Women-Run Publishing
Girls may run the world, according to Beyoncé, but women run publishing. Making up well over 50% of the book business’s workforce, women have been moving from the steno pool to the corner office for decades. While there’s still a long way to go, the women found in the following pages—publishers, CEOs, founders—are leading the charge. (Sponsored) more...and more.
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Random House to Publish Memoir by Pope Francis
'Hope' will be published by Random House in the U.S., and simultaneously in more than 80 countries, on January 14, with Italian publisher Mondadori managing world rights. Random House is touting the book as "the first memoir written by a sitting pontiff."
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Nadxieli Nieto Joins Algonquin as Editorial Director
Nieto, who is currently executive editor at Flatiron Books, will help usher in the next chapter for Algonguin following the restructuring of the imprint this summer under new Little, Brown publisher Sally Kim.
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Bloomsbury Launches In-House Sales Team in North America
Bloomsbury US is launching an in-house sales team for North America, selling all trade titles, including those published by its academic division, direct to national accounts. The team is headed by Sarah Rucker, who comes to the house from HarperCollins.
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Endnotes: How ‘Is She Really Going Out with Him’ by Sophie Cousens Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest contemporary romance.
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SPD Dissolution Process Moves Forward
With the case now with the Superior Court of Alameda County in California, filings show the now-defunct distributor still owes more than $316,000 to 163 publishers.
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Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan Team Up for New Imprint, Cosmo Reads
In a joint release, reps said that the new line will focus on “inclusive romantic and pop fiction,” and will aim to publish four to six titles per year. CEO and publisher Dominique Raccah called the imprint “a dream partnership.”
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Bobby Curnow Joins IDW as Editor-in-Chief
Curnow has returned to IDW to replace Jamie S. Rich, who left the company last year in a stream of departures and layoffs during a turbulent period for the comics publisher. Andy Khouri will also join IDW as senior editor, leading the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics line.
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Special Editions of Books Take a Special Touch
The rise of BookTok and a "collector's mindset" among readers are fueling a surge in demand for eye-catching deluxe editions for frontlist fiction.
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Riding on Romance and Romantasy, Print Book Sales Edge into Positive Territory
Sales of print books were up 0.1% for the first nine months of 2024 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan, with titles by Colleen Hoover, Sarah J. Maas, and Rebecca Yarros dominating the top 10 list.
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Book Deals: Week of October 7, 2024
Bestselling author Jean Kwok sells a three-book romantasy series to Putnam, Saga Press takes two books from acclaimed Korean writer Kim Choyeop, and more.
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