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DreamWorks Forms In-House Book Imprint
DreamWorks Animation is launching DreamWorks Press as an internal umbrella for digital and print books.
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Open Road Acquires E-Reads
Open Road Integrated Media has signed an agreement to acquire E-Reads, the digital publisher founded by Richard Curtis in 1999.
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Hanover Publisher Services Adds Pushkin Press
Hanover Publisher Services, a small press distribution unit run by Steerforth Press, is adding UK-based publisher Pushkin Press as a distribution client via Random House Publisher Services.
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Netflix to Stream Clifford
Netflix, Inc. has signed an agreement with Scholastic to serve as the exclusive streaming home for Clifford the Big Red Dog television series.
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Investment Group Buys Recorded Books
The private investment group Wasserstein & Co. has acquired Recorded Books, the audiobook publisher and distributor of digital content to the library and retail markets.
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Librify Gets Ingram Investment
Librify, an e-book retail membership platform targeting book clubs, has received an investment from ICG Ventures Inc., an Ingram Content Group company.
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Salem Communications Buys Eagle Publishing
Salem Communications Corp. has acquired the assets of Eagle Publishing, including Regnery Publishing, HumanEvents.com, and Redstate.com.
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Firebrand Buys Dial-A-Book
Firebrand Technologies has acquired Dial-A-Book.
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Rowman & Littlefield Buys Alban Institute Book Program
In a deal that adds to its religion publishing program, Rowman & Littlefield has acquired the book operations of the Alban Institute.
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Regnery Parent In Talks to Sell Company
Jeff Carneal, president of Regnery Publishing parent company Eagle Publishing, has confirmed reports that the company is in talks to sell the publisher following the decision of founder Tom Phillips to retire.
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PRH Takes Ownership of Random House Struik
Penguin Random House has completed its purchase of Times Media Group's majority stake in South Africa-based Random House Struik.
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Lee & Low Buys Shen's Books
Lee & Low Books has acquired Shen's Books in a deal that adds to the company's list of multicultural children's titles.
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Midpoint Inks Deal with Ingram
Midpoint Trade Books has entered into an agreement with the Ingram Content Group through which Ingram will provide logistics, fulfillment, and print-on-demand services for Midpoint’s clients.
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Goldman Sachs Makes ProQuest Investment
ProQuest announced that an affiliate of Goldman Sachs will purchase “a significant minority equity interest” in the Ann Arbor-based company.
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Donnelley Buys Consolidated Graphics
R. R. Donnelley & Sons has agreed to acquire Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
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TAN Books Buys Neumann Press
TAN Books, the religious book publisher that is a division of Saint Benedict Press, has acquired Neumann Press, a Minnesota publisher of Catholic titles for children and adults.
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Mackin, Random House Partner
Mackin Educational Resources has partnered with Random House to offer its digital catalog of 36,000 titles of new and popular e-books to school libraries across the country.
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Ingram Adds Russia to Its Global Connect Network
The Ingram Content Group is expanding its Global Connect program to Russia, signing an agreement with the Russian media giant EE Media.
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PRH Takes Ownership of Penguin India
Penguin Random House has officially announced the completion of its purchase of Ananda Publishers Private Limited’s minority stake in Penguin Books India.
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Start Publishing Acquires Salvo Press
In the latest in a series of acquisitions by Start Publishing, the company has purchased Salvo Press, an independent house specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror.