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Current Affairs Drive the Mission (and Revenue) at Haymarket Books
Though Haymarket has always been a mission-driven press, its focus on books on hot-button topics written by prominent authors has proven to be strong revenue generator.
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PRH Canada Launches New Penguin Teen Imprint
Penguin Random House Canada has announced the creation of a new imprint for young adult titles, called Penguin Teen.
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Theresa Thompson Named President at Sterling Publishing
Theresa Thompson, formerly executive v-p of Sterling Publishing, has been promoted to president of the publisher, effective immediately.
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Rupi Kaur to Publish Two with Andrews McMeel
Andrews McMeel Publishing and Simon & Schuster Canada will publish two new books of poetry by Rupi Kaur. The two publishers share world English rights, and the first book, currently untitled, in the two-book deal is set to publish in the fall of 2017.
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SMP Launching Crossover Imprint, Wednesday Books
The new imprint will publish YA and adult titles focused on coming-of-age themes.
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At 30, Amistad Press Looks Ahead
Three decades after its founding, Amistad continues to be a major platform for diversity in publishing.
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Here, There, Elsewhere: Archipelago Books Launches a Children's Imprint
A new venture is in the works for Archipelago Books – Elsewhere Editions, a children's imprint – with its first titles to be released in spring 2017.
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Abrams Plus to Launch with Jess Brallier at Helm
The newly-named group of businesses is comprised of Abrams gift and stationery line, and the publisher's e-book and digital businesses. Jess Brailer will oversee the unit as v-p and publisher.
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Harlequin Launches New Fiction Imprint
The new imprint will publish "commercial women’s fiction with a relationship element woven through,” Harelquin said. First titles are due out in September 2017.
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PRH and Crown Launch Serialized Email Newsletter Series
Season of Stories will be an 11-week email newsletter presenting serialized daily excerpts from works of short fiction by authors like Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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NBF to Conduct Translation Study
The National Book Foundation will conduct a study of translation in the United States. The study will be funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Milkweed Publisher Ventures Into the Wild to Acquire Book
Daniel Slager paddled into Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area to acquire a book by two outdoor adventurers who had been camping out in the region for nearly a year.
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Cover Story: 'The Guineveres'
After the ARCs went out for Sarah Domet's debut novel, its cover went through a complete redesign. Here's why.
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After ‘Tough’ Year, BISG Refocuses
In his first address since being named BISG executive director, Brian O’Leary acknowledged the challenges the group faces, and stressed the importance of focusing on the organization’s fundamental work.
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Changes Coming This Fall for Spanish-Language Publishers
The change of seasons has brought changes in the landscape of Spanish-language book publishing. In September, the Celebra imprint announced that it will stop acquiring new titles, and the Sélector USA imprint launched.
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Square One Enters the Fiction Market
Best known for publishing nonfiction books in such areas as alternative medicine, the indie publisher is trying its hand at fiction after acquiring the rights to five novels by James Misko.
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Doubleday to Publish New Dan Brown Novel in 2017
The author of international bestsellers including 'Inferno,' 'Angels & Demons,' and 'The Da Vinci Code,' will publish a new Robert Langdon novel, 'Origin,' next September.
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Incoming BISG Director's First Job: Implement the New Strategic Plan
Brian O'Leary was just named executive director of BISG, and will be charged with implementing the organization's recently created strategic plan.
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Industry Vet Weise Brings Charlesbridge's Imagine Imprint Into Focus
After 20 years in publishing, Don Weise is working with Charlesbridge to rebrand and reimagine its adult imprint.
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Lizzie Skurnick Books Suspends Acquisitions
Ig Publishing announced that, due to what its editor-in-chief Robert Lasner described as "very disappointing" sales, the Brooklyn press is no longer making acquisitions or publishing frontlist under its three-year-old Lizzie Skurnick YA fiction imprint.



