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Matthew Aquilone. Delphinium, $27 (268p) ISBN 978-1-953002-82-2 Set during the early days of Covid-19, Aquilone’s hilarious debut follows a struggling young woman who seizes a chance at the high life during lockdown. Maya, a 20-something...
We spotlight the season’s notable new releases from independent publishers, including a picaresque about a hot-tempered strongman, an eclectic chronicle of a son’s grief, and a steamy, twist- lled young adult romantasy.
Our sponsored uide to the buzziest forthcoming titles from independent presses.
Among the headlines, publishers give their blessing to Google’s AI-powered e-book tool, and HarperCollins expands its manga o erings with a new imprint. IN SOMETHING of a first, Google has launched a new AI application for books that...
Ballantine lands Anthropic lawsuit plainti Andrea Bartz’s AI-inspired thriller, Seven Stories signs a veteran NYT reporter’s history of the Strand Bookstore, and more. Hilary Teeman at Ballantine won North American and open market rights...
In the past decade, the Independent Publishers Caucus has grown its ranks and built programs for presses, booksellers, and librarians. TEN YEARS AGO, at the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute in Denver, Seven Stories...
The Birthing Tree, the sophomore novel by Amanda Peters, was inspired by a cryptic conversation with her elderly grandmother. WHEN AMANDA PETERS was 19 or 20, her grandmother said something that would haunt her for the rest of her life. Peters...
We talk with authors Kuzhali Manickavel and James Cahill, and with the cofounder of Galiot Press. What inspired the depressed and disconnected teen heroine? I think I was similar to her when I was in school. A lot of the novel is based on my own...
“Publishing this book was nearly as di cult as writing it. The writing took me five years. When I finally showed a draft to my agent, he didn’t like it. Shortly after, he sent me an email summarily ending our relationship. Fortunately,...
