019.
 2018 PW Star Watch Top Honorees Announced Publishers Weekly and Frankfurter Buchmesse have announced the "Top Honorees" of the fourth annual PW Star Watch program. more » »  'The Great American Read' Vote Count Tops 2 Million More than 2 million votes have been cast in the search to find America's Most Loved Novel, a fan competition organized as part of PBS' documentary series, 'The Great American Read.' more » »  With 'Anniversaries,' NYRB Brings Behemoth of a German Novel Into English
This fall, New York Review Books is trying its hand at something bigger—literally—in the form of Uwe Johnson's 1,800-page masterpiece. Here's how they did it. more » »
A Eulogy for a
Malaysian Bookstore: An editorial at Malaysia's 'New Straits
Times' laments the closing of a popular branch of MPH bookstore.
California
Bookstore Gets a New Owner: Timeless Pages used bookstore in
Yucaipa has re-opened under new ownership.
Vermont's
Biggest Used Bookstore: Monroe Street Books in Middlebury
offers 100,000 titles for sale, with another 60,000 more in storage.
Perhaps
Texas's Hippest Bookstore: The blog of Urban Outfitters
profiles Austin's Farewell Books, which offers a quirky selection of hipster
titles.
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booksellers.
Lit Agent
Takes Author to Court: Selwa Anthony, the agent suing author
Kate Morton over a breached agreement, didn't "believe in
contracts," an Australian court has heard.
Visa Refusals
In U.K. Hamstring Author: The Palestinian writer Nayrouz
Qarmout is being blocked from getting to the Edinburgh book festival, her
publisher has said.
The Enigma of
V.S. Naipaul: Gabrielle Bellot comes to terms with the
"bigoted, violent" side of the Nobel Laureate, a man "swirling
with contradictions."
A Latin
American Reading List: A list of nine works to read as an
alternative to the typical literary canon, including books by Julio Cortázar
and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
An Emily
Dickinson Reading List: A reading list drawn from some of the
writers and books Dickinson mentioned most in her letters.
 Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List 'The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump' by Gregg Jarrett is the #1 title on PW's adult hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'Playing Changes: Jazz
for the New Century' by Nate Chinen "Former 'New York Times' jazz critic Chinen charts a brilliant and wide-ranging new history of jazz." more » »
Ten Books for Ten Million Kids? Elizabeth Bluemle
Another pocket of children’s books lacking mirrors, windows,
doors, and picnic tables.
 Daddy's Books Welcomes Visitors Daddy’s Books, a project curated by artists Caitlin MacBride and Lauren Faigeles at Life Lessons Garage in Far Rockaway, N.Y., opened its reading room this past weekend. The space stocks more than 100 artists' books, zines, comics, poetry chapbooks, and works of fiction donated by artists, writers, and publishers for perusal (but not for sale). The collection boasts books by such iconic artists as Julian Schnabel and classic zines such as 'RE/search' alongside works by emerging writers and artists. The group is now seeking a new space for another event in the fall. Photo: Caitlin MacBride |
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quite enough to offset a soft start to the year and bookstore sales finished
the first half of 2018 with sales down 1.0% compared to a year ago. more
YA authors Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma have launched an
Indiegogo campaign for 'Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology, a free, monthly
online publication featuring YA short stories from underrepresented voices. more
Hachette Book Group will acquire all assets of the Nashville-based
Christian publisher, including five imprints. more
Author-illustrator Yuyi Morales and editor Neal Porter have worked
together on six books, but Morales’s newest, 'Dreamers,' is her most personal
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 V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Laureate and Chronicler of Postcolonialism, Dies at
85 The Trinidadian-born author of Indian ancestry lived his adult life in England, writing the powerful but polarizing books on migration and empire that won him the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. more »  Reverberations Continue in Donadio & Olson Embezzlement Scandal
A lawyer for a handful of authors is interested in putting together a class action lawsuit—and cleaning up a multimillion-dollar mess. more »  Bull Moose Makes Big Moves In Books Bull Moose, a Maine and New Hampshire-based retailer known for its music, movie, and video game selection, is steadily becoming one of the region’s largest retailers of books. more » 
Shannon Welch, formerly executive editor
at Scribner, has been named executive editor at HarperOne Group, effective
August 20.
IN THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE
 PW Insider: A Preview of Things to Come with DeRay Mckesson
Ahead of the official launch of PW Insider, we give you a taste of what to expect as we look inside one of PW's most anticipated books of fall with a conversation with DeRay Mckesson, author of 'On the Other Side of Freedom.' Subscribe to Publishers Weekly Insider now for new episodes starting September 14. more » »  Sensitivity Readers! What Are They Good For? (A Lot.) An author argues for the importance of sensitivity readers. more » »  Book Deals: Week of August 13, 2018 Grove Atlantic buys the new novel from journalist Tim Murphy, Delacorte picks up the sequel to 'One of Us Is Lying,' and more. more » »  This Week's Bestsellers: August 13, 2018 Books by Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, Trevor Noah of 'The Daily Show,' and conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza keep the political discussion going on the hardcover nonfiction list. more » »  PW's Latest Starred Reviews Check out the starred reviews of titles including 'Flights,' 'Playing Changes,' 'The Rough Patch,' and more. more » »  Last Call: Self-Help Books Deadline: August 20. Needed: Information on trends in the self-help category. Pub. dates: October 2018 through summer 2019. New releases only, please; no reprints. Please email pitches to features@publishersweekly.com and put “Call for Info: Self-Help” in the subject line. more » »
Harper Design Acquires Timberlake Title The imprint will publish 'Hindsight & All the Things I Can’t See in Front of Me' on October 30. more » »
National Book Awards Date Announced
The 69th National Book Awards ceremony and benefit dinner will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Wednesday, November 14, and will be live-streamed online as in years past. more » »
McGarity Up at HBG
Todd McGarity has been named v-p of business development at Hachette Book Group. more » »
Como to Rep Orca in East, Southeast
Como Sales will represent and sell books published by Orca Book Publishers in the eastern and southeastern U.S., effective January 2019. more » »
B&N
Founder Under Fire: Len Riggio, founder of Barnes & Nobel,
is weathering criticism for the company's revolving C-suite.
Socialist U.K.
Store Rallies Supporters: Some 500 Londoners came out to show
solidarity with Bookmarks Bookshop, the socialist store that was attacked
last week.
South Africa's
Used Book Emporium: Collectors Treasury in Johannesburg offers
two million books and is the largest used store in the Souther hemisphere.
A Bucket List
of Global Used Bookstores: 'Ozy' serves up a list of nine
quirky used bookstores to visit around the world, starting in Bogota,
Colombia.
Click here
to join the bookselling conversation in PW's Facebook group for
booksellers.
Anya Krugovoy
Silver Dies at 49: The poet, after receiving a diagnosis of
advanced breast cancer in 2004, wrote powerful lyrical verse on illness and
mortality.
What Amazon
Does for Literature: The e-tailer offers a peek at its
literary donations programs, which are a major source of financial support
for several organizations.
Instagram
Star's Cookbook Is Recalled: Rodale Books has recalled 'Tales
From a Forager's Kitchen' by Johnna Holmgren after critics warned of the
dangers of some of its recipes.
The Librarian
Who Turned Grifter : The disgraced former head of the Queens
Library still collects six figures each in state pension and his salary from
a Long Island school district.
A Look at
Omarosa's Trump Book: Will Omarosa Manigault Newman’s book
change anything in terms of President Trump's influence, policy, or public
perception?
 Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List 'The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is the #1 bestseller on PW's adult hardcover fiction bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'The Carrying' by Ada
Limón "Limón’s typically tight narrative lyrics feature simple, striking images...and her unsettling dream poems avoid becoming exercises in surrealism." more » »
Pirating on CreateSpace Kenny Brechner
An instance of why an unregulated self-publishing platform is an
effective conduit for piracy.
 Champagne With Your Book Rhys Bowen celebrates the release of 'Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding' (Berkley Prime Crime), the 12th installment in her Royal Spyness mystery series, with a launch day party at the Poisoned Pen bookstore on August 7. Photo: Barbara Peters/Poisoned Pen |
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