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Agents, Authors Question HarperCollins AI Deal
HarperCollins has become the first Big Five publisher to strike an AI licensing deal, which authors and agents appear to be approaching with caution, skepticism, and a measure of hope.
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NBN to Close, Clients Offered Opportunity to Move to S&S
The independent distributor of some 150 publishers will close by the middle of 2025, leaving Independent Publishers Group as the remaining independent distributor of significant size in the United States.
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Why Representation in Publishing Matters
Editors and agents of color discuss how they advocate for their authors, themselves, and one another.
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How ‘Unassimilable’ by Bianca Mabute-Louie Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the scholar and activist’s examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate.
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Trump Threatens to Sue Penguin Random House
President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to sue Penguin Random House and the ‘New York Times’ for $10 billion over allegedly “false and defamatory statements,” according to a letter reviewed by the ‘Columbia Journalism Review.’
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Bloomsbury Restructures Academic Division After R&L Integration
Bloomsbury Publishing has restructured its academic division, integrating teams from the recently acquired academic division of Rowman & Littlefield. The reorganization involved some layoffs.
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Southern Methodist University Launches Poetry Publishing Initiative
Dallas-based Southern Methodist University's Project Poëtica and Bridwell Press are launching three new lines of poetry projects, each focusing on books by established poets, collaborative projects, and creative or scholarly works on poetics.
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Penguin to Acquire Amber-Allen Publishing Backlist
Penguin Publishing Group will acquire the publishing assets of Amber-Allen Publishing, the independent publisher of personal development books. Upon completion of the deal, the list will be managed by the TarcherPerigee imprint.
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Under the BQE Press Launches
The Brooklyn-based small publisher will publish its inaugural two-title list in 2025, with plans to grow to four titles annually by 2027. Through Under the BQE's publishing model, each year’s list is acquired by the authors who were published the year prior.
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Hachette Employees Protest New Conservative Imprint
In a letter addressed to management, Hachette Book Group employees condemned the launch of a new Basic Books imprint, Basic Liberty, to be helmed by former Regnery publisher and Heritage Foundation fellow Thomas Spence, which was announced by HBG CEO David Shelley shortly after the 2024 presidential election.
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Self-Publishing’s Output and Influence Continue to Grow
Supported by new platforms and forums, indie authors today are behind some of the hottest literary trends.
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The 2024 PW Publishing Industry Salary & Jobs Report
This year’s report, based on 632 responses to our annual survey, reveals the beginnings of a generational shift in publishing, and continuing unease about AI.
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How ‘The Brazil Chronicles’ by Stephen G. Bloom Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest book.
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Book Deals: Week of November 11, 2024
Urano will publish two English-language books by bestselling Venezuelan author Nacarid Portal, Little, Brown takes a heartbreaking book that weaves a paleoclimatologist’s personal loss with climate change, and more.
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Macmillan Marketing VP’s Election Post Stirs Anger
In response to president-elect Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, Mariel Dawson, VP of marketing at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, posted a pro-Trump graphic on a personal account, raising concerns of bias among Macmillan authors and readers and prompting a response from the company.
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Hachette Expands Basic Books Group
The division of Hachette Book Group will add two new imprints to its portfolio following the promotion of Lara Heimert to president and publisher: Basic Venture, a new business and economics imprint, and Basic Liberty, a new conservative imprint.
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Freedom to Read Advocates Notch a Legal Victory in Alaska
Freedom to read advocates in Alaska have settled a lawsuit against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Alaska, which will pay $89,000 to resolve claims that it improperly removed dozens of books from school library shelves.
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Book Deals: Week of November 4, 2024
Broadleaf buys a book about the rise of fascism in America, Ace signs a cozy fantasy series by the publishing director of Arcadia Books, and more.
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Macmillan Is on Pace for a Record Year
While its Big Five peers have made headline-grabbing moves, Macmillan CEO Jon Yaged said the publisher has been quietly posting strong growth.
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