From Publishers Marketplace November 4, 2009
Dan Weiss Joins SMP As Publisher at Large
Former SparkNotes publisher and packager Dan Weiss is the latest seasoned executive to join Macmillan, taking the new position of publisher-at-large for St. Martin’s, reporting to paperback publisher Matthew Shear. Weiss will develop and acquire both fiction and nonfiction properties targeted at the audience of “twentysomethings, Gen Yers, and older young adult readers–those emerging adults who are navigating career, love and family in a 24/7 connected world.” Those books will be published through St. Martin’s as well as other Macmillan imprints as appropriate.
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What does this mean for YA writers? St. Martin’s Press is actively looking for great, new, cutting edge YA with protagonists who are slightly older and can appeal to an adult audience. Since twenty-somethings are happily reading YA, St. Martin’s Press is seeking YA that can be published and marketed as adult; kind of an “older YA” or “new adult.”
I’ve been asked to help spread the word within the YA community and to assist in identifying potential content. More details on that later (rumor has it there may be a submissions contest for #YAlitchat members).
this is really great!! thanks for sharing – looking forward to the “Miss JJ” interview
Sounds like a great idea and a great opportunity. I’ll make sure my agent adds St. Martin’s Press to my submission list!
Great guy. This is awesome news for SMP. Lot’s of very cool people in the Flatiron building. I’m pumped.
This is great. Thanks for sharing.
Yep. This is awesome. Thank you so much for keeping us all updated. You are awesome.
That is fantastic! I’m so glad to hear this. Thank you for sharing this information, Georgia.
Oh, this is great! I’ve always thought there was a bit of a hole there. This should be interesting to see what they pick up. Thanks for passing the word on.
Fabulous! Thanks for the information!
Wow, this is great. I was just thinking the other day about how there’s a gap between YA and adult novels that wasn’t really being addressed. There aren’t a lot of books that are about my personal reality: being out of school, away from home, technically an “adult” but kind of floundering in the adult world. I’d love to read books that reflect my experience.
For years I’ve had an idea for a book about young twenty-somethings, and part of the reason I’ve put it off in favor of other ideas was because I didn’t know where it would fit in the current market. Maybe I’ll tackle it next!
This category sounds so perfect for a book I”m writing at this time. I look forward to learning more about it.
I just finished completing the final draft for a chic lit book and I’m in the winner’s circle for the NaNoWriMo 2009 Contest.
I’ve even created a website for my new chic lit novel on Squidoo called The Calamity Girl – The Promotion.
I can provide a one page synopsis or a six page one that details the twenty chapters in my Fifty Two Thousand, Six hundred and Fifty-four word count manuscript.
You can view the first five pages of the manuscript on the website that I have created.
http://www.squidoo.com/thecalamitygirl-thepromotion
I also have a daily blog about writing, fashion, books, movies and music reviews.
http://theideagirlsays.wordpress.com
My Entertainment site is:
http://ideagirlconsulting.wordpress.com
Thank You for your time;
Linda Randall
Idea Girl Consulting