Heartland Fall Forum: Changing the World, One Book at a Time
After a day of celebration, the 250 booksellers attending Heartland Fall Forum focused on the business of bookselling, with a busy trade show followed by a day of education as veteran booksellers mixed with 114 first-time attendees. more...Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2024
Ballantine takes Holly Jackson’s adult debut, Bloomsbury nabs a reimagined Welsh myth, a former ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer sells her memoir to Morrow, and more. more...
Han Kang Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
The South Korean author, best known for her novel 'The Vegetarian,' has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” more...At MPIBA FallCon 2024, Booksellers Mingle, Meet Authors, and Talk Shop
The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association wrapped up its annual FallCon on October 9 in Denver, reporting a strong showing of 234 booksellers plus an additional 24 librarians and others. Participants shared ideas, talked with publisher reps and vendors, and met dozens of authors. more...and more.
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Publisher NewsRandom House to Publish Memoir by Pope Francis
'Hope' will be published by Random House in the U.S., and simultaneously in more than 80 countries, on January 14, with Italian publisher Mondadori managing world rights. Random House is touting the book as "the first memoir written by a sitting pontiff."
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Publisher News
Nadxieli Nieto Joins Algonquin as Editorial Director
Nieto, who is currently executive editor at Flatiron Books, will help usher in the next chapter for Algonguin following the restructuring of the imprint this summer under new Little, Brown publisher Sally Kim.
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Bookselling
Monarch Books Launches GoFundMe Campaign to Pay Bills
Monarch Books & Gifts in Overland Park, Kans., launched a GoFundMe campaign after hackers drained the bookstore's bank account. The funds raised will be used to keep the store afloat after a summer of slow sales compounded the problems caused by the fraud.
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Audio Books
Spotify Expands Audiobooks to France and the Benelux Countries
Spotify has expanded its audiobook service to four new non-English speaking markets: France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The localized catalog includes 15,000 titles in French and 15,000 in Dutch and Flemish.
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Publisher News
Bloomsbury Launches In-House Sales Team in North America
Bloomsbury US is launching an in-house sales team for North America, selling all trade titles, including those published by its academic division, direct to national accounts. The team is headed by Sarah Rucker, who comes to the house from HarperCollins.
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Religion
Religion Book Deals: October 16, 2024
WaterBrook signs pastor Charles Metcalf's book on overcoming self-doubt and stepping into God’s plan with confidence, Kregel lands a new book by Christy Award-winning novelist Katie Powner, and more.
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Religion
'New Studies in Biblical Theology' Series Switches Publishing Partners
Apollos announced this week that B&H Academic will take over from InterVarsity Press as North American co-publisher for new titles for the series in the U.S. and Canada.
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Publisher News
SPD Dissolution Process Moves Forward
With the case now with the Superior Court of Alameda County in California, filings show the now-defunct distributor still owes more than $316,000 to 163 publishers.
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Bookselling
This Week’s Bestsellers: October 14, 2024
Ina “The Barefoot Contessa” Garten has the #1 book in the country with the memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens.’ Plus BookTok fave Lynn Painter returns with a new YA novel, and actor and comedian Kate McKinnon makes her middle grade debut.
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Publisher News
Endnotes: How ‘Is She Really Going Out with Him’ by Sophie Cousens Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest contemporary romance.
