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Toni Morrison’s Life in Publishing
Morrison’s remarkable legacy as a writer is intertwined with an elegant mastery of multiple roles, including, for 15 years, as an editor in educational and trade book publishing.
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Two Boston Writing Groups Produce 12 Books
Meet the Chunky Monkeys and the Book Squad, two Boston-area writing groups whose members help one another bring their books to publication.
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Cinco Puntos Advises How to Help El Paso
In the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso on Saturday, John Byrd, the publisher at the city's most prominent publisher, Cinco Puntos Press, has released a note saying all employees are safe and advising how people can help the community.
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Dufour’s Distribution Goes to Casemate
Dufour Editions will cease its distribution operations on October 1 and transfer its existing distribution business to the Casemate Group. Returns will be accepted until December 31.
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Avid Reader Press Off to Quick Start
It would be hard for a new imprint to get off to a better start with its first book than the Simon & Schuster imprint did with Lisa Taddeo's 'Three Women.'
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New Tariffs on Books Loom
Just over a month after President Trump suspended planned tariffs on a range of consumer products coming from China, including books, he has vowed to impose a new tariff that would affect the same group of goods.
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Macmillan Announces Acquisition and Pub Date of Snowden Memoir
'Permanent Record,' a memoir by former CIA agent Edward Snowden, will be published globally by Macmillan on September 17.
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Melville House Wants New York to Read 'The Mueller Report'
In an effort to promote more widespread reading of the document, the publisher will send staffers around the city with a video camera, asking people on the street to read segments of the report for broadcast on social media.
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Steerforth Rebrands 'The Irishman' in Lead-Up to Scorsese Release
Steerforth Press will release new mass market and trade paperback editions of 'I Heard You Paint Houses' by Charles Brandt as 'The Irishman,' to match the forthcoming film by Martin Scorsese.
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PRH Added £25 Million to Pearson's First Half Earnings
As Pearson continues to overhaul its education operations, the company said its stake in Penguin Random House contributed £25 million to its adjusted operating profit, up from £22 million in the first half of 2018.
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BISG Convenes First Meeting of New Board
The newly elected board of directors of the Book Industry Study Group will meet for the first time on July 25 in New York City.
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RB Media Launches New Politics Imprint, Kalorama
Independent audiobook publisher RB Media is redoubling its politics and current events publishing with the creation of a new imprint, Kalorama Audio.
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Mahoney Sets a Broader Course for Chronicle
Since she took over as president of Chronicle Books in January 2017, Tyrrell Mahoney has expanded the San Francisco–based publisher into new subject areas and locations.
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Harlequin Creates Two Business Groups
The publisher will now be organized around the Harlequin Trade Publishing Group, headed by Loriana Sacilotto, and the Harlequin Brand Group, led by Brent Lewis. Angela James and Joanne Grant will leave Harlequin on July 19.
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Arcadia Publishing Forms Children's Division
Arcadia Publishing has formed a children’s division and appointed former DK editorial director Nancy Ellwood to head it.
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Pearson Puts Print Books to Bed
The publisher will shift its U.S. textbook publishing program to a digital first model. Print texts will be available for rental only.
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Breaking Down 2019's Bestsellers (So Far)
Of the top 40 bestselling books this year across the adult and children's categories, only eight of them were published in 2019, for a grand total of 1/5 of the list.
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Michael Zilkha Launches ZE Books
English entrepreneur and ZE Records cofounder Michael Zilkha has launched ZE Books, a new small press that will publish "literary mix-tapes from visionary writers, artists, and musicians."
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Book Biz Stocks Sank Over Past Six Months
For the most part, publishing industry stocks have fallen out of favor with investors, and that looks unlikely to change anytime soon.
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