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03/05/2021
Display Contest for 'How to Resist Amazon and Why'
Microcosm Publishing has announced a display contest for independent bookstores to celebrate the release of their new title, 'How to Resist Amazon and Why.' The winner gets 80 copies of the book and more.03/05/2021
Lin Wins $25,000 L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize
Chia-Chia Lin's novel 'The Unpassing' (FSG) won the $25,000 L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize, which is administered by the English department of Texas State University in San Marcos, Tx.03/03/2021
L.A. Times Book Prize Finalists, Honorees Announced
The 'Los Angeles Times' has announced the finalists and honorees of its 41st annual Book Prizes. The winners will be named virtually on Friday, April 1603/03/2021
IBPA, Empowering Latino Futures Ink Deal
The Independent Book Publishers Association and Empowering Latino Futures have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at expanding the services each organization provides its communities.03/02/2021
Jerusalem International Book Forum Goes Virtual
Due to the pandemic, the biennial Jerusalem International Book Forum will be a virtual event this year, taking place May 3-4. Two additional digital sessions will be held on May 14 and May 21.03/02/2021
Literati Adds YA Subscription Box
Literati, the book box subscription service, has added Club Titan, a box that caters for readers 13 years of age and older.03/02/2021
B&N Picks ‘We Begin at the End’ for March Book Club
Barnes & Noble has chosen Chris Whitaker’s novel 'We Begin at the End' as the March 2021 selection for the B&N Book Club.03/01/2021
Vault Comics, S&S Ink Worldwide Distribution Deal
Independent comics publisher Vault Comics reached an agreement with Simon & Schuster to provide worldwide distribution for Vault Comics titles beginning May 1, 2021.02/26/2021
Nadja Spiegelman to Head New Literary Quarterly
Astra Publishing House has announced plans to launch the 'Astra Quarterly,' a new international literary magazine, under the direction of newly named editor-in-chief Nadja Spiegelman, formerly online editor of the 'Paris Review.'02/26/2021
Wells Named Chief Content Officer at Tapas Media
Michelle Wells, former interim editor-in-chief and v-p of content strategy at DC, has been named to the newly created position of chief content officer at Tapas Media, a mobile comics platform.02/25/2021
After Departures, YRG Founder Says Firm Still Open
YRG Partners, the literary agency that Yfat Reiss Gendell launched after parting ways with her former partner Peter McGuigan, has seen a most of its principals leave—but Gendell said the firm remains in business.02/25/2021
Lukas Prize Shortlists Announced
Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University have announced the shortlists for the Lukas Prizes, which honor the best in American nonfiction writing.02/25/2021
U.S. Selfies Extend Deadline for Entries
The deadline for submissions to the U.S. Selfies, the annual awards hosted by 'PW' and 'BookLife' that honor the best self-published titles of the past year, has been extended to March 8.02/24/2021
PRH's One World Imprint Launches Podcast
The One World imprint at Penguin Random House has launched 'Ideas & Action,' a six-episode podcast that will offer discussions with the imprint's authors conducted by One World publisher Chris Jackson and senior editor Nicole Counts.02/24/2021
Kuan Tapped to Head Creative Capital
Creative Capital, a nonprofit that supports a wide variety of artists and creative disciplines, has named Christine Kuan its president and executive director effective March 22, 2021.02/23/2021
Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Team Up on New Thriller
Bill Clinton is no longer the only member of his family writing thrillers with a bestselling novelist: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny's 'State of Terror' will be published jointly by St. Martin's Press and Simon & Schuster on October 12.02/23/2021
Univ. of Illinois Press Launches Trade Imprint
The University of Illinois Press is launching a trade imprint, 3 Fields Books, that will focus on books about Illinois and the Midwest.02/23/2021
2021 Audie Award Finalists Announced
The Audio Publishers Association has announced its finalists, in 25 categories, for the 2021 Audie Awards.02/22/2021
McSweeney's, Knopf to Copublish Dave Eggers' Next Novel
McSweeney’s and Knopf will copublish Dave Eggers' book 'The Every', a novel that "imagines where submission to an all-digital culture will take us," on October 19.02/19/2021
Kit Rocha Named Bookstore Romance Day Ambassador
Kit Rocha, the pseudonym for author duo Donna Herren and Bree Bridges, has been named ambassador for the 2021 Bookstore Romance Day, to be celebrated on August 21.02/18/2021
Moran Joins Welbeck Publishing
Josalyn Moran, a publishing and bookselling veteran with 25 years of experience, has joined U.K.'s Welbeck Publishing to build up its children's publishing program in North America.02/18/2021
Dynamite Donates $10K to Binc to Support Comic Book Retailers
Independent comics publisher Dynamite Entertainment has donated $10,000 to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation in support of direct market comics shops and their staff as they struggle to survive the Covid-19 pandemic.02/18/2021
S&S, McBride Sisters to Launch Black Girl Magic Wine & Book Club
Simon & Schuster is partnering with McBride Sisters Collection, an African American-owned wine company, to launch the Black Girl Magic Wine & Book Club.02/17/2021
Aspen Words Announces Literary Prize Shortlist
Aspen Words, a program of the Aspen Institute, announced this morning its 2021 shortlist for the $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize.02/17/2021
Park & Fine Partners with DPI on Diversity Scholarship
The Denver Publishing Institute is accepting applications for the DPI Community Scholarship, which will provide scholarships to applicants who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color. The program is supported by Park & Fine Literary and Media.02/17/2021
Matty Goldberg to Retire from Ingram Content Group
Matty Goldberg, v-p of sales and acquisitions at the Ingram Content Group, is retiring at the end of March 2021 after 45 years of working in the publishing industry.02/17/2021
Marotta Joins Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Mary Marotta has been named senior v-p and group sales director of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group effective March 8.02/16/2021
Mayo Clinic Press Names Wiener Editor-in-Chief
Publishing industry veteran Nina Wiener has been named to the newly created position of editor-in-chief at the Mayo Clinic Press in Rochester, Minn.02/16/2021
HarperCollins to Remove Ravi Zacharias Titles from Print
As a result of an independent report into sexual misconduct allegations against the late Ravi Zacharias, HarperCollins will end publication of all of his works.02/12/2021
AdventureKEEN, Partner Bookstores Donate to Binc
AdventureKEEN's 2020 Shop Local, Live Local campaign raised a total of $4,332 for the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation, and a matching $4,332 is being dispersed and mailed to 261 participating independent bookstores.02/12/2021
Sourcebooks Creates New Romance Award
Sourcebooks has launched a new contest with Bookstore Romance Day for unpublished and self-published romance writers: the Discover New Romance Award.02/12/2021
Sourcebooks Creates New Romance Award
Sourcebooks has launched a new contest with Bookstore Romance Day for unpublished and self-published romance writers: the Discover New Romance Award.02/12/2021
University of Toronto Press Donates Profits to BLM
Last June, the University of Toronto Press said it would donate 100% of the profits of the sale of its Black Studies books to the Toronto chapter of Black Lives Matter. Yesterday, the press announced it had raised and donated C$2,000.02/11/2021
Viking Unveils New Ken Follett Novel
Ken Follett's new novel, 'Never,' is set to bow November 9 from Viking. The publisher said the thriller is "a new departure" for the global bestseller.02/11/2021
Knopf Announces New Book from Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the bestseller 'Americanah,' will release her next work, 'Notes on Grief,' on May 11.02/11/2021
Mahogany Books to Open Second Location
Mahogany Books, a Black-owned bookstore in Washington D.C., is opening a second location at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Md.02/10/2021
Story Prize Spotlight Award Announced
The winner of the Story Prize Spotlight Award for books published in 2020 is 'Inheritors' by Asako Serizawa.02/10/2021
Latinx in Publishing Launches Two Fellowships
Latinx in Publishing Inc. has launched two new programs to support and create opportunities for aspiring Latinx publishing professionals and writers. Macmillan Publishers is the inaugural sponsor.02/10/2021
Finalists for 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Announced
PEN America has announced the finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards in 11 categories. The list includes 55 titles from 48 imprints and presses and features 20 literary debuts. The award ceremony will take place virtually on April 8.02/10/2021
Australian Au Wins 2020 Novel Prize
Jessica Au has won the inaugural 2020 Novel Prize for her unpublished novel 'Cold Enough for Snow.' The Novel Prize is a biennial, global award for an unpublished book-length work of literary fiction written in English.02/09/2021
Periplus Announces Inaugural Fellowships
The new mentorship collective, dedicated to serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color, has named its first group of fellows.02/09/2021
PRH and BlackBookStore.com Collab to Amplify Black Voices
For Black History Month, BlackBookStore.com, news platform Rolling Out, and Penguin Random House are collaborating to promote recent books about Black culture with the hashtag #AmplifyBlackStories.02/09/2021
Rowman & Littlefield Buys Eclipse Press Assets
Rowman & Littlefield has acquired selected trade titles from Eclipse Press, an equestrian publisher based in Lexington, Ky., and established by The Blood-Horse, Inc., in 2000.02/09/2021
Three Big Five Pubs Establish SPI Scholarships
The Center for Publishing at the New York University School of Professional Studies has announced three new scholarships for its Summer Publishing Institute, each of which was established by a Big Five publisher.02/08/2021
Petrosino Wins Rilke Prize
Poet Kiki Petrosino has won the 2021 University of North Texas Rilke Prize for her collection 'White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia.'02/08/2021
Center Street Will Hire a New Editorial Director
A source at Hachette Book Group told 'PW' that Center Street is starting its search for a new editorial director to replace Kate Hartson, who was fired last month.02/08/2021
Hunter Biden Memoir Goes to Gallery
Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books imprint has announced its acquisition of Hunter Biden's memoir, Beautiful Things.02/08/2021
Bookshop Santa Cruz Unionizes
The staff at Bookshop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif., have voted to unionize, and will be represented by Communication Workers of America Local 9423.02/05/2021
Serial Box Adds 24 Titles to Series Programming
Serial Box, a digital reading platform that produces serialized genre entertainment in e-book and audiobook formats, has acquired 24 prose titles that will be adapted into original Serial Box content.02/04/2021
Printers Row Lit Fest Returns to Chicago
After being canceled last summer, the 36th Printers Row Lit Fest will return to Chicago in September. Ta-Nehisi Coates will headline.News Brief Archive
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