Follett Gets Into School Book Fairs

[PW Daily: Breaking book business, bookselling and author news, bestsellers lists and publishing deals.] [Sell Your Rights at the Largest Global Marketplace]( [Follett Enters School Book Fair Market]( Follett Book Fairs will be aimed at grades K–8 in the current school year, expanding into other grades in subsequent years. The new division is a direct challenge to Scholastic, which has long dominated the school book fair market. [more »]( [Publishers, Authors, and Agents Rally for Hurricane Maria Relief]( In response to Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico on September 20, a number of agents, editors, and authors in the children’s book community and beyond have joined together to hold an online talent auction in support of Puerto Ricans affected by the storm. [more »]( [Refugees and Me: 'PW' Talks with Helen Thorpe]( Thorpe follows a group of teenagers in a beginner-level English- language-acquisition class in Denver in 'The Newcomers.' 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JOB MOVES Natalie Mandziuk has been promoted to acquisitions editor at Rowman & Littlefield. Sarah Stanton is being promoted to executive editor at Rowman & Littlefield and can be contacted at sstanton@rowman.com. Megan Rudloff has joined Touchstone as publicity assistant. Michelle Campbell, formerly manager of library and educational marketing at Scholastic, has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as senior manager of school and library marketing. Margo Beth Fleming, formerly senior editor at Stanford University Press, has joined Brockman as an agent. [VIEW ALL »]( [Readers' Favorite 2017 Book Award Winners]( [Even Great Writers Trip Sometimes]( A writer and cartoonist takes comfort in other writers’ debacles. [more » »]( Authors on the Air [Authors on the Air October 3, 2017: Jen Welter]( Jen Welter, author of 'Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL,' will appear on multiple TV and radio programs on October 4 and 5. [more » »]( News Briefs [Trevor Noah Wins Thurber Prize for American Humor]( The host of 'The Daily Show' won the award for his debut book, 'Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood,' at a ceremony in New York on October 2. [more » »]( [Funeral for Alison Greene to Be Held October 3]( Greene, the wife of ABA CEO Oren Teicher, died on October 2. The funeral will take place at Bet Am Shalom Synagogue in White Plains, N.Y., at 1:00 p.m. [more » »]( [BIGNY Annual New York Book Show Slated for October 12]( The show, to be held at Battery Gardens in Manhattan at 6:00 p.m., encourages, recognizes, and celebrates excellence in print and electronic book production and design. [more » »]( [S&S to Distribute Oni Press]( Simon & Schuster will handle sales and worldwide distribution to the book trade for Oni's line of original and licensed comic books and graphic novels effective March 1, 2018. [more » »]( THE ROUNDUP [Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners]( The only international literary peace prize awarded in the U.S. has selected books by Patricia Engel and David Wood as this year's honorees. [Drama Book Shop—a Late Centennial?]( The store is celebrating its 100th anniversary, but its owners recently discovered the store may be a year older than they had thought. [Betting Odds on Nobel Prize Shift]( The literary betting public have pushed Don DeLillo's odds from 66/1 to 14/1, to rival favorites Haruki Murakami and NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiong’o. [Seattle's Rep As a Book Town]( In the wake of a local closure, independent bookstores are thriving against the odds. But is Seattle still as bookish as it once was? [A Friendship with Philip Larkin]( Andrew Motion first came across the poet's work as a schoolboy in the late 1960s—then ended up teaching with him. [VIEW ALL »]( PW Bestsellers [Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List]( 'What Happened' by Hillary Rodham Clinton is the #1 title on PW's adult hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. [See the full list » »]( PW Daily Review of the Day ['We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy' by Ta-Nehisi Coates]( "National Book Award–winner Coates collects eight essays originally published in the 'Atlantic' between 2008 and 2016, marking roughly the early optimism of Barack Obama's presidency and the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War." [more » »]( SHELFTALKER [Guest Post: Justina Ireland on Nurturing Souls (and Zombies)]( Elizabeth Bluemle Why this YA author is inspired to create characters not content with letting history shape their destinies. [more »]( PICTURE OF THE DAY [Coppola Comes to City Lights]( Francis Ford Coppola (second from r.) joined the City Lights Bookstore staff last week for a photo op after signing copies of his new book, 'Live Cinema and Its Techniques' (Liveright), at a sold-out event in San Francisco. Free glasses of Coppola wine were served to attendees as they waited in line to enter. Photo: Erin Messer E-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package]( [PW LitCast: A Conversation with Detective Lt. Joe Kenda]( [Get the Best in Print]( To submit pictures of the day, email pics@publishersweekly.com Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: jmilliot@publishersweekly.com Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: cbryerman@publishersweekly.com For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. 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