Simon & Schuster Takes a New Recruiting Program Online
Simon & Schuster's Publishing Prologue program, which launched this summer, is aimed at reaching and recruiting young people interested in publishing. more...
Book Deals: Week of September 27, 2021
Bestsellers Jennifer Boylan and Jodi Picoult team up on a novel for Ballantine, Susan Cain sells a new book to Crown, and more. more...
For American Agents, It’s Another Year of Managing the Frankfurt Book Fair from Home
For American agents, the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair brings another year of hoping, and waiting, for the real thing. more...Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'The Morning Star' Reaches the U.S.
The My Struggle series author's first full novel since 2004’s 'A Time for Everything' has hit American shelves—and Knausgaard, his translator, and his publisher are all hoping it'll make a splash. more...and more.
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Publisher NewsGrupo Planeta Is Relaunching U.S. Publishing Division
Planeta, the largest Spanish-language publisher in the world, is relaunching its publishing program in the U.S. The new division will be based in Miami and led by Cristóbal Pera, formerly editorial director of Vintage Español.
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Publisher News
Educational Publishers Win Another Injunction Against Pirate Sites
The injunction is the fourth successful action in two years for the group, known as the Educational Publishers Enforcement Group, which consists of Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Pearson.
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Bookselling
Regional Bookseller Associations Join Forces for Second Fall Conference
The New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers Associations (NAIBA and SIBA) kicked off a combined virtual fall conference on September 27, marking the second year in a row that the two organizations have joined forces to offer educational programming, author readings, and editor buzz picks.
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Publisher News
CAA to Acquire ICM Partners
In a deal that will see two of Hollywood's most powerful talent agencies come together, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has agreed to purchase ICM Partners.
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Obituaries
Publicist Gregory Henry Dead at 48
Gregory Henry, a veteran publicist who had most recently worked at Melville House, died unexpectedly on September 17. He was 48.
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Bookselling
Print Sales Down Again in Mid-September
Unit sales of print books fell 3.6% in the week ended Sept. 18, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, according to NPD BookScan.
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Publisher News
Simon & Schuster Takes a New Recruiting Program Online
Simon & Schuster's Publishing Prologue program, which launched this summer, is aimed at reaching and recruiting young people interested in publishing.
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Publisher News
Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'The Morning Star' Reaches the U.S.
The My Struggle series author's first full novel since 2004’s 'A Time for Everything' has hit American shelves—and Knausgaard, his translator, and his publisher are all hoping it'll make a splash.
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Shows & Events
For American Agents, It’s Another Year of Managing the Frankfurt Book Fair from Home
For American agents, the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair brings another year of hoping, and waiting, for the real thing.
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Bookselling
Bookselling Profile: Source Booksellers
Source Booksellers has been transformed from a small business serving its Detroit community to an indie with a global customer base.
