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2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | John Maher |Byrd Leavell

Margo Shickmanter at Avid Reader preempted North American rights to Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novack (pictured l.) from Claudia Ballard at WME. The publisher said the debut novel is “told in three increasingly subversive acts, in which a 32-year-old sex worker recruited as an unlikely assassin kills an extreme right-wing presidential hopeful...

2 months ago | publishersweekly.com | John Maher |Byrd Leavell

In 2023, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair surprised the global book business by moving its 2024 show to April rather than March, as was its recent custom. That prompted the London Book Fair to exchange its own typical April dates for a March run. While some industry insiders lodged complaints about having to visit Foggy Ol’ at an even drearier time of year, others observed that the move might ultimately prove to the fair’s advantage.

Dec 15, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Andrew Albanese |Byrd Leavell

Zando Follows Litman’s Leadership After an auction, Zando senior editor Sarah Ried has acquired, for Crooked Media Reads, world rights to a leadership book by Amanda Litman. Stephanie Delman at Trellis Literary Management brokered the deal. The as-yet-untitled book will explore how millennials and zoomers are “leading differently,” and how readers can “put their values into action” both at work and in their personal lives, according to the publisher.