The U.S. Book Show opened on May 22nd to an overflow crowd that represented a broader range of industry folk than most conferences do: presidents and past CEOs (like Marcus Dohle, wearing a Shimmr t-shirt, to announce his recent investment in the company); veterans like Carol Fitzgerald, president of The Book Report Network; graduate students…Continue Reading
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Tagged Abrams, Alfred A. Knopf, Aman Kochar, Andrea Chambers, Association of American Literary Agents, Baker & Taylor, CAA, Curtis Brown Literary Agency, Dawn Davis, Dominique Raccah, Dutton, Hachette Jane Saines-Cardozo, Jaime Wolf, Jennifer Weltz, Jon Karp, Keith Riegert, Little Brown and Company, Macmillan, Mary McAveney, New Leaf, NYU Center for Publishing, OverDrive, Penguin Random House, Peter Warwick, Portfolio, Putnam, PW, Sally Kim, Scholastic, Shimmr, Simon and Schuster, Sonali Goel, Sourcebooks, Spotify, Steve Potash, Todd Shuster, Ulysses Press, US Book Show, Vivian Tu, Young Publishing Forum
Although our firm, Market Partners International (MPI), does a lot of different kinds of consulting, we’re known for recruiting. We’ve found presidents, publishers, publicists, and production pros – you get the drift. As a result, we’re often the first call after someone is laid off or fired, or just restless. And because we talk to…Continue Reading
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Brazil and Canada. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the original….Continue Reading
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Tagged 13 at the Table: Writers Pledge, 4321, A Column of Fire, A Fog in Tangier, Almudena Grandes, Andrea Camilleri, Antonio Manzini, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Ashwin Sanghi, Asterix Vol. 37, Augusto Cury, Berta Island, Brazil, Camilla Läckberg, Canada, Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe, Count to Ten, Cristina Lopez Battio, Dan Brown, Daniel Kehlman, David Baldacci, Didier Conrad, Empty Hearts, End Game, Eric Vuillard, Eva, Family Celebration, Fear of Flying 7A, Fernanda Torres, Fernando Aramburu, Ferocious Kiss, France, George Hornby, Germany, Gianrico Carofiglio, Harlan Coben, Homeland, I Know a Secret, In the Eyes of Those Who Look, It, Italy, James Patterson, Javier Marías, Javier Sierra, Jean-Yves Ferri, Joachim Meyerhoff, John Grisham, JRR Tolkien, Juli Zeh, Kate Quinn, Ken Follett, Lee Child, Maja Lunde, marco malvaldi, Memory Exercises, Milk and Honey, Neil Gaiman, No One Can Fly, Norse Mythology, Oathbringer: Book Three, Olivier Guez, Origin, Paolo Cognetti, Paul Auster, Paul Cauuet, Pierre de Villiers, Raphaëlle Giordano, Robert Manasse, Roberto Saviano, Rupi Kaur, Sebastian Fitzek, Serve, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Spain, Stephen King, Stuart McLean, Sveva Casati Modignani, Tess Gerritsen, The Agenda, The Alice Network, The Capital, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, The EIght Mountains, The Glory and Its Procession of Horrors, The Happiest Man in History, The History of Bees, The Hobbit, The Invisible Fire, The Magician, The Midnight Line, The Most Intelligent Man in History, The Old Furnaces: Vol. 4, The Patients of Doctor Garcia, The Rooster Bar, The Stranger, The Sun and Her Flowers, The Togetherness of the Loners, The Whistler, The Witch, Three O'Clock in the Morning, Time from Elves: Novel of Woods, Turtles all the Way Down, Tyll, We Are Dust and Shadows, Wilfrid Lupano, Wolves & Other Mysteries, Your Second Life Begins When You Understand That You Do Not Have One
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Hungary and Switzerland. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the…Continue Reading
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Tagged 4321, A Column of Fire, A Heavy Karma, Agnes Ledig, Alafair Burke, Almudena Grandes, And How Are You, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Asterix Vol. 37, At the Devil's House, Cloud Castle, Compliment on the Shore of Arno, Dan Brown, Daniel Kehlman, Danila Comastri Montanari, Daria Bignardi, David Lagercrantz, Didier Conrad, Eight Nights, Elena Ferrante, Eric Giacommetti, Eva, Every Angel is Awful, Fernando Aramburu, Fioa Cummins, Flavio Sorgia, Franz Hohler, Gabriella Jakupcsek, Gergley Homonnay, Giorgio Faletti, Harlan Coben, Homeland, I Stopped Saying Your Name, Intense Life, It, It Will Come, Jean-Yves Ferri, Jo Nesbø, Jojo Moyes, Katherine Pancol, Ken Follett, Kerstin Gier, Kissing Erzi, Krisztián Grecsó, Largo Witch, Luis Herrero, Maja Lunde, Marc-Uwe Kling, Mariana Leky, Massimo Bontempelli, Massimo Sozzi, Michel Bussi, My Brilliant Friend, Notes from a Seller Woman, Origin, Paris for One and Other Stories, Patrick Sobal, Paul Auster, QualityLand, Raphaëlle Giordano, Riccardo Parigi, Robert Manasse, Robert Menasse, Romano de Marco, Sardinia Blues, Silivia Avallone, Snowman, Steel, Stephen King, Susanna Tamaro, Sven Regener, The Capital, The Ex, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, The History of Bees, The Legendaries: World Without Vol. 20, The Package, The Patients of Doctor Garicia, The Pillars of the Earth, The Stranger, The Thirst, Thirty Years of Sunshine, Those Who Leave and Those who Stay, Three Kisses, Tomor Anita, Tyll, Vienna Street, We Found Her Pretty Pretty, We Will Regret Later, What You Can See From Here, Who Does it Profit?, Your Second Life Begins When You Understand That You Do Not Have One
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Australia and United Arab Emirates. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible…Continue Reading
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Tagged 4321, A Column of Fire, After Love, All the Light We Cannot See, Almudena Grandes, Amelie Nothomb, Andrea Camilleri, Andrea Vitali, Anthony Doerr, Antonia Arslan, Arundhati Roy, Audrey Carlan, Award-Winning Sisters Ficcadenti, Bakhita, Beppe Quintini, Berta Island, Bianca Garavelli, Calendar Girl; September, Carmen Corn, Celeste Ng, Coleman Barks, Colombiano, Come Sundown, Danila Comastri Montanari, Dante's Lost Thirds, David Lagercrantz, Elena Ferrante, Elif Shafak, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Erin Morgenstern, Everything I Never Told You, Fernando Aramburu, Francoise Bourdin, Giorgio Faletti, Homeland, Ian Rankin, In the Midst of Winter, Intense Life, Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Isabel Allende, Jane Harper, Javier Marías, Jo Nesbo, Kamel Daoud, Ken Follett, Laetitia Colombiani, Lang Leav, Lee Child, Lullabies, Maja Lunde, Marc Dugain, Marc-Uwe Kling, Margaret Atwood, Mark Brandi, Massimo Bontempelli, Michael Connelly, Michael Robotham, Monica McInerery, Mora ROberts, My Brilliant Friend, Night School, Notes from a Seller Woman, Paul Auster, Paulo Coehlo, Princess Insomnia and the Nightmare Colored Nightmare, QualityLand, Rather be the Devil, Rusty YOung, Sarah Bailey, Silivia Avallone, Sonsoles Onega, Soul Fury, Spare the Buried, Steel, Strike the Heart, Stuffed Voices, Sven Regener, The Braid, The Choice of Others, The Dark Lane, The DRy, The Forty Rules of Love, The Girl on the Train, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, The Handmaid's Tale, The History of Bees, The Late Show, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, The Night Circus, The Patients of Doctor Garcia, The Revenge of Forgiveness, The Road to Smyrna, THe Secrets She Keeps, The Spy, The Thirst, The Trip of a Life Time, The Universe of Us, They Will Kill Robert Kennedy, Those Who Leave and Those who Stay, Times of Departure, Veronique Olmi, Vienna Street, Walter Moers, Who Does it Profit?, Wimmera, women, Zabor of the Psalms
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: China and Norway. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the…Continue Reading
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Tagged A Life, A Modern Family, After Love, Alessandro Barbero, Alive, And She Thanked The Gods, Andrea Camilleri, Andrea Vitali, Anne B. Ragde, Antonia Arslan, Arundahti Roy, Aurelie Valognes, Beyond Winter, Breathe to Me, By Car Simone!, Carmen Corn, Cecile Enger, Claire McFall, Close Your Eyes, Colson Whitehead, Compliment on the Shore of Arno, Danila Comastri Montanari, David Trueba, Elena Ferrante, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Fernando Aramburu, Ferryman, Fred Vargas, Freewill, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Giorgio Faletti, Guillaume Musso, Hades, Halali, Helga Flatland, Helga Hjorth, Herbjorg Wassmo, Homeland, Ingrid Noll, Into the Water, Isabel Allende, Jan Kjærstad, Javier Castello, Jussi Adler-Olsen, karin slaughter, Keigo Higashino, Khaled Hosseini, Laetita Colombani, Land of Fields, Liebhaberne, Love LEtter, Lu Yao, Luca D'Andrea, Lucinda Riley, Luo Guangbin, Maja Lunde, Marcello Fois, Margaret Atwood, Mariana Leky, Massimo Sozzi, Michel Bussi, Miracles of the Namiya Grocery Store, Mountains, My Brillian Friend, My Brilliant Friend, Notes from a Seller Woman, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Paula Hawkins, Postcards from Greece, Raphaëlle Giordano, Raul Montanari, Ray Lorgia, Red Rock, Riccardo Parigi, Sebastian Fizek, Selfies, Simone Veil, Sonsoles Onega, Spare the Buried, Surrender, The Award Winning SIsters FIccadenti, The Braid, The Brooklyn Girl, The Day you Lost Your Sanity, The Devotion of Suspect X, The Eyes of Venice, The Girl on the Train, The GOod Daughter, The History of Bees, The Kite Runner, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, The One Who Sees, The Ordinary World, The Package, The Road to Smyrna, The Substance of Evil, The Sympathizer, The Underground Railroad, Time is Assassin, Times of Departure, Under the Midnight Sun, Vernon Subutex 1, victoria hislop, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Virginie Despentes, Water Rites, What You Can See From Here, When the Recluse Comes Out, Who Does it Profit?, women, Yang YI Fan, Your Second Life Begins When You Understand That You Do Not Have One, Yu Hua
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Malaysia and Turkey. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the…Continue Reading
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Tagged A Life, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Aeden - A World Heritage, After Love, All the Light We Cannot See, An Extra Night, An Unknown Woman's Letter, Andrea Camilleri, Andrea Vitali, Anthony Doerr, Antonia Arslan, Aurelie Valognes, Before I Fall, Beyond Winter, By Car Simone!, Carmen Corn, China Rich Girlfriend, Cicek Sekban Tufekci, Crazy Rich Asians, Danila Comastri Montanari, Don Winslow, Donna Leon, Earthly Remains, Elena Ferrante, Enrico Brizzi, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Fernando Aramburu, Fred Vargas, Funda Mentaloglu, Gianrico Carolfiglio, Giorgio Faletti, Gods from God - Sapiens, Guido Gozzano, Guillaume Musso, Homeland, I Kill, Into the Water, Isabel Allende, It, Jack Frusciante Left the Group, jan weiler, Journey with Elia, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Kevin Kwan, Khaled Hosseini, Laetita Colombani, Lang Leav, Lauren Oliver, Lorenzo Silva, Luca D'Andrea, Margaret Atwood, Michel Bussi, Mirza Tazegul, My Brilliant Friend, Paula Hawkins, Paulo Coelho, Raphaëlle Giordano, Raul Montanari, Ray Lorgia, Rich People Problems, Sad Girls, Selfies, silvia avallone, Simone Veil, Sonsoles Onega, Sophia Kinsella, Steel, Stefan Zweig, Stephen King, Surrender, Teenasaurus Rex, Teenasaurus Slept Eternally, The Alchemist, The Award Winning SIsters FIccadenti, The Braid, The Brooklyn Girl, The Dizzying Edge of Things, The Force, The Girl on the Train, The Handmaid's Tale, The History of the Bee, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, The Road to Smyrna, The Story of a New Name, The Substance of Evil, Three and a half Love, Time is Assassin, Times of Departure, Unknown Face of Loneliness, Unrest, Vernon Subutex Vol. 1, Virginie Despentes, Water Rites, When the Recluse Comes Out, Who Does it Profit?, Will Remember Your Name, women, Works, Your Second Life Begins When You Understand That You Do Not Have One, Yuval Noah Harari, Zulfu Livaneli
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Portugal and South Korea. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from…Continue Reading
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Tagged 82 Years Old Kim Ji Young, Afonso Noite-Luar, An Apartment in Paris, Andrea Camilleri, Andrea Vitali, Anna Katharine Green, Arnaldur Indridason, Bauer Hau, Beren and Lúthien, Bernard Berber, Beyond Winter, Carme Chaparro, Carmen Corn, Close Your Eyes, Corruption, Dangerous Venus, Danila Comastri Montanari, David Trueba, Domingos Amaral, Don Winslow, Donna Leon, Elena Ferrante, Enrico Brizzi, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Every Angel is Terrible, Fernando Aramburu, France, Fred Vargas, Germany, Gianrico Carofiglio, Giorgio Faletti, Guillaume Musso, Higashino Gage, Homeland, I'm Not a Monster, Into the Water, Isabel Allende, Isabel de Aragão - Between Heaven and Hell, Isabel Stillwell, Italy, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jack Frusciante Left the Group, Jo Nam-ju, José Eduardo Agualusa, julia navarro, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Kim Ae Ran, Kim Jin Myung, KIm Young-ha, Land of Fields, Lars Kepler, Lee Child, Lorenzo Silva, Maja Lunde, Margaret Atwood, Michel Bussi, Miracle at Namiya Grovery Store, My Brilliant Friend, Notes of a Seller Woman, NOthing But Everything, Only Two, Outside Summer, Parce Buried Remains, Paula Hawkins, Peter Wohlleben, Portugal, Prophecy, Raphaëlle Giordano, Raul Montanari, Ray Lorgia, Rebecca Gable, Robert Bryndza, Rodrigo Guedes de Carvalho, Selfies, Silent Water, silvia avallone, Slumbers, Slumbers 2, So Born Portugal Volume 3, South Korea, Spain, Steel, Surrender, Susanna Tamaro, The Award Winning SIsters FIccadenti, The Black Lagoon, The Blood of the Lambs, The Brooklyn Girl, The Case of Fifth Avenue, The Dizzying Edge of Things, The Girl on Ice, The Girl on the Train, The Handmaid's Tale, The History of the Bee, The Hotel Pianist, The Last Command, The Magic of a Thousand Worlds, The Memory of a Murderer, The Port of Souls, The Secret Life of Trees, The Society of Involuntary Dreamers, The Strange Queen, Three Sisters, Time is Assassin, Times of Departure, Trudi Canavan, Vernon Subutex Vol. 1, Virginie Despentes, Water Rites, What Will I Tell You When I See You Again, When the Recluse Comes Out, Which Prodest, Will Remember Your Name, women, Your Second Life Begins When You Understand That You Do Not Have One
Programming at this year’s BookExpo fell into 5 tracks: independent bookselling, marketing and engagement, business of publishing, readers and authors, and global insight. While the bulk of the programming seemed to be for readers and authors, particularly on Friday, there was a smattering of panels about business and networking. But really, the big focus of…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amanda Maciel, Amy Fitzgerald, Auma's Long Run, Bloomsbury Children's Books, BookExpo, BookExpo 2017, Carolrhoda Books, Christopher Lloyd, David Barclay Moore, Eucabeth Odhiambo, Feiwel & Friends, Graphix Books, Greetings from Witness Protection!, Jake Burt, Kamilla Benko, Knopf Books for Young Readers, Liz Szabla, Middle grade, MIddle Grade Editor's Buzz, Molly Ostertag, Nancy Siscoe, Rocco Staino, Roxie Munro, Sarah Shumway, The Stars Beneath our Feet, The Unicorn Quest: The Whisper in the Stone, The Witch Boy, What on Earth Books
New York was a vast improvement over Chicago; despite some wide aisles there was energy in the hall and lines for autographing were as long as ever, though hard to say exactly who was doing the waiting. But what struck me most was the standing room-only attendance at the Adult Editors’ Book Buzz, which has…Continue Reading
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Tagged Adult Buzz Panel, Bellevue, BookExpo, BookExpo 2017, Grove, Grove Atlantic, HMH, Library Buzz Panel, Melville House, Norton, Other Press
