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Ig Plans Series on Books That Inspired Writers to Write
We all know how certain books, read at key moments in our lives, remain memorable and influential for years afterward.
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Penguin Hotline Brings Tailored Book Recs to Canada
PRH's U.S. division successfully launched the program in December 2014, and received 32,000 page views and 3,600 requests for recommendations during its first month alone.
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HC Adds Four More Global Offices; Signs Slaughter
As part of its global expansion, HarperCollins has signed Karin Slaughter to a four book deal in which the publisher has acquired world English rights as well as foreign language rights in about a dozen languages.
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Poets Look Inward
This spring, during National Poetry Month (April) and the weeks immediately before and after, publishers are pushing out a host of memoirs by poets.
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With New Leaders, North Atlantic Books Looks Ahead
Last year was the 40th anniversary of Berkeley publisher North Atlantic Books, and the 50th anniversary of Io, the alternative literary journal that marked the company’s beginnings.
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News Briefs: Week of April 13, 2015
Oyster adds e-book retail and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Beacon Adds Editors, Grows List
The Boston-based press is positioning itself for growth with two new senior editors, one in New York City and one in Chicago, who will help it increase its list from 35 to 45 titles a year.
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Faber, Perseus Strike Partnership Deal
London-based publisher Faber & Faber and the Perseus Books Group have entered into a partnership that will see Faber using Perseus’ digital technology to publish its books globally, in both print and digital.
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Shambhala to Return to Boulder
After close to 30 years on the East Coast, the family-owned press is heading West under the leadership of a new generation.
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Hachette, Penguin Random House Back Revision to Indiana Religious Freedom Law
The Hachette Book Group and Penguin Random House have both issued statements commending Indiana legislators for revising the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Harper Lee Declared Fit to Publish
Harper Lee is, according to the state of Alabama, well enough to have signed off on the release of her forthcoming novel, 'Go Set a Watchman.'
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News Briefs: Week of April 6, 2015
New Amazon terms war and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Acquisitions Help the Biggest Publishers Get Bigger
A review of the 2014 financial results of the five major trade publishers that make data publicly available found that there is still value in expanding through acquisitions.
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Stone Bridge Press Adds Books On China, Sex Imprint
Since being reacquired by its founder in 2010, Stone Bridge Press, an independent publisher specializing in books on Japan, has expanded its list to include books on China and has launched ThreeL Media, an imprint focused on books that examine a range of sexualities and lifestyles.
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Coffee House Press Uses $100K Grant to Build Up Writers Residency Program
Coffee House Press in Minneapolis has just received a $100,000 grant from the Bush Foundation. The press said it intend to use much of the grant money its In the Stacks residency program.
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Publishing Industry Antics on April Fools
Books are a serious business, but the publishing industry had a little fun on April 1 to commemorate April Fools' Day.
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NYC Explosion Temporarily Relocates Princeton Architectural Press
After the deadly explosion in New York's East Village on March 26, Princeton Architectural Press employees have been temporarily forced from their offices at 37 East Seventh Street.
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Poisoned Pen to Bring Back Golden Age Mysteries
Crime fiction is feeling the Downton Abbey effect: Poisoned Pen Press has signed a deal to be the U.S. publisher of the British Library for two lines of classic crime novels.
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O/R Teams with 'Evergreen Review'
Independent publisher O/R Books has partnered with the literary magazine 'Evergreen Review,' in a deal which will see O/R distributing content from the magazine via the press's direct-to-consumer model.
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Cover Reveal: Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman'
HarperCollins unveiled the jacket of the hotly anticipated novel, with president and publisher of general books Michael Morrison noting that the design "draws on the style of the decade the book was written, but with a modern twist."
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