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HarperCollins Takes Full Ownership of HarperCollins Brasil
HarperCollins has purchased the remaining shares of HarperCollins Brasil, originally a joint venture with the Brazilian house of Ediouro.
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Profits Rose by Double Digits at HBG
In a letter to employees, HBG CEO Michael Pietsch said that excluding Perseus, profits rose 25%. The increase was higher when Perseus is included.
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Trade Publishers Focused on Strategic Deals In 2016
After a quiet 2015 with only modest mergers-and-acquisitions activity in the trade book market, deal making picked up last year.
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PW’s 5 Most-Read Publishing News Stories of 2016
Among the most-read news stories on our website were our coverage of the increase in bookstore sales in the first six months of 2016 and stories related to book discoverability.
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Milo Yiannopolous Book Deal with S&S Generates Backlash
After news broke that 'Breitbart Tech' editor and "alt-right" pundit Milo Yiannopoulos received a $250,000 advance from S&S in a deal for his book 'Dangerous,' the book world has taken its grievances to Twitter.
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Pantsuit Nation Book Deal Raises Questions
Did Libby Chamberlain betray the ethics of the group she founded by securing a book deal?
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IBPA Revamps Web Presence
The association's new web portal, called Social Link, offers members the ability to build detailed member profiles and connect with one other across an integrated online networking platform.
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HarperCollins Continues Facebook Live Programming with Holiday Campaign
HarperCollins, which launched its daily Facebook Live programming in June and has since reached nearly10 million viewers, kicked off its holiday programming last week.
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HBG Issues New Environmental Goals
The publisher just released an update on how it has performed in meeting several environmental objectives and announced some new goals for the 2017-2020 period.
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GalleyCat Shutters
GalleyCat, the arm of the Adweek Blog Network covering the book publishing industry, has closed after a decade of operations.
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Reidy Hails Profitable Year at S&S and 'Stable' Publishing Marketplace
Led by Bruce Springsteen's bestselling 'Born to Run,' S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy reports a profitable year at S&S and a "period of relative stability in the publishing marketplace.”
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Search Begins for Raab’s Successor at Grand Central
Despite the pending January departures of two top executives at Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch said that Grand Central remains an important HBG division.
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The Big Book Publishing Stories of 2016
The ouster of Barnes & Noble's CEO, the sale of Perseus, and Follett's purchase of Baker & Taylor were the big publishing stories of 2016.
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Seven Stories Celebrates 20 Years of Books on Social Justice
Seven Stories Press is going strong heading into its third decade.
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U.S. Poetry Orgs Form Coalition, Launch Programs on Migration
Twenty U.S.-based nonprofit poetry organizations have formed the Poetry Coalition, a coalition dedicated to promoting the value of poetry in American culture and communities.
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Popelars Named Associate Publisher at Algonquin
Craig Popelars, a 22-year veteran at Algonquin Books, has been named associate publisher of its adult division, effective immediately.
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The Fidel Castro Reader: Castro's Cuba, and What Comes Next
A round-up of books about Fidel Castro's rise to power, life in Cuba during the Castro regime, and what comes next after Castro's death.
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The Fidel Castro Reader: Castro, Kennedy, the Mob, and the CIA
Cuba may be an island, but the man who put it at the center of so much 20th century drama certainly wasn't.
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The Fidel Castro Reader: Biographies
A dip into the PW archives reveals a slew of books about Fidel Castro, the nation he ruled, and its impact on world events. Here, we round up books about the man himself, including his autobiography.
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Norton Names Steven Pace Director of Trade Sales
Steven Pace, the sales director at Workman, will join W. W. Norton on January 2 as its new director of trade sales, replacing longtime v-p and trade sales director William F. Russin.



