Short news items from the world of book publishing:
12/07/2018
AG's Who Owns the Word? Series to Hold All-Star Panel at NYPL
The Authors Guild's 'Who Owns the Word?' panel series continues with "The Future of Authorship in Publishing," with Richard Russo moderating a panel including Madeline McIntosh, Alexander Chee, and more.12/07/2018
Papadopoulos, Out of Prison, to Publish Trump Book
Diversion Books will publish 'Deep State Target: How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring Down President Trump' by George Papadopoulos on March 26, 2019.12/07/2018
Casemate to Distribute Eurospan in U.S.
Effective January 1, 2019, Eurospan and a selection of its publishing clients will be represented in North America for sales, marketing, and distribution by Casemate.12/07/2018
Milkweed Expands Regional Poetry Prizes
The Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry will be renamed the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry. The prize awards $10,000 and publication to a poet residing in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or Michigan.12/07/2018
Lockwood Wins Thurber Prize
The Thurber Prize for American Humor was awarded to Patricia Lockwood, for her memoir 'Priestdaddy,' on December 5 in Columbus, Ohio.
12/07/2018
Jennifer Chan, Christine Makepiece Join Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics Books announced that Jennifer Chan has been named marketing and sales manager, and Christine Makepiece has joined the house as production manager.12/05/2018
S&S Relaunches Its Website
Simon & Schuster has revamped its official website, simonandschuster.com.12/03/2018
Witherspoon Picks 'One Day In December' for Book Club
Josie Silver's novel has been named the Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick for December.12/03/2018
Avery Up at DK
Gayley Avery has been named v-p of marketing and publicity at the publisher, based in its New York office.11/30/2018
PubWest 2019 Conference Online Registration Opens
The PubWest 2019 Conference will be held February 7–9, 2019, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.11/29/2018
Promotions, Retirements at PRH Sales
A series of promotions follows news that Janet Cooke and John Lawton are retiring.11/29/2018
Carina Press Announces New Romance Line
Launching in 2020, Carina Adores will focus on trope-driven LGBTQ+ contemporary romance titles.11/27/2018
MWA Announces 2019 Grand Master, Award Winners
Linda Fairstein and Martin Cruz Smith have been chosen as the 2019 Grand Masters by Mystery Writers of America. Marilyn Stasio will receive the 2019 Raven Award, and Linda Landrigan will receive the Ellery Queen Award.11/26/2018
Binc to Launch Annual Giving Tuesday Program
The foundation is looking to raise $20,000 in donations for booksellers and their families affected by wildfires in California and hurricanes across the country. Ingram Content Group, Sourcebooks, and others are partners in the effort.11/26/2018
Marcus Leaver Returns to Publishing
the former CEO of the Quarto Group is joining mental health publisher Trigger as chairman on December 1.11/21/2018
ABA's Indies First Program to Give Away 20,000 Books
The novel 'Ghost,' by Indies First spokesperson Jason Reynolds, will be made available for free at nearly 500 independent booksellers on November 24, in partnership with the author's publisher, Simon & Schuster.11/20/2018
PRH, Worldreader Launch Giving Tuesday Campaign
Beginning on Giving Tuesday (November 27, 2018), all purchases made through Penguin Random House’s website, PRH.com, will include a donation to support readers in Africa.11/20/2018
IPG to Distribute Three Spanish Publishers
Independent Publishers Group will begin distributing titles for Ediciones Larousse, Cinco Tintas, and Akiara Books starting January 1.11/20/2018
Baker & Taylor to Distribute Sutherland House in U.S.
The Canadian publisher will be distributed by the University of Toronto Press in Canada.11/19/2018
Thomas Dunne Nabs Former Trump Staffer's Book
Cliff Sims, former special assistant to President Donald Trump, will publish an insider’s account of the Trump Administration with his book, Team of Vipers,' this coming January.11/16/2018
Jasanoff Wins 2018 Cundhill Prize
The Harvard professor Maya Jasanoff has won the 2018 Cundill History Prize for 'The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.'11/15/2018
Fain to Leave HBG for Gladwell Podcast
Heather Fain will be leaving Hachette Book Group to pursue a new position as chief marketing officer at Pushkin Industries, the podcast company recently launched by Jacob Weisberg and Malcolm Gladwell.11/15/2018
Oxford Word of the Year: 'Toxic'
The word has, the publisher said, "added more strings to its poisoned bow during 2018, becoming an intoxicating descriptor for the year’s most talked about topics."11/15/2018
B&N Brings Back Signed Editions Program for Black Friday
More than 650,000 books, signed by authors including David Baldacci, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Rupi Kaur, and Adriana Trigiani will be available in Barnes & Noble stores next Friday.11/15/2018
DC Celebrates 80 Years of Batman and Detective Comics
Marking the 80th anniversary of Batman’s debut in Detective Comics in 1939, DC Comics will release 'Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman The Deluxe Edition, a hardcover collecting 80 years of Batman stories, and a special 1000th issue of Detective Comics.11/13/2018
Skylight's Nolan Wins Gray Scholarship
Kelsey Nolan, of Skylight Books in Los Angeles, has won this year's Binc Foundation's Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists.11/13/2018
Riemer Boutote Launches Red Raven Studio
Former HarperOne associate publisher Claudia Riemer Boutote has launched a marketing, editorial, and author management consultancy.11/12/2018
Radziewicz to Leave De Capo
John Radziewicz, longtime v-p and publisher of Da Capo Press, will retire on November 30. A succession plan is forthcoming.11/12/2018
Michelle Obama's Memoir Is Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick
The former First Lady will also join the entrepreneur and TV personality for a primetime special, 'Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama,' on Winfrey's TV network, to discuss Obama's new memoir, 'Becoming.'11/12/2018
DC to Publish ‘Watchmen,’ Other Classics Under Black Label Imprint
DC announced plans to move classic graphic novel collections such as 'Watchmen' to DC Black Label, a newly launched imprint dedicated to attracting celebrated creators to produce standalone stories based on DC’s iconic characters.11/09/2018
Amazon's Best Books of 2018
The retailer has announced its selections for the Best Books of 2018, naming Tara Westover’s 'Educated: A Memoir' the Best Book of the Year.11/08/2018
Consortium Signs Eight New Publishers for Distribution
Beehive Books, Braun Publishing, Floating World Comics, Green Card Voices, Inhabit Media, Lookout Books, Nightboat Books, and Tiny Owl Publishing begin distribution with Consortium on January 1, 2019.11/08/2018
Saqi to Publish Newly-Discovered Mahfouz Collection
U.K.-based publisher Saqi Books has acquired world English rights for a newly-discovered collection of short stories by the late Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz.11/06/2018
Palmetto Directors Exit Publisher, Launch Vedere Press
The creative directors of Palmetto Publishing Group, Jennifer Toomey and Lance Buckley, have left the company to start a new venture, Vedere Press.11/06/2018
Amazon Launches Book Review Podcast
Amazon has launched the Amazon Book Review Podcast, with each episode hosted by Amazon Books editors and featuring "a spirited roundtable discussion on a book topic...followed by an interview with a remarkable author.11/06/2018
Myriad Announces Three Original Graphic Novels
Following last month’s launch of Myriad, Vault Comics’ new young readers graphic novel imprint, the publisher announced three new original graphic novels that will be released by the imprint in spring 2019.11/05/2018
DK to Move NYC Offices
The publisher will take up residence at 1450 Broadway in Manhattan by December 20.11/05/2018
BIGNY to Host 'Designer's Roundtable' This Week
The Book Industry Guild of New York's November event, to be held this Thursday, will be focused on the winners of the 2018 New York Book Show and their books.11/02/2018
Abrams Partners with Cernunnos on Distribution
Beginning in mid-November, Abrams will distribute art books publisher Cernunnos' backlist as well as two new titles for North American sales and trade.11/02/2018
Kogan Page Releases Audiobooks
The independent publisher has launched Kogan Page Audio and a debut list of five audiobooks.11/01/2018
Obituary: Agent Harriet Wasserman
Harriet Wasserman, a longtime literary agent whose clients once included writers such as Saul Bellow and Alice McDermott, died September 24, after a long illness. She was 81.11/01/2018
Sourcebooks Offers Rapid Replenishment Program to Indies
Sourcebooks is implementing a rapid replenishment program for the 2018 holiday season that includes two day shipping for independent retailers in the U.S.11/01/2018
Carlo Carabba Joins HarperCollins Italia
HarperCollins Italia hired Carlo Carabba as executive editor, Italian fiction, effective November 19.11/01/2018
HFS to Distribute Northeastern Press
Starting in December, Hopkins Fulfillment Services (HFS) will provide distribution services for Northeastern University Press.10/31/2018
Cundill History Prize Finalists Announced
Three American finalists have been selected for McGill University’s Cundill History Prize this year, including Caroline Fraser, Sam White, and Maya Jasanoff.10/30/2018
'Town Is by the Sea' Wins TD Canadian Children's Lit Award
The novel by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by Sydney Smith was announced as the winner of the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, valued at $50,000 this year.10/30/2018
It’s Alive Crowdfunded Reprint Imprint Will Leave IDW Pact
Founded by publisher Drew Ford as a Kickstarter-funded reprint imprint at IDW Publishing, It’s Alive!, which specializes in reprints of classic graphic novels, will leave IDW to become an independent publishing operation.10/30/2018
BISG Announces Blockchain Tech Panel
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is hosting a panel, Publishing Applications of Blockchain Technology, to explore how publishers can use the technological innovation to grow their businesses.10/25/2018
MacDowell Colony Names its Library in Honor of James Baldwin
It is the first time a national arts organization will dedicate a building in the author's name.10/25/2018
AAP Opens 2019 PROSE Awards Entries
Professional and scholarly publishers are encouraged to submit their top 2018 books, journals, and e-products by November 9.News Brief Archive
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