Publishers Weekly - 09.03.2020

Volume 267
Number 10

ISSN 0000-

March 9,

2020

FEATURES

21 Chefs de Cuisinart
New books by culinary professionals translate restaurant tools and
techniques for the home cook.

36 Hell’s Kitchen
Fourteen years after the bestselling Heat, Bill Buford is back with
another culinary adventure.

67–79 BookLife
In our latest survey of self-publishing, we speak with an indie author
who made the most of his incarceration.

NEWS

4 Simon & Schuster Goes on the Block
Speculation swirls over who will buy the country’s third-largest trade
publisher.

5 As Coronavirus Spreads, Conferences Suffer
After saying on March 3 that it would proceed with the London Book
Fair, Reed Exhibitions canceled the event on March 4 as publishers and
agencies withdrew due to the outbreak. Other events are in jeopardy.

6 Deals
S&S signs a four-book, eight-figure deal with Janet Evanovich, and
Doubleday buys a new novel by Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan.

8 Sales Tumble at the End of February
Print unit sales in the week ended February 29 were down 4%
compared to the similar week last year, due to midlist weakness in
adult fiction and lower sales of Dr. Seuss titles in juvenile fiction.

9 Remembering Clive Cussler
Former Putnam editor-in-chief Neil Nyren looks back on his work with
the bestselling author, who died on February 24.

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