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Inside the Fall 12 Sales Conference
by Natalia
News + Vancouver / May 01, 2012
Last week was the Raincoast Fall 2012 sales conference. This is when all our publishers come to Vancouver to talk to the sales team about their brand new fall titles. For us publicists, it's a chance to hear about the hot upcoming books and see what will be in store for us this fall! There were so many fabulous books that it made my head spin, but I thought I would share a small selection of my favourites...
I was blown at conference by this new series of classics from Thunder Bay Press. The picture does not convey how beautiful this series is: they're gorgeous books with a soft, velvety leather cover, a celebration of the tactility of the page.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Canterbury Classics singles series
I like to think of myself as a scholarly being, a reader of highfalutin' literary fiction, an intellectual. But then someone throws a book about cat pee in front of me and I think it's hilarious. So much for the highbrow.
I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats
Francesco Marciuliano
If you think doing your Christmas shopping on time is a challenge, try getting a book to press in time for the holidays. Publishing is an industry that has to roll way ahead of the game. But this picture book from Sourcebooks is so lovely and sweet it could be enjoyed any day of the year.
A Flower in the Snow
Tracey Corderoy and Sophie Allsopp
Whoever thought rocks would be interesting? This is a quirky one, but I'm intrigued by the promised chapter on inukshuks...
Cairns: Messengers in Stone
David Williams
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Sometimes it's the cover that pulls you in. I love these little quill duelists.
The Language Wars: A History of Proper English
Henry Hitchings
And from Drawn & Quarterly, a very cool collection by New Yorker cartoonist Adrian Tomine.
New York Drawings
Adrian Tomine
What upcoming book are you most excited to see this year?
Comments
On May 02, 2012 at 05:13 PM, Beth DiIorio said:
Don’t you love the excitement of new books? I’m right there with you! Thanks for sharing these titles…I’d not heard of them yet. Believe it or not, I want to read Cairns: Messengers In Stone and The Language Wars. I’ll put them on my TBR list.
Beth :-)