Book News

The National Book Foundation is announcing the longlists for the 2017 National Book Awards this week.

The Man Group has announced the six authors who have made the shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Random House Children’s Books is inviting stores to participate in “Celebrating Twain: A National Read-Aloud-A-Thon” to promote the release of Mark Twain’s new never-before-published children’s book.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 3, 2017.

The September Indie Next List’s 12 Now in Paperback titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Booksellers have chosen debut novel My Absolute Darling (Riverhead Books) by Gabriel Tallent as the #1 Indie Next List pick for September, which DIESEL’s John Evans has called “a Great American Novel.”

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 13, 2017.

Becky Anderson runs for Congress; Macmillan to move; Ingram announces promotions; Quarto Iberoamericana enters agreements; Kristin Keith Sales Rep of the Year, BISG Distinguished Service Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award, RITA Awards, Restless Books Prize winners announced

Here are the 20 Indie Next Great Reads and 12 Now in Paperback titles featured on the September 2017 Indie Next List flier on its way to stores in the IndieBound movement.

Library of America president to retire; S&S launches Skybound Books; Vintage Espanol appoints new publishing director; Investor urges B&N to sell; Frankfurt Book Fair to feature S&S CEO; NEIBA, GLIBA Book Award winners 

Downtown Books hosts Refugee book launch; Andy Laties, Rebecca Migdal to open Book & Puppet Co.; Brilliant Books to mark 10^th anniversary; BookPeople to serve as bookseller for Texas Book Festival

Sarah Schmidt is the author of the Summer/Fall 2017 Indies Introduce adult title See What I Have Done, which Carolyn Hutton of Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts calls a “thriller of a debut.”

The August Indie Next List’s 12 Now in Paperback titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Toronto-based Dundurn Press is the largest independent publisher in Canada, publishing fiction, mysteries, biographies, books for young adults, and business, history, and current affairs titles.

Staff changes at Hub City Writers Project; NPD sells Pubnet, PubEasy; Ingram acquires NBNi; PRH completes acquisition of Ediciones B; Benjamin Steinberg joins Dey Street Books; Southern Book Prize winners announced; Goddard Riverside to honor B&T president and Mary Higgins Clark