Doing Business at Guadalajara
At the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), Inner Traditions relaunches and Planeta regroups. more...
Book Deals: Week of December 5, 2022
Broadside buys a memoir from Florida governor Ron DeSantis, NBC News reporter Char Adams sells a book on Black-owned bookstores to Tiny Reparations, and more. more...
Early Holiday Cheer for Booksellers
The weekend after Thanksgiving, indie bookstores across the country were filled with crowds of eager shoppers and the merry sounds of cash registers ringing up sales in spite of concerns about rising prices. more... Can U.S. Printers Make a Comeback?
The CEO of Worzalla says that with Chinese dominance of the industry threatened by frequent lockdowns and high shipping costs, now is the time for American printers to expand.
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Financial ReportingSales Fall in Q2 as Wiley Lowers Sales Forecast for Year
Sales fell 3% at John Wiley in the second quarter ended October 31, largely due to a 14% revenue decline in its academic and publishing learning group. Trouble in the group prompted the company to lower its revenue forecast for fiscal 2023, though its earnings predictions remained intact.
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Comics
Panel Mania: Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ron Wimberly and Brahm Revel
Ron Wimberly and Brahm Revel’s graphic biography, 'Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard', captures the remarkable life of Bullard (1914-1961), among the first Black military fighter pilots, and one the most decorated and honored veterans of WWI and WWII by the French government. A nine-page excerpt.
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Publisher News
HarperCollins Addresses Stalled Union Negotiations, Union Responds
In an open letter to agents and authors, CEO Brian Murray wrote that he feels "we owe you a response" and wanted to "share some additional background" about the state of the company's negotiations with its unionized employees.
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Business Deals
Hachette UK Buys Welbeck Publishing Group
U.K.-based Welbeck Publishing has been acquired by Hachette UK for an undisclosed price. Sales at the publisher are expected to top £25 million in 2022.
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Financial Reporting
Publishing Industry Sales Down 4.5% Through September
Total publishing industry sales fell 4.5% through September compared to 2021, with trade sales down 3.3%, at the 1,368 publishers that report revenue to the AAP’s StatShot program. Lower hardcover sales and higher returns were the main drivers in pushing down trade sales.
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Bookselling
Bookends & Beginnings Launches Fundraising Campaign
Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston, Ill., which announced several weeks ago that it was forced to move to another space after its landlord raised the rent 125%, launched a GoFundMe campaign to finance the move.
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Comics
Gorinson Named to Head Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Ending months of uncertainty, indie graphic novel publisher Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group has named veteran comics executive Hunter Gorinson as its president and publisher, effective immediately.
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Publisher News
Tracing the Migration of Ethnic Chinese Groups
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group’s newly launched History of China in Maps series takes a deep dive into ethnic migration. (Sponsored)
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Manufacturing
Can U.S. Printers Make a Comeback?
The CEO of Worzalla says that with Chinese dominance of the industry threatened by frequent lockdowns and high shipping costs, now is the time for American printers to expand.
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Publisher News
NYU’s Publishing Program Turns 25
We spoke with Andrea Chambers, who heads the master’s degree program, about the tools publishing professionals need today.
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