Andrews McMeel Is Publishing's Big House on the Prairie
At 50, Andrews McMeel is a multifaceted media company with a worldwide reach. more...Book Deals: Week of February 17, 2020
Marilynne Robinson and FSG go back to Gilead, Iowa, and more. more...Publishers, Printers Meet to Talk Shop
BMI held its first Book Manufacturing Mastered seminar February 10–11 in New York City. more...
Brash Books Releases Lost Hardman Novel
Indie crime press Brash Books recently released 'All Kinds of Ugly' by Ralph Dennis, the 13th installment in his Jim Hardman series. more...and more.
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BooksellingThis Week's Bestsellers: February 24, 2020
‘Hair Love,’ based on the Oscar-winning animated short, enjoyed a spike in sales after the awards show. Plus Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ debuts in hardcover fiction, and Harlan Coben’s ‘The Stranger’ becomes a Netflix series.
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Publisher News
Gallery Books Marks 10 Years
The imprint, born the “love child of the merger of Pocket Books and Simon Spotlight Entertainment” in 2010, marked a decade in the business this January.
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Financial Reporting
Print Unit Sales Up Slightly in Mid-February
With both adult categories posting small increases, unit sales of print books increased 1.4% in the week ended Feb. 15, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019.
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Comics
SCAD Comics Forum Shows Kids the Biz
The Savannah College of Art and Design’s sequential-art program keeps doing what it’s been doing for more than a quarter century: teaching its students how to break into the graphic novel and comics market.
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Publisher News
Disney and HBG Go Their Own Way
After a big deal earlier this month, the two companies discuss their strategies for the children’s market.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of February 24, 2020
Among this week’s notable deals is the seven-figure sale of a debut novel titled The Other Black Girl. The send-up of the publishing industry, by a former Knopf assistant editor, was pitched as Get Out meets Younger.
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Religion
Christian Publishing Veterans Launch Consulting Firm
Longtime Christian publishing executives David Moberg and Byron Williamson are starting a consulting firm, Moberg | Williamson Consulting, which will serve mass media clients including publishers.
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Financial Reporting
Pearson Earned £65 Million In Profits from Its PRH Stake in 2019
Pearson’s 25% stake in Penguin Random House earned the company £65 million in operating profit in 2019. Pearson has sold its 25% share of PRH to Bertelsmann in a deal expected to generated net proceeds of $675 million when the transaction closes.
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Libraries
The Importance of Reading to Your Kids
How a career in libraries is paying dividends for PW columnist Sari Feldman in her new role—grandmother.
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Libraries
The Library Community Readies for PLA 2020 in Nashville
With A-list keynote speakers, a rich professional program, and the storied city of Nashville taking center stage, the 2020 PLA conference is set up to be a great one. Here's all of PW's preconference coverage.
