Seasons of...Boooooooooks

It's really hard to get all those 'Seasons of Love' trills and arpeggios across in writing.

Anyway...

If you look around at some debut author's sites, Twitter feeds, etc., you might notice that instead of a release date for their books, they will have listed a season. Mine for example says Winter 2012.

For the most part, actual release dates don't come into play until pretty late in the process. But, usually, an author will know what season they're being published in.

To add just a bit more confusion, publishing seasons don't exactly follow calendar seasons AND the dates do vary from publishing house to publishing house. Here's a list of some the seasons at a few publishing houses as I understand them to be. (Most information sourced from EarlyWord.com)

Bloomsbury (mine)
Winter: January - April
Spring: May - August
Fall: September - December

Harper Collins
Winter: January - April
Summer: May - August
Fall: September - December

Random House
Spring: December - March
Fall: September - November
Summer: April - August

Simon & Schuster
Spring: February - May
Summer: June - September
Fall: October - January

Candlewick
Spring: February - July
Fall: August - January

Hachette 
Spring/Summer: April - August
Fall/Winter: September - March

Houghton Mifflin
Spring: April - August
Fall: September - March

Hyperion
Winter: January - April
Summer: May - August
Fall: September - December

Macmillan
Winter: January - April
Spring: May - August
Fall: September - December

Penguin
Winter: January - April
Summer: May - August
Fall: September - December

Sourcebooks
Spring: March - July
Fall: August - February


Are you an author/editor with a different publishing season than the ones listed above? Chime in!