Harlequin Launches Nonfiction Imprint

-- Publishers Weekly, 9/16/2008 1:28:00 PM

Harlequin has announced a 300,000-copy first printing for Love Matters: Remarkable Stories That Touch the Heart and Nourish the Soul by nighttime radio host Delilah, the first book in the company’s new nonfiction imprint. Michelle Blankenship, who recently joined Harlequin as publicity manager for the imprint, said lots of media has been lined up for the Sept. 30 launch, including an Oct. 1 Today Show appearance. Delilah will also be talking about the book, which features stories from her listeners, on her show. The second nonfiction title, Safe Passage: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Saved Jews from the Nazis, will be released as a trade paperback in November. The title was originally released by Morrow in the 1950s, and has a new foreword by Jewish scholar Ann Sebba who will help promote the title.

The nonfiction imprint, originally announced late last year, will feature a mix of subjects, ranging from memoir to self-help. Eight titles are set for 2009, including a cookbook by bestselling romance author Debbie Macomber, whose The Cedar Cove Cookbook is inspired from her bestselling Cedar Cove series. Deb Brody is executive editor of the imprint.

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