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Northern Illinois University Press Partners with Cornell University Press
In a partnership agreement that could serve as a model for academic publishing, Northern Illinois University Press will become an imprint of Cornell University Press beginning July 1.
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Independent Publishers Launch Indie Playlist Program
A consortium of independent publishers led by Seven Stories Press has launched Indie Playlist, a program that provides discounts and cash rewards for independent booksellers who order from a rotating list of titles.
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IPG Realigns Executives, Announces Expansion
Amid a series of promotions, Independent Publishers Group announced a strategic expansion of its marketing and publicity services, including its publisher development team.
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A Profitable Year for Trade Publishers
Strong digital audio and backlist sales kept four of the big five publishers in the black in 2018.
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Sourcebooks Reports 17% Sales Gain in 2018
Led by gains in its juvenile nonfiction imprints, Independent publisher Sourcebooks reports an overall increase in sales of 17% in 2018.
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Rowman & Littlefield Acquires Finney Co. Book Imprints
Independent book publisher Rowman & Littlefield has acquired the publishing imprints of Finney Company, a 73 year-old publishing house based just outside Minneapolis, Minn.
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IDW Hires J.P. Morgan To Consider Possible Sale
Prodded by one of its largest shareholders, IDW Media Holdings is reviewing opportunities to monetize its contents via films and TV and has hired J.P. Morgan to assist in the review process which could lead to the sale of the company.
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Melville House Will Make the Mueller Report Its First Mass Market Title
The results of the special counsel's investigation is the hottest manuscript in political publishing today, and Melville House is the latest press to announce plans to release it—but will go the mass market route.
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Employees Take Ownership of Chelsea Green
Vermont-based Chelsea Green Publishing is now fully employee-owned, marking the completion of an eight-year transition initiated by founders Margo and Ian Baldwin.
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Regnery Posts 7% Sales Gain in ‘Peculiar Year’
Regnery Publishing had a good 2018, which president and publisher Marji Ross considered "peculiar" for one reason: three of its top-selling titles were by well-known political figures who wrote nonpolitical books.
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Netflix Seeks Dismissal of ‘Bandersnatch’ Trademark Suit
Among its defenses, the company says its use of the term "Choose Your Own Adventure" in connection with the film is a fair use.
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S&S Moves Saga Press to Gallery
In a memo sent to Simon & Schuster employees, Jennifer Bergstrom, senior v-p and publisher of the Gallery Publishing Group, said that effective immediately, the Saga Press imprint, created in 2015, will move from the Children’s Publishing Group to Gallery.
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Cambridge to Expand Trade List
Cambridge University Press, the 485-year-old academic publishing house, is expanding its presence in the North American trade book marketplace.
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Chronicle Books New Imprint Named Chronicle Prism
Led by Mark Tauber, Chronicle Prism will focus on narrative, prescriptive, and inspirational nonfiction, according to Chronicle Books.
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NewSouth to Publish Mark Twain Literary Retrospective
More than 100 years after his death in 1910, Samuel Clemens—better known as Mark Twain—still intrigues literary scholars. That's why a new three-book collection reconstructing Twain’s personal library is on its way.
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Macmillan Podcasts Takes On True Crime
Looking to add another program to its growing lineup of book-driven podcasts, Macmillan Podcasts is turning to true crime, a longtime specialty at Macmillan’s St Martin’s Press division.
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JIBF Unveils New Programming Under New Format
The Jerusalem International Book Forum, the successor to the Jerusalem International Book Fair, released its line up of speakers and panels for its inaugural event that will take place from May 12-15, 2019.
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Schrank Makes Shifts at Holt
Holt's new publisher has announced promotions for Serena Jones, Sara Bershtel, and Maggie Richards.
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Diversion to Crash Cohen Testimony
On March 5, Diversion Books will crash a book compiling Michael Cohen's congressional testimony with the court documents from United States of America v. Michael Cohen.
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The Plight of Translation In America
Despite mainstream success, production of translated books fell in 2018. What's going on in the world of translation?
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