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Monday Fun Day! (11/26/2012 Edition)

Monday Fun Day! (11/26/2012 Edition)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Welcome back from Thanksgiving, everyone!

I hope you all had an uncomfortably delicious holiday. While you're recovering with your leftovers lunch we have a few items to share with you:

- Teen Librarians, please join us next Tuesday (12/4) for the Association of American Publishers' first ever Children's and YA Tri-State Book Buzz! There will be goodie bags, galleys, breakfast, and good times. RSVP now!

- Nancy Pearl named SHINE SHINE SHINE by Lydia Netzer one of her top ten favorite reads of the year! SHINE SHINE SHINE was also one of my favorites. See Nancy's full favorites list here.

- The paperback of Talia's tell-all memoir is coming out in January, so be sure to check that out...

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RSVP for the Children’s and YA Tri-State Book Buzz!

RSVP for the Children’s and YA Tri-State Book Buzz!

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Ali Fisher

No, we don't talk about children's books much here on the Adult Trade side of the library marketing world, but we do talk teen titles and that's exactly what I'll be doing at the first ever Children's & Teen Librarians Tri-State Book Buzz on December 4th.

See details below (click to enlarge) and be sure to RSVP here ASAP!

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Monday Fun Day! (11/19/2012 Edition)

Monday Fun Day! (11/19/2012 Edition)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Ali Fisher

All aboard the short weeeeek!

I know you're all super busy getting your desks and bellies ready for Thanksgiving feasting, but I want to take a minute to celebrate all of the truly amazing books that we published and distributed this year that made Library Journal's best of lists! 

Library Journal's Best Books 2012:

HALF-BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan

GIRLCHILD by Tupelo Hassman

A LADY CYCLIST'S GUIDE TO KASHGAR by Suzanne Joinson

Library Journal's Best of Genre 2012:

Business:

THE SEVEN PEARLS OF FINANCIAL WISDOM by Carol Pepper and Camilla Webster

POWER, INC. by David Rothkopf

UNACCOUNTABLE by Martin Makary

Sci – Tech:

THE SONG OF THE APE by Andrew R. Halloran

Memoir:

AFTERMATH by Rachel Cusk

THE SCIENTISTS by Marco Roth

Historical Fiction:

A LADY CYCLIST'S GUIDE TO KASHGAR by Suzanne Joinson (again!)

Mystery:

A FATAL WINTER by G. M. Malliet

Thriller:

THE SURVIVOR by Gregg Hurwitz

Women’s Fiction:

SHINE SHINE SHINE by Lydia Netzer

Graphic Novels:

SAILOR TWAIN by Mark Siegel 

Congratulations to all of the authors on their excellent achievements! To see the rest of the Best of Genre Fiction head over to LibraryJournal.com.

In other news...

I wasn't the only one who paid a visit to a cozy homestead full of cats this month. Librarian Lesa of Lesa's Book Critiques spent a few days at the Chapel Hill branch of the Macmillan Library Marketing Department (a.k.a. the Sherer's new home)! She reported on all of their adventures—literary, culinary and otherwise—in Life at the Sherer's.

"Books, food, animals. It's all a treat with John and Talia." —Lesa

Rumor says Marcie is a five-star hostess.

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Debut of the Month: City of Saints

Debut of the Month: City of Saints

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Ali Fisher

We were delighted as we always are to see one of our exceptional debuts get that boxed-in-blue treatment from the fine folks at Library Journal! Andrew Hunt's debut, CITY OF SAINTS, is based on a true, unsolved case out of Salt Lake City and won him the 2011 Hillerman Prize.

debut of the monthIt has also been getting great reviews!

Publishers Weekly calls CITY OF SAINTS "triumphant" and says, "this hard-edged whodunit with echoes of James Ellroy warrants a sequel."

And as you can see, Library Journal named it their Debut of the Month and said, "the procedural steadily builds up steam and explodes in all the right places."

Well done, Hunt!

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Dispatches from that Little Bookstore in Big Stone Gap

Dispatches from that Little Bookstore in Big Stone Gap

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Ali Fisher

"Big Stone Gap is truly, madly, amazingly beautiful."
  —Wendy Welch, in THE LITTLE BOOKSTORE OF BIG STONE GAP

"Hold up... IS THIS PLACE FOR REAL?!"
  —Me, in the doorway of the little bookstore of Big Stone Gap

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Dearest librarians,

I have returned alive and unscathed from my weekend field excursion to the Tales of the Lonesome Pine Bookstore, a magical little mansion-turned-bookstore in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Well, to be totally honest I'm a little scratched up thanks to an overly-playful kitten (I'm looking at you, Owen!), but below the love-scratches I'm all gushy and glowing inside. 

a zoo and a bookstore

I happen to know the dapper fellow who has been bookshop-sitting while bookstore co-owners Wendy and Jack are traveling the country on book tour. I've been bugging him since day one for pics, updates, and the stories behnd the stories, but eventually I had to haul myself down there and experiece it for myself.

owen!There are few things more satisfying than heading downstairs for coffee in the morning, passing by tens of thousands of books ready for reading, and settling into a big, comfy chair with a lapful of unearned affection from a horde of well-loved pets. The coziness factor is completely out of control! Everyone is so freaking welcoming! There are a suspicious number of cats napping in all the right places!

In fact, the more I remember from my trip, the more I think I never went to Virginia at all. I probably just visited my local REKAL branch and had my perfect weekend getaway implanted in my memory.

Wendy and Jack have admittedly had their ups and downs moving into a small town and opening an independent bookstore. You can and should read all about their journey in Wendy's memoir, but the home/business/animal sanctuary that they live/work/play in today is straight out of a book lover's dream. 

If you're ever in the area, do yourself a favor and stop by. 

Giveaway!

UPDATE: This contest is now closed. Congratulations to winner Melissa Gray from St. Paul Public Library!

We're also giving away a signed copy of THE LITTLE BOOKSTORE OF BIG STONE GAP to one lucky librarian and I just extended to the entrance deadline until this Friday. Details here!

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Best. Title. Ever. After.

Best. Title. Ever. After.

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Ali Fisher
White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony.

Let's talk about SNOW WHITE MUST DIE by German mystery writer Nele Neuhaus. It's the beginning of a spell-binding new contemporary mystery series, it's already huge international bestseller, and it has the most wicked title!

On a rainy November day police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious traffic accident: A woman has fallen from a pedestrian bridge onto a car driving underneath. According to a witness, the woman may have been pushed. The investigation quickly turns into a small town witch hunt and Pia and Oliver will have to work fast to solve the case before anyone else dies.

"Again and again, Neuhaus inserts the old Grimm fairy tale refrain—'White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony'—that describes Snow White [...] to underscore the grimmest of human emotions: white for icily plotted revenge, red for raging jealousy, black for homicidal madness." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

With more than three million copies already in print worldwide(!), your patrons will happily be the next victims of this exciting new series!

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CT Book Buzz Titles!

CT Book Buzz Titles!

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Tomorrow morning I'm off to the magical world of Connecticut (weather permitting!) for a book buzz! These are the Adult and Teen titles I'll be talking about...

TEEN:

IF YOU FIND ME | Emily Murdoch | 978-1-250-02152-6

ELEANOR & PARK | Rainbow Rowell | 978-1-250-01257-9 

LULLABY (#2) | Amanda Hocking | 978-1-250-00565-6 

TIDAL (#3) | Amanda Hocking | 978-1-250-00811-4 

THE HAVEN | Carol Lynch Williams | 978-0-312-698713 

OVERRIDE (#2) | Heather Anastasiu | 978-1-250-00300-3 

DEATH, DOOM AND DETENTION (#2) | Darynda Jones | 978-0-312-62521-4 

TEMPEST (#1) | Julie Cross | 978-0-125-001120-6 

VORTEX (#2) | Julie Cross | 978-0-312-56890-0 

THE HUNT (#1) | Andrew Fukuda | 978-1-250-00529-8 

THE PREY (#2) | Andrew Fukuda | 978-1-250-00511-3 

INFERNO (#4) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | 978-1-250-00283-9 

LISTENING FOR MADELEINE | Leonard S. Marcus | 978-0-374-29897-5

View my Teen presentation slides here.

ADULT:

LISTENING FOR MADELEINE | Leonard S. Marcus | 9780374298975

SNOW WHITE MUST DIE | Nele Neuhaus | 9780312604257

RAGE AGAINST THE DYING | Becky Masterman | 9780312622947

A MURDER AT ROSAMUND’S GATE | Susanna Calkins | 9781250007902

THE DISCIPLE OF LAS VEGAS | Ian Hamilton | 9781250031938

PROPHET OF BONES | Ted Kosmatka | 9780805096170

REVENGE | Yoko Ogawa | 9780312674465

THE WINTER WITCH | Paula Brackston | 9781250001313

CALLING ME HOME | Julie Kibler | 9781250014528

LOVE IS A CANOE | Ben Schrank | 9780374192495

HABITS OF THE HOUSE | Fay Weldon | 9781250026620

LITTLE KNOWN FACTS | Christine Sneed | 9781608199587

THE HOUR OF PERIL | Daniel Stashower | 9780312600228

LOST CAT | Caroline Paul | 9781608199778

View my Adult presentation slides here.

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The In-House Boozy Book Brahmin!

The In-House Boozy Book Brahmin!

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Ali Fisher

 

peter and maryHey! We know that guy!

In today's issue of Shelf Awareness for readers St. Martin's Press
editor Peter Joseph was interviewed about his absorbing new recipe book Boozy
Brunch: The Quintessential Guide to Daytime Drinking, an important survival resource
we're going to need to get our hands on ASAP!

If only we'd known there was a boozy brunch expert in our
midst. We would have helped with the research!

Read the Shelf Awareness interview here.

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Monday Recovery Day

Monday Recovery Day

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Ali Fisher

Ladies and gentlemen, the Flatiron is powered up and Macmillan is officially back in action post-Sandy!

flatiron

Our hearts go out to everyone who was and still is affected by the hurricane. We wish you all the best recovering safely and returning to normal. 

We're having some e-mail recovery delays today. Please feel free to resend urgent e-mails from the past week. We appreciate your patience while we get back on our feet!

UPDATE:

We're still not receiving external e-mails. Even if you do NOT get a bounce back notification, it's likely we will not receive your e-mail today. Please feel free to call Ali at (646) 307-5486, comment below, or tweet at @MacmillanLib.

Despite the troubles, it was great to walk in this morning and see that the lights are on, the water's running, and the Publishers Weekly's Best Books 2012 issue is out! They compiled a great list and we'll start by applauding four titles that we're delighted to see in the Top 10:

BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel

THE PEOPLE WHO EAT DARKNESS by Richard Lloyd Parry

ALL WE KNOW by Lisa Cohen

DETROIT CITY IS THE PLACE TO BE by Mark Binelli

See the full 2012 Top 10 list here. We'll be making noise about the rest of the best later this week!

Please stay safe and we hope to hear from you all again soon! 

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