Working with PW
WORKING WITH PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The following are some of the names and procedures you need to know to get attention for your house and your books in the pages of PW. For all staff members (except where noted), the mailing address is 360 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010. Our direct fax line is 646-746-6631.
GENERAL: The Editorial Calendar lists special issues (e.g., travel, cookbooks, sports). It is available in print from your sales representative or from Marisol Avalos (646-746-6436). A continuously updated version is on the PW Web site.
Each week the News Department in the magazine carries Calls for Information for upcoming features, with deadlines. Current Calls for Information are listed on the home page of our Web site.
For any editorial questions, call Dee Watson, Executive Assistant (646-746-6759).
REVIEWS: Since PW Reviews are prepublication reviews, it is essential to submit books at least four months before pub date. We prefer galleys (printed) but will accept bound manuscript pages if necessary. All submissions must be accompanied by appropriate press materials. (See detailed instructions on our Web site.)
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NEWS: Send releases on company mergers or acquisitions, startups, top-level appointments, arguments in precedent-setting lawsuits, instances of censorship, information on publishing figures. Deadline normally is Wednesday. Call Jim Milliot (646-746-6867), Calvin Reid (646-746-6765), or Rachel Deahl (646-746-6854) or fax time-sensitive material (646-746-6631).
For items for PW Daily, please contact Jim Milliot (646-746-6867). PW Daily provides coverage of breaking industry news, delivered by e-mail every day before noon. In addition to news stories, PW Daily includes the Picture of the Day (submit items to Rachel Deahl at rachel.deahl@reedbusiness.com; the Q&A Monday feature Three Answers (submit possible items to Dick Donahue, 646-746-6729).
DEALS: For news of big or interesting buys of new books, film and TV rights sales, contact Rachel Deahl (646-746-6854) at rachel.deahl@reedbusiness.com.
BUSINESS & FINANCE: Reports on the business of publishing, wholesaling and bookselling. Material, including quarterly sales and earnings reports, should go to Jim Milliot (646-746-6867).
Back to top »FEATURES: Feature ideas should be sent to the appropriate department (i.e., business profile to Business Editor Jim Milliot (jmilliot@reedbusiness.com), book trends to Lynn Andriani (landriani@reedbusiness.com); technology/intellectual property issues to Calvin Reid or Andrew Albanese). Category Closeups are coordinated by Dick Donahue (ddonahue@reedbusiness.com); check editorial calendar, which contains a schedule of upcoming features; also, our Calls for Information for each feature will appear in the magazine and will also be posted on our Home Page.
AUTHOR PROFILES: Author interview suggestions go toreviews director Louisa Ermelino (646-746-6777). Interviews are assigned three months in advance to coincide with the publication of the author’s latest book. First-time authors are not eligible. We look for someone with a body of work and something interesting to say about the writing and publishing process.
INDUSTRY PROFILES: We regularly run series of profiles featuring publishers, booksellers, librarians, or people from the broader publishing infrastructure who are newsworthy or have been notable innovators. Contact Jim Milliot (646-746-6867).
PEOPLE: This column runs announcements about personnel appointments and promotions of people in all parts of the book industry. Send information to Rachel Deahl (646-746-6854).
RETAILING: Focuses on stories about book retailing and distribution. Runs material about trends, bookselling news, retail campaigns, contests, co-op plans, changes of distribution, etc. Material should go to Jim Milliot (646-746-6867).
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING: We run a regular column on small press and independent publishers. Contact Michael Coffey (mcoffey@reedbusiness.com) with story pitches; or contact the relevant regional correspondent (see below under "Regional News").
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CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Books for review, from preschool to YA, should be addressed to Children’s Book Reviews, at PW’s address. All reviews are prepublication. See our editorial guidelines for submission here. All news and story suggestions on children’s publishing, trends, author or illustrator interviews, etc., for coverage in the magazine should go to Diane Roback, Children’s Book Editor (646-746-6768) as well as for the weekly Children’s Bookshelf e-mail newsletter. She also edits the listings for new children’s books twice a year for the Spring and Fall Children’s Announcements issues (a special letter is sent asking for this information). John Sellers (646-746-6443) is the associate editor of this department. The fax number for the children’s department is 646-746-6738; send a fax to check if a book was received for review, or to be added to the children’s announcements mailing list, or call Matia Burnett in the children’s bookroom, at 646-746-6743.
REGIONAL NEWS: We have correspondents covering the Southeast and Southwest: Edward Nawotka (501 Yale St., Houston, TX 77007, 713-254-0256, ink@edwardn.com): covering the New England area: Judith Rosen (196 Larch Rd., Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-876-2469; fax 617-661-1121, Judith@twodogs.net); covering the Midwest: Claire Kirch (8 North Second Ave. E., Suite 306, Duluth, MN 44802, phone and fax 218-310-1867, Clairekirch@aol.com); and the West and Pacific Northwest: Wendy Werris (336 S. Norton Ave., #102, Los Angeles, CA 90020; phone 323-934-2653, whenwhere2@sbcglobal.net). They are our eyes and ears for those regions and are looking for stories of all kinds on publishing developments, people, trends, new presses, issues, etc.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS: We have correspondents in Canada and Europe covering publishing issues. In Canada: Leigh Ann Williams (157 Wychwood Ave. #6, Toronto, Ont., Canada M6C 2T1; 416-924-9199, leighwillams777@gmail.com); in Europe: Andrew Rosenheim (phone 44-1865-730-67, akr_only@hotmail.com.
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RELIGION BOOKS: Religion editor Marcia Z. Nelson (1118 Garfield, Aurora, IL 60506; 630-892-9265; pwreligion@sbcglobal.net – email preferred) edits a monthly e- newsletter, Religion BookLine, on news and book developments as well as on trends in religion publishing. She also edits two Religion Announcement issues listing new religion books (a special call for information is sent for these), and periodic supplemental sections, Religion Update, spotlighting trends. Marcia is also the review editor for religion/spirituality/inspirational books. For religion submission guidelines (for reviews), email Marcia. The children’s department should receive children’s religion books; send galleys to Children’s Book Reviews, Publishers Weekly, 360 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010.
COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: Publishers Weekly covers the publishing of comics, graphic novels and nonfiction in the book industry and in the traditional comics industry. We cover the sale of comics in general bookstores as well as in comic shops. Our coverage of comics is included in both the print Publishers Weekly and in PW Comics Week, a weekly email newsletter that covers comics and graphic novels publishing. In addition to news, PW also reviews forthcoming trade paperback and hardcover comics in every issue. For information on reviews, general comics coverage or to send press information contact Calvin Reid (646-746-6765), Heidi MacDonald (646-746-6788) or Douglas Wolk (dbcloud@panix.com).
PRINTING, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY: For stories dealing with the design and manufacture of books, and on electronic publishing, design prepress, printing and binding, books online or on CD-ROM floppy disk, contact Jim Milliot.
AUDIO: Stories about company startups, trends, and marketing developments should go to Jim Milliot. Audio books are reviewed monthly; contact Parul Sehgal (646-746-6769, parul.sehgal@reedbusiness.com).
SOAPBOX: A 700-word guest op-ed column runs on the magazine’s back page. It’s a great place to address timely publishing issues and to lay out viable solutions, or to reflect on the rituals of the business. Always provocative and surprising, the essays range in tone from humorous to fierce. Anyone in the industry is eligible to write one. Past contributors have included authors, editorial assistants, publishers, marketing and publicity executives and booksellers. Approaches that have worked well include 1) a strong reaction to a recent news story or current publishing controversy; 2) dissent on current conventional wisdom; 3) reflections on the ways that editors and others have found new meaning in the age-old rituals of publishing. Contact Lynn Andriani (646-746-6909, landriani@reedbusiness.com).
SPRING AND FALL ADULT ANNOUNCEMENT ISSUES: Dick Donahue (646-746-6729) coordinates and edits Spring and Fall Adult Announcement issues (a letter is sent twice a year requesting information) as well as the September illustrated Gift Book Round-up. See section on Children’s Books for information on Spring and Fall Children’s Announcement issues.
GALLEY TALK: This bi-weekly column highlights different booksellers recommending a forthcoming galley, and usually runs 1-3 months before the book’s publication. Booksellers interested in recommending books should contact Dick Donahue (ddonahue@reedbusiness.com).
ON-SALE CALENDAR: The On-Sale Calendar is an online resource that provides pub-date information on hardcovers and trade paperback originals with first printings of 50,000 copies or more (no reprints or reissues, except for movie tie-in editions). Sonia Jaffe Robbins, at srobbins@reedbusiness.com, sends out an e-mail request for titles three times a year, but you can submit updates by e-mail regularly. Please include all of the following information: exact on-sale date (please specify if this is a laydown date); title; author; imprint; price; format (HC or PB); ISBN (13-digit); first printing quantity. For children's book submissions, contact John Sellers (john.sellers@reedbusiness.com).
