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Thorndike Brings Spanish-language Large Print to Young Readers
Reps say Spanish-language large print books are a great way for young English-language learners to improve their reading skills while staying connected to their cultural backgrounds and enjoying the same works as their English-speaking peers.
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This Week’s Bestellers: July 29, 2024
J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ generates renewed interest post–Republican Convention, landing at the top of our list. Plus ‘A Discovery of Witches’ author Deborah Harkness returns with ‘The Black Bird Oracle,’ and the Warriors middle grade fantasy series gets the graphic novel treatment.
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How ‘White Robes and Broken Badges’ by Joe Moore Got Made
An inside look at the journalist’s memoir about infiltrating the KKK.
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Colin Kaepernick Launches AI-Based Self-Publishing Platform
The former NFL quarterback turned civil rights activist, who founded his own publishing company in 2020, has launched Lumi, an AI-based platform providing authors and other creatives with another alternative to traditional publishing.
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PRH Unveils New Global Corporate Logo
Penguin Random House's new global corporate logo combines the PRH wordmark with the Penguin icon, as was already the case in most of the publisher's territories worldwide.
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NBF’s Book Rich Environments Program Hits Two Million Book Donations
The National Book Foundation program, launched in 2017, has distributed more than two million free books to young people and families in public housing communities across the United States.
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Sourcebooks Building In-House Sales Team, Taps Payne to Direct
Sourcebooks is expanding its reach into the indie bookseller sales channel by replacing commission reps with an in-house sales team. The Chicagoland-based publisher has hired Courtney Payne from Chronicle Books to lead the team as director of indie retail sales.
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PW Close-Up: Podium Entertainment
Podium, a renowned audiobook publisher best known for sci-fi and fantasy, has significantly broadened its digital library and the opportunities available to writers. Now a full-service publisher that distributes books in all formats, Podium Entertainment is preparing to launch its inaugural print list. PW spoke with the company's publisher, Victoria Gerken, about its growth, its mission, and how Podium is meeting the publishing needs of authors from all backgrounds and genres. (Sponsored)
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Orbit Launches Horror Imprint, Run for It
The fourth imprint launched by Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, Run for It joins the flagship Orbit imprint, Redhook, and Orbit Works. Orbit executive editor Bradley Englert will serve as the imprint's principal acquiring editor.
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How ‘We the Poisoned’ by Jordan Chariton Got Made
An inside look at the journalist’s exposé on the Flint water crisis.
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Marston on the Brink of Administration, IPG Says
Independent Publishers Group, which is the U.S. owner of the U.K.–based book distributor, is seeking buyers for the company amid threats of winding up petitions.
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Tim Holman Promoted to Orbit President and Publisher
Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two successive record-breaking years."
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LitUp Greenlights Fiction Debuts from Underrepresented Authors
A partnership between Hello Sunshine, Reese's Book Club, and We Need Diverse Books is behind a spate of debut novels by underrepresented writers, including Chatham Greenfield's YA novel 'Time and Time Again.'
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Boris Kachka Joins the 'Atlantic'
The veteran books editor was let go by the 'Los Angeles Times' in January in one of the largest workforce reductions in the paper's history. Previously, he had served as books editor at 'New York' magazine.
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Hachette Reorgs Workman, Moves Algonquin into Little, Brown
Hachette Book Group confirmed a realignment that includes layoffs at Workman, as well as several promotions and other changes such as the discontinuation of Algonquin Young Readers—the latest in a string of moves since CEO David Shelley took the reins late last year.
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Disobedience Press Debuts with Exploration of Book Bans
The Ann Arbor, Mich.–based small publisher launched this month with 'Trouble in Censorville,' a hard-hitting collection of essays by educators about their firsthand experiences with book bans.
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Cashing Out and Scaling Up: Publishing M&A in 2024 (So Far)
At the end of 2023, industry observers told PW they expected 2024 to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions. So far, those predictions have been accurate.
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How ‘Einstein in Kafkaland’ by Ken Krimstein Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the 'New Yorker' cartoonist’s latest graphic novel.
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