Book Editors Online & Unscripted
The AAP Webcasts of editors previewing their picks of the Winter/Spring/end-of-Fall/Winter season (titles to be pubbed Jan through April ’09) begin tomorrow. This is a great opportunity to get an insider’s view of the lists.
For those who have not yet registered, there are still some spaces left. Go to AAP Book Editors Online & Unscripted and click on “Register” next to each event you want to join.
To make ordering easier, we’ve put together an Excel spreadsheet of all the titles, with ISBN’s (you can also access it via the link to the bottom right, under “Spring ’09 Preview”).
Below is the schedule, with jackets and catalog download links for this week’s sessions. Chapter excerpts are available at the AAP Book Editors Online & Unscripted site for those who are registered.
By the way, if you’re anything like me, you’ve registered but you’ve forgotten your password. After much cursing at my computer screen, I found it in an email from “messenger@webex.com” with the Subject line, “Registration approved for Web seminar…”
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 12 – 12:30 pm
Rebecca Saletan, SVP and Publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Books
Download Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Adult Catalog — Winter 09



Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Blood in the Cage by L. Jon Werthem
My Abandonment by Peter Rock
Runner by Thomas Perry
Live Through This by Debra Gwartney
Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 3 – 3:30 pm
Tom Miller, Executive. Editor, John Wiley & Sons
American Medical Association Complete Guide to Prevention and Wellness
Prescription for Drug Alternatives: All-Natural Options for Better Health without the Side Effects, by James Balch, Mark Stengler, Robin Young Balch
The Youth Equation: Take 10 Years Off Your Face, by Jeffrey Dover, MD and Cara Birnbaum
The Truth about Cheating: Why Men Stray and What You Can Do to Prevent It, by M. Gary Neuman
Faith, Hope, and Healing: Inspiring Lessons Learned from People Living with Cancer, by Bernie Segel
Wednesday, Sept, 17, 12 – 12:30 pm
Bill Thomas, Editor In Chief and Publisher, Doubleday Publishing Group
Download Doubleday Catalog— Spring 2009
Sag Harbor, by Colson Whitehead
Lost City of Z, by David Grann
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 3 – 3:30 pm
Geoff Shandler, Vice President, Editor In Chief, Little Brown
Download Little, Brown Catalog — Fall ‘08
Beat The Reaper, by Josh Bazell
Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War II, by David Stafford (trade paperback reprint)
Thursday, Sept. 18, 12 – 12:30 pm
Cindy Spiegel, Senior Vice President & Publisher, Spiegel & Grau
Download Spiegal & Grau Catalog — Spring ‘09
American Rust, by Phillipp Meyer
Outcasts United, by Warren St. John
Thursday, Sept 18, 3 – 3:30 pm
Amy Einhorn, VP & Publisher, Editor In Chief, Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam Sons
Downlaod Putnam Catalog — Winter ‘09
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
I’m Sorry You Feel That Way, by Diana Joseph
Why Manners Matter, by Lucinda Holdforth
Ten Degrees of Reckoning, by Hester Rumberg
Tuesday, Sept 23 12 – 12:30 pm
George Witte, Vice President, Editor In Chief, St. Martins Press
Download St. Martin’s Press Catalog — Winter ‘09
Honolulu: A Novel by Alan Brennert
Hiding Man, a Biography of Donald Barthelme, by Tracy Daugherty
Soft Spots: A Marine’s Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, by Clint Van Winkle
War Child, A Memoir: A Child Soldier’s Story, by Emmanuel Jal
Life Without Summer: A Novel, by Lynne Griffin
Tuesday, Sept. 23 3 – 3:30 pm
Eric Raab, Editor, Tor/Forge
Download Tor Catalog — Winter ‘09
Boca Knights, by Steven M. Forman
Comets Curse, by Dom Testa
Critical Mass, by Whitley Strieber
Bones of the Dragon, by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Lamentation, by Ken Scholes
Mortal Coils, by Eric Nylund
Tuesday, Sept 23 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Kathryn Court, President & Publisher, Penguin Books
Download Penguin Books Catalog — Winter ‘09
Download Viking Catalog — Winter ‘09
Sonata for Miriam, by Linda Olsson (Penguin Paperback Original)
The Angel Maker, by Stefan Brijs, (Penguin Paperback Original
Disquiet, by Julie Leigh (Penguin Paperback Original)
The Element, by Ken Robinson, Ph.D (Penguin)
The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y.K. Lee (Viking)
Wednesday, Sept 24, 12 – 12:30 pm
Gillian Blake, Executive Editor, Collins
Download Collins Catalog — Winter ‘09
My Booky Wooky, by Russell Brand
The Thoreau You Don’t Know, by Robert Sullivan
Wednesday, Sept 24, 3 – 3:30 pm
Helen Atsma, Editor, Henry Holt and Company
Download Henry Holt Catalog — Winter ‘09
The Spare Room, by Helen Garner
One Nation Under Dog by Michael Schaffer
Darling Jim, by Chirstian Moerk
Thursday, Sept 25, 12 – 12:30 pm
Chuck Adams, Executive Editor, Algonquin Books
A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick
Thursday, Sept 25 3 pm – 3:30 pm
Deb Futter, VP, Editor In Chief, Grand Central Publishing
Download Grand Central Catalog — Fall ‘08
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, by Tiffany Baker
Little Pink House, by Jeff Benedict
The Unlikely Disciple, Kevin Roose
Undress Me in the Tmple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman