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How Dey Street Crashed Sheffield's Bowie Book in Under Six Months

By John Maher | 06/23/2016 @ 09:00AM

'On Bowie,' a meditation on the life of the late David Bowie by Rob Sheffield ('Love Is a Mix Tape'), is landing in bookstores next week. The quickly turned around title was something of a feat for its publisher, since it was conceived and executed in less than six months.
Penguin Random House to Sell Fodor's to Internet Brands

By Jim Milliot | 06/21/2016 @ 10:30AM

Penguin Random House has reached an agreement to sell its travel division, Fodor’s, to Internet Brands, a Los Angeles-based online media and technology company.
Mark Bernardi Named Dark Horse V-P of Book Trade, Digital Sales

By Calvin Reid | 06/21/2016 @ 09:00AM

Bernardi succeeds longtime Dark Horse book trade executive Michael Martens, who is retiring after 22 years, and will takeover in time for the American Library Association meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Rugged Land Books Returns, Rebrands as Rugged Land Media

By Anisse Gross | 06/17/2016 @ 07:00PM

After several years in limbo, Rugged Land is back as a media company with interest in print and digital publishing, television, and film.
First BookShots Titles Sell 30,000 Copies in a Week

By Calvin Reid | 06/17/2016 @ 09:00AM

Offering short, fast-paced novels designed to encourage book reading, James Patterson’s BookShots imprint sold a combined total of about 30,000 copies the first week.
Seal Press Moves Under Da Capo's Purview

By John Maher | 06/16/2016 @ 10:00AM

The publisher, currently an imprint of Perseus Books' subsidiary Avalon Group, will become an imprint of Da Capo Press in the first major change since Hachette Book Group purchased Perseus earlier this year.
Cover Story: ‘The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047’

By Carolyn Juris | 06/15/2016 @ 10:00AM

Welcome to Cover Story, a new PW column that looks at the art and science of book-jacket design. First up: 'The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047' by Lionel Shriver.
Hal Leonard Publishing Launches Backwing

By John Maher | 06/14/2016 @ 09:00AM

The performing arts publisher Hal Leonard has launched a website serving as a new digital hub for the arts community.
New Nonprofit Looks to Foster Publishing Industry in the West

By Anisse Gross | 06/08/2016 @ 09:45AM

Three Colorado-based publishing professionals are expecting approval from the IRS this month of the Colophon Center, a new foundation aimed at promoting book publishing in the West.
National Book Foundation Names Two New Board Members

By John Maher | 06/08/2016 @ 09:00AM

The National Book Foundation has appointed Cheryl Cohen Effron and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh to its board of directors, which has grown to include 22 members.
After Muhammad Ali's Death, Publishers Rushing Their Ali Books

By John Maher | 06/07/2016 @ 10:00AM

In the wake of the boxer's death on June 3, publishers with upcoming titles about "the Greatest" are scrambling to get copies onto shelves as quickly as possible.
Globe Pequot Launches Texas-Themed Imprint

By John Maher | 06/06/2016 @ 09:45AM

The Connecticut-based publisher's Lone Star Press will do 10 to 12 books per year, starting with the August release 'Pigskin Rapture: Four Days in the Life of Texas Football,' by journalist Mac Engel and photographer Ron Jenkins.
Could Publishers and Agents Agree on a Flat Royalty Rate?

By Rachel Deahl | 06/03/2016 @ 07:00PM

The idea that publishers could offer a single royalty rate across book formats has become a topic of discussion, though insiders say the problem will be e-books.
University Presses Cope with Budget Cuts

By Claire Kirch | 06/03/2016 @ 07:00PM

Universities are taking different approaches to handling shrinking budgets, from cutting back on staff to expecting presses to rely more on their own resources.
News Briefs: Week of May 30, 2016

| 05/27/2016 @ 07:00PM

Macmillan buys self-publishing platform Pronoun and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
Canadian Press Breathes New Life into Aboriginal Languages

By Laura Godfrey | 05/27/2016 @ 07:00PM

The University of Regina Press has made a name for itself by publishing books about and in Cree, an indigenous language from Canada's aboriginal culture.
Blumhouse Brings Nightmares to Print and Screen

By John Maher | 05/27/2016 @ 07:00PM

Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum discusses the company's multi-channel approach to creating "dark genre" content.
New Alexander Hamilton Novel Gets Presale Boost from Hit Musical

By John Maher | 05/27/2016 @ 09:45AM

Riding the wave of Alexander Hamilton mania drummed up by the Broadway hit about the Founding Father, Elizabeth Cobbs’s forthcoming novel, ‘The Hamilton Affair,’ has been given a presale boost from two major chains.
Macmillan Buys Self-Publishing Platform Pronoun

By Calvin Reid | 05/26/2016 @ 10:00AM

The soup to nuts self-publishing platform originally founded as Vook will become a Macmillan company, and Pronoun's staff, of about 20, will be retained and relocated to Macmillan's New York City headquarters in the Flatiron Building.
News Briefs: Week of May 23, 2016

| 05/20/2016 @ 07:00PM

Goodreads offers daily discounts and more in this week's publishing news briefs.

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