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Willkommen…
…bienvenue, and welcome to the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair! Publishing's biggest international gathering kicked off Tuesday morning with a lively press conference, where fair director Juergen Boos touted a number of new initiatives at this year's event and novelist Elif Shafak spoke of literature's political power. Even the lead-up to Frankfurt has been eventful, with a series of big, buzzy, just-announced book deals—not to mention Reagan Arthur's first acquisition for her new Hachette imprint—auguring a busy fair. And don't forget to check out agent listings and submit your own updates! Back stateside, dissolution proceedings are moving ahead for the now-defunct Small Press Distribution, which court filings revealed owes more than $316,000 to 163 publishers. Plus, Bloomsbury US is launching its own in-house sales team for North America following a year of growth, and Flatiron ED Nadxieli Nieto has been tapped to head up a reorganized Algonquin. But wait, there's more—the long weekend also saw a flurry of other job moves. (Today's "Job Moves" section is just the tip of the iceberg.) In other news, Taylor Swift has teamed with Target to release an "Eras Tour" book, reports Us Weekly, and James Patterson has joined Substack, per the Wall Street Journal. A South Carolina public library will stop acquiring new books for readers under 18, according to Book Riot. The Guardian looks at novelists' narrowing career prospects. And for Book Post, Ann Kjellberg takes lessons from Han Kang's Nobel win about small publishing and the state of literature in translation.
The opening press conference of the Frankfurt Book Fair featured fair director Juergen Boos extolling the inclusive, democratic values of the fair; novelist Elif Shafak prescribing literature as antidote for digital malaise, and Karin Schmidt-Fredericks, of the German Booksellers and Publishers Association saying the dialog at the fair was one space devoid of fake news. more »
Ahead of this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, Scribner preempts Portia Elan's debut novel, S&S takes English-language rights to Naomi Ishiguro's Japanese folklore–inspired fantasy series, and Inklore signs a 12-book deal with James Tynion IV. more »
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. more »
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. more »
Turns 30!
Storied literary agency Dystel, Goderich & Bourret hits a milestone anniversary celebrating the authors, books, and staff that have made it an industry leader. Find out more about the agency and its growing roster of diverse clients and award winning titles. (Sponsored) more »
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. »
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. more »
'Skin Contact' is the first acquisition in what will be "a close partnership" between Arthur's imprint and Hachette UK's Sceptre, made just before the start of the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair. more »
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. more »
Ginger Reno
In Ginger Reno's Find Her (Holiday House, Oct.), a tween girl grapples with the disappearance of her mother, one of hundreds of indigenous people who have been reported murdered or missing in Oklahoma. PW talked with the author, whose book has already earned a starred review from PW, about getting into the mind frame of her young heroine and how her Cherokee background informed her YA novel. (Sponsored) More »
See what we published in this week's print issue of 'Publishers Weekly,' including our 10th annual PW Star Watch feature and more. »
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. more »
Penguin Random House's two-day holiday transit program, in which the publisher aims to get orders to indie booksellers within two days, will run from October 15 through January 25. more »
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- National Account Manager - Children's Sales - Hachette Book Group - New York, NY.
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Job Moves
- Ashley Yepsen has been promoted to publicity director at HarperOne Group.
- Kendra Levin has been promoted to VP and editorial director at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
- Emily Murphy has been promoted to director of marketing at Knopf.
- Emily Reardon has been promoted to director of publicity at Knopf.
- Matthew Sciarappa has been promoted to associate director of marketing at Knopf.
- Julie Ertl has been promoted to associate director of publicity at Doubleday.
- Sierra Figueroa has been promoted to marketing manager at Vintage.
- Tricia Cave has been promoted to assistant director of publicity at Knopf.
- Rose Cronin-Jackman has been promoted to publicity manager at Pantheon.
- Noah Hoff has been promoted to associate publicist at Knopf.
Awards News
- Harvey Awards Hall of Fame: The 2024 Harvey Awards Hall of Fame class has been announced, with Akira Toriyama and Sergio Aragones among the five inductees.
- McDermott Wins Mark Twain Award: 'Absolution' by Alice McDermott is the winner of this year's Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, an annual $25,000 prize presented by the Mark Twain House & Museum.
- Huacuja Alonso Wins Columbia UP Award: Isabel Huacuja Alonso's 'Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting Across Borders' is the winner of the 10th annual Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award.
- Binyam Wins Bard Prize: Maya Binyam has received the Bard Fiction Prize for her first novel, 'Hangman.'
Bookstore News
- U.K. Bookstores Draw Young People: Across the pond, brick-and-mortar bookstores have major cultural cachet among Gen Z.
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'Counting Miracles' by Nicholas Sparks is the #1 title on PW's adult hardcover fiction bestseller list. See the full list »
Our Latest Starred ReviewsCheck out all the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week. more »
Our reviews editors look back at the 150+ titles they've recommended in our PW Picks newsletter over the past year and share 20 books they especially don't want you to overlook. more »
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author's latest contemporary romance. more »
'Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World' by Dorian Lynskey"This sweeping cultural history from journalist Lynskey chronicles how films, novels, and other media have imagined the apocalypse from ancient times through the present." more »
Photo of the Day
PBS Kids resident librarian Mychal Threets met with local indie booksellers during Missouri's Heartland Book Festival at the Kansas City Public Library's Central Library on October 12. Pictured (from l. to r.) are Michael Travis of Rainy Day Books, La'Nesha Frazier of Bliss Books & Wine, Threets, and Halley Vincent of Seven Stories.
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