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Seven Stories Has New Indie Bookseller Promotion
Seven Stories Press has started a new monthly marketing program that it hopes addresses independent booksellers’ concerns about publishers’ direct-to consumer pricing policies.
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Lependorf to Leave CLMP After 17 Years
The search for a replacement for Jeffrey Lependorf, who is taking a position as executive director of the Flow Chart Foundation in Hudson, N.Y., is currently underway.
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Canongate Launches New Crime Imprint
U.K. publisher Canongate is launching Black Thorn, a new crime fiction imprint. Black Thorn will release two titles per month, starting in May next year.
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One in Five Book Biz Women Surveyed Reports Sexual Harassment
In our most recent salary and jobs survey, of the 664 people who responded, 119 said they have been sexually harassed.
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Black Sands Entertainment Focuses on Books, Comics for Black Families
Founded by Manuel Godoy and his wife, Geiszel Godoy, this startup publisher focused on releasing comics, chapter books, and picture books aimed at black parents and their children.
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Artist of the Arcana: Revealing the Life of Legendary Tarot Illustrator Pamela Colman Smith
A new illustrated biography illuminates the life and legacy of the creator of the legendary Rider-Waite tarot deck. (Sponsored)
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AWP and University of Maryland Sever Official Relationship
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is severing its official relationship with the University of Maryland to become an autonomous nonprofit.
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Storey's 35th Anniversary a Time to 'Nourish'
At a festival in Storey Publishing’s hometown on July 28, the press celebrated its anniversary alongside dozens of vendors who make and sell the very things that are the subjects of its books.
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Abrams Acquires Peter Mayer's the Overlook Press
The Overlook Press, cofounded by Peter Mayer, the former chair and CEO of the Penguin Group, in 1971, has been acquired by illustrated book publisher Abrams.
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At PRH, Producing a Publishing Powerhouse
Five years after Penguin and Random House merged, we look back at how the two giants were integrated.
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Tuttle, at 70, Is an Ambassador for Asian Books
How Charles Tuttle transformed his family’s printing business into one of America’s longest-standing emissaries for books about Asian cultures and languages.
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Kerry McCluggage Named CEO of IDW Media Holdings
IDW founder and longtime CEO Ted Adams is stepping down and will be replaced by Kerry McCluggage, a former TV executive and current member of the IDW board of directors.
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NYU’s Summer Publishing Institute Wraps its 40th Year
The New York University Summer Publishing Institute marked its anniversary year with a number of special events this summer.
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Meader Up at a Changing Picador
A changing of the guard is in the works at Picador, which will stop publishing originals and return to its primary role as Macmillan’s literary trade paperback reprint house as of April 2019, bringing a significant change to its staff.
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'Electric Literature' Launches New Series As Counterpoint to 'By the Book'
Electric Literature has launched a new biweekly series, in partnership with FSG's MCD imprint and as part of its "Read More Women" campaign, that it bills as a feminist corrective to the 'New York Times' column "By the Book."
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Microcosm to Self Distribute
Microcosm Publishing will assume complete control of its own distribution in January, focusing on reaching both nontraditional and traditional accounts. The company will also stop offering its titles for sale on Amazon.
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New SMP Mind-Body-Spirit Imprint Named St. Martin's Essentials
St. Martin's Press's new mind-body-spirit imprint, to be headed by Joel Fotinois, has been named St. Martin's Essentials and will release its first book next month.
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Rowman and Littlefield Acquires Pineapple Press
The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group has acquired Pineapple Press, a independent publisher focused on books about Florida, and the art, folklore, history and culture of the state, effective July 13.
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Princeton UP Launches PUP Audio
The new audiobooks line from Princeton University Press will publish six frontlist titles in its inaugural season, and will be made available globally across a variety of platforms and libraries.



