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Monday Fun Day! (7/02/2012 Edition)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Happy Monday, library buddies!

- Today is the last day to enter to win a signed ARC of MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE! Enter here.

- Sign up now for the Booklist webinar version of Book Battle II: This Time It’s Personal!

If you missed those legendary book brawlers, Cutie and Tiger (a.k.a. Chris Vaccari from Sterling Publishing and Talia Sherer from Macmillan), mixing it up at recent ALA conferences, now’s your chance to get a ringside seat—right in front of your own computer! The book battle is going virtual. Some critics charge that Cutie and Tiger have been a bit too nice to one another in their earlier exchanges. No matter. This time they assure us the gloves are coming off. When they climb out of the ring at the end of the hour, they will have left nothing behind—except, of course, for dozens of terrific new-book recommendations. Don’t miss this hour-long, free Booklist webinar moderator by Adult Books editor Brad Hooper. Register here.

- As promised, here's a link to the full read-alike list for The Great Nonfiction Read-Alike Panel from ALA Annual hosted on EarlyWord.com.

As always, Shelf Awareness brought us the good word on some exciting topics this morning:

- HBO will be adapting Tom Perrotta's post-maybe-rapture novel, THE LEFTOVERS! Perrotta and Damon Lindelof (Lost) will co-write the adaptation. More details here.

- They also linked to a very important BuzzFeed list: 12 Cuddly Bookstore Kitties. We highly recommend you take a minute to get to know these literary felines living the dream.

And finally here are two highlights from the Macmillan evening trip to Disneyland during ALA Annual...

Here we are enjoying a little In-N-Out burger before the rides:

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And here we are mid-death-drop on Space Mountain:

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The Post-BEA Recap

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Man, oh man, what a conference!

Talia and I were pumped to see/meet/catch up with so many wonderful librarians! Thanks to everyone who came to our events and panels. We hope your conference was as good (and not quite as crazy!) as ours.

Here's a quick look at a few great BEA moments for us...

- Monday night we had a delightful meal at the 6th Annual AAP and Library Journal Adult Librarians Dinner. Thanks to everyone who joined us! We should have warned you that you would all leave with a major crush on Mark Shriver, author of A GOOD MAN... sorry about that.

At the #BEA12 AAP Adult Librarians Dinner listening to the very charming Mark Shriver, author of A GOOD MAN. twitter.com/MacmillanLib/s…

— Macmillan Library (@MacmillanLib) June 5, 2012

- On Tuesday, we had a great turn out for Part I of the Librarians Book Buzz panel. If you missed the session, our handout is hosted here (PDF). Try to guess which title is "the FIFTY SHADES OF GREY of fundamentalist Christian family sagas" and which is "the HUNGER GAMES of metaphysical suspense" (answer to both: I'm just being ridiculous).

- We caught a few excellent and informative panels including What Librarians Wish Publishers Knew, Enter The Library Market & Drive Sales With Lessons From Patron Profiles, and the 4th Annual Librarian Shout 'n Share! I heard a rumor that the fine folks at EarlyWord will be hosting notes for a few of these panels on their website, so if we see them we'll direct you there.

- Today, classy librarians Stephanie Chase, Alene Moroni, and David Wright swung by the office to check out our digs.

We (@guybrarian & @surlyspice) are in the amazing Flatiron Building, visiting @taliasherer & @AliFisher.lockerz.com/s/215364679

— Stephanie Chase (@acornsandnuts) June 8, 2012

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While we were away...

- Talia received the second Nancy Pearl Rediscoveries book, AFTER LIFE by Rhian Ellis, and yes, we're still fawning over that charming logo!

And now it's time to nap.

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Boston Book Buzz: For Adults!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Ali Fisher

We posted the teen titles that Talia is talking up at the Boston Book Buzz (see previous post) and now here are the Adult titles (see her slides here)!

THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny

A FATAL WINTER by G.M. Malliet

A KILLING IN THE HILLS by Julia Keller

ROGUE by Mark Sullivan

SACRIFICE FLY by Tim O’Mara

MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND by Matthew Dicks

THE FORGETTING TREE by Tatjana Soli

HOW I CAME TO SPARKLE AGAIN by Kaya McLaren

THE ELEMENTALS by Francesca Lia Block

GRACE GROWS by Shelle Sumners

SHAKESPEARE'S TREMOR AND ORWELL'S COUGH by John J. Ross, M.D.

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Boston Book Buzz: For Teens!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Ali Fisher

The Boston Book Buzz is currently underway!

For those of us following along at home check out the hastag #bostonbookbuzz and I've listed below all of the teen titles that Talia will be presenting (see her slide show here)!

FIERCE READS

STRUCK by Jennifer Bosworth

OF POSEIDON by Anna Banks

MONUMENT 14 by Emmy Laybourne

SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo

Also see: FierceReads.com

MORE TITLES FOR TEENS

WAKE by Amanda Hocking

BENEATH THE GLITTER by Elle & Blair Fowler

WHISPERS AT MOONRISE by C.C. Hunter

ECHO by Alyson Noel

DEATH AND THE GIRL NEXT DOOR by Darynda Jones

THIS IS NOT A TEST by Courtney Summers

SPARK and GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan

GLITCH by Heather Anastasiu

THE HUNT by Andrew Fukuda

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Register Now: Boston Book Buzz (5/23)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Calling all Boston-area librarians!

Boss Lady Talia is heading your way at the end of the month to chat about forthcoming books and she's not doing it alone! Some of our favorite library marketers from other houses are along for the ride and will be presenting books from their lists, as well.

We're all pretty excited about it...

Boston-based librarians!! The one & only #BostonBookBuzz is Wed 5/23 @BPLBoston. HOT titles. FREE advance copies! eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cf…

— Talia Sherer (@taliasherer) May 15, 2012

Are you a librarian attending BookBuzz @BPLBoston on Wed, May 23? @brocktonlibrary @Worcester_PL @SpfldMassLib. #cantwait

— Chris Vaccari (@christhebookie) May 14, 2012

Boston-area librarians: scroll on down and register for our big, multi-publisher Boston book buzz, May 23rd! ow.ly/aV6iK

— librarylovefest (@librarylovefest) May 15, 2012

And yeah, I guess I'm also pretty excited about the Embed this Tweet feature.

Anyway, here are the details:

Join us on Wednesday May 23, 2012 from 11:00AM until 4:15PM.

Boston Public Library, Copley
700 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02116

We'll have advanced reader copies of some of the books we discuss and a swanky tote bag for each of ya!

Register for this event now!

Questions? Post a comment below or e-mail: info@masslibsystem.org.

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Macmillan Library is Buzzing Like Aldrin

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Hello, my dear librarian friends! I'm back from Chicago! Did you miss me?? I thought so.

Yesterday I got to talk up some of our most exciting forthcoming Spring and Fall titles, most of which I presented during the Library Journal Spring Adult Book Buzz (which is now archived and accessible via registration here). All of the Chicagoan librarians I met were absolutely wonderful and excellent lunch time conversationalists. Thanks to everyone who made it out!

Did I just hear someone say, "pics or it didn't happen?" Boom:

ali presenting

And did I hear someone else say, "tweets or it didn't happen?" ...No? Boom, anyway:

#bookbuzzcpl today was great! I will definitely be back next year - love hearing what's coming down the publisher pipe! 🙂 Thx @chipublib!

— Liz Delzell (@readmrsd) May 1, 2012

I needed some souvenirs so I stole all of the historic telescopes on display at the Adler Planetarium and I also found this kooky bean thing that someone left in Millennium Park. Call me if it's yours and you want it back.

Now, if you're feeling left out, don't panic! There is still more buzzing to be had:

Talia will be at the Boston Public Library on Wednesday, May 23rd. More details to come! And if you can't make that event, you can launch the archived version of Booklist's The Murderous Month of May: Hot Mysteries for Spring webinar right freaking now (link)!

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Book Buzzing in Chicago!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Well folks, this weekend I'm off to the Windy City (I added those italics so it looks appropriately wind-blown!) to buzz about new books at Chicago Public! I'm not totally sure what to expect from the City of Big Shoulders, but when I get back I'll tell you all about it! And I assume that will go a liiittle something like this.

For those of you outside the Chicago metropolitan area, you can take a look at all of the titles that I'll be presenting on Monday in this post. Also, if you want to know more specifically about some of our hottest upcoming mysteries, take a look at Talia's slides from the "Murderous Month of May" Booklist Webinar.

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Library Journal’s Spring Adult Book Buzz!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Ali Fisher

This afternoon during Library Journal's Spring Adult Book Buzz (3pm Eastern, #ljadultbuzz), I'll be discussing all of the super fabulous upcoming titles listed below!

Join me, Virginia from HarperCollins, Kelly and Erica from Random House, Elenita from Perseus, and moderator Barbara Hoffert from Library Journal for an hour-long book buzz webinar party today! Register now!

A LADY CYCLIST'S GUIDE TO KASHGAR | Suzanna Joinson | 978-1-60819-811-5

SHINE SHINE SHINE | Lydia Netzer | 978-1-250-00707-0

BENEATH THE SHADOWS | Sara Foster | 978-0-312-64336-2

THE LAND OF DECORATION | Grace McCleen | 978-0-8050-9494-7

A SIMPLE MURDER | Eleanor Kuhns | 978-1-250-00553-3

DEAD SCARED | S. J. Bolton | 978-0-312-60053-2

KILL YOU TWICE | Chelsea Cain | 978-0-312-61978-7

THE OTHER WOMAN | Hank Phillippi Ryan | 978-0-7653-3257-8

BRING UP THE BODIES | Hilary Mantel | 978-0-8050-9003-1

WHERE WE BELONG | Emily Giffin | 978-0-312-55419-4

MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND | Matthew Dicks | 978-1-250-00621-9

THIS IS NOT A TEST | Courtney Summers | 978-0-312-65674-4

REDSHIRTS | John Scalzi | 978-0-7653-1699-8

GLAMOUR IN GLASS | Mary Robinette Kowal | 978-0-7653-2557-0

THE WITCH'S DAUGHTER | Paula Brackston | 978-0-312-62168-1

AMONG OTHERS | Jo Walton | 978-0-7653-2153-4

CHINESE WHISKERS | Pallavi Aiyar | 978-1-250-01448-1

PAW PRINTS IN THE MOONLIGHT | Denis O'Connor | 978-0-312-66829-7

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Register Now: Library Journal’s Spring Adult Book Buzz

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Librarians, mark your calendars:

Yours truly will be buzzing about some of Macmillan's most exciting upcoming Spring titles in Library Journal's Spring Adult Book Buzz on Tuesday, April 10 at 3:00PM (EDT).

I will be joining Virginia Stanley from HarperCollins, Jen Childs and Erica Melnichok from Random House, Elenita Chmilowski from Perseus, and moderator Barbara Hoffert from Library Journal for this hour-long book buzz webinar.

Expect your to-read pile to get dangerously tottery.

There are more details on this event at LibraryJournal.com. Or you can go ahead and register for the event now.

I hope you're free to join me for my inaugural book buzz webinar!

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Philadelphia Book Buzz Title List

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Thanks to all of the librarians who joined us at the Free Library of Philadelphia yesterday! I had a lot of fun and got A LOT of compliments on my awesome new fox sweater.

For those of you who couldn't make it to Philly, here's the list of titles I presented:

New from Our Bestselling Authors

Dark Mysteries

Thrillers

For the Janeites

MIDNIGHT IN AUSTENLAND | Hale, Shannon | 978-1-60819-625-8 | HC

For the Magicians

HEMLOCK GROVE | McGreevy, Brian | 978-0-374-53291-8 | TPO
JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY | Mignola, Mike | 978-0-312-64473-4 | HC

Heavy Memoirs

GYPSY BOY | Walsh, Mikey | 978-0-312-62208-4 | HC
TRIGGERED | Wortmann, Fletcher | 978-0-312-62210-7 | HC

Now, Back to the Cute! (Cozies with Kittens)

THE CAT SITTER’S PAJAMAS | Clement, Blaize | 978-0-312-64313-3 | HC
NO COOPERATION FROM THE CAT | Babson, Marian | 978-0-312-33240-2 | HC

For YA Librarians

Teen title information at MacmillanLibrary.com under Books for Teens.

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