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University Presses Are More Vital than Ever
The Association of American University Presses annual meeting in Austin emphasized the value of publishing work grounded in research in an era of fake news.
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Greenpeace Wars with Paper Company, Sticking Publishers In the Middle
The Big Five have found themselves in the middle of a long-running battle between Greenpeace and Resolute Forest Products over logging practices in Canada’s Boreal Forest.
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Milkweed Unveils Lit Prize Honoring Young Poet
Milkweed Editions is launching the $10,000 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize for debut collections, in honor of the young poet who died of cancer in 2016, weeks before his debut collection was published by the Minneapolis-based nonprofit press.
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Cover Story: 'How to Fall in Love with Anyone'
To find the right cover image for a book inspired by a popular 'Modern Love' essay, art director Jackie Seow returned to the source.
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Penguin Mixes Art, Books for a Cause
Penguin Books and Classics step into the civic participation ring with a new event series benefitting nonprofits and hosted at a local art gallery.
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Chronicle Books Turns 50
The publisher opened in San Francisco in 1967 with a two-room office and a handful of employees. Now one of the largest publishers in the West, it boasts more than 250 million units sold worldwide.
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California Publishers Champion Immigrant Stories
California publishers have mounted ambitious and unconventional projects about the immigrant experience, even as the federal government gets tougher on undocumented immigrants.
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PRH Acquires Literary-Themed Apparel Company
The publisher has acquired Out of Print, which produces and retails literary-themed apparel, accessories, and home goods.
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HarperCollins, Harlequin Shift Executive Leadership
HarperCollins is making a number of changes to its international and North American executive teams three years after the acquisition of Harlequin.
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Cengage Takes Aim at Counterfeiters in New Initiative
Effective immediately, the company's products will include a seal of certification, replete with a QR code and other indicators, in order to verify the authenticity of its materials.
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Yiannopoulos to Self-Publish Book Dropped by S&S
Milo Yiannopoulos, the alt-right provocateur who had his book deal with Simon & Schuster canceled in February, is now self-publishing his book. 'Dangerous' is currently available for pre-order ahead of its July 4 release date.
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Poisoned Pen Press Celebrates 20 Years
An operation that initially launched simply to bring out-of-print authors back into publication has grown into a tiny but powerhouse publisher of books likely to be overlooked by New York industry insiders.
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Books In Spanish News Roundup: June 2017
Nicolás Kanellos takes home the Tejano Association for Historical Preservation Award, HCCP expands its Spanish Bible publishing, and more.
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Indie House Rides the Pulitzer Wave
Seattle-based poetry publisher Wave Books is seeing a surge of interest after one of its titles, 'Olio' by Tyehimba Jess, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry this year.
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Sales Are Up In Q1
Sales at HMH, S&S, Lagardère, and HarperCollins are up in the first quarter compared to a year ago.
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Educational Publishing Execs at HMH, Cengage Leaving
As educational publishers continue to deal with dramatic changes in the college and school markets, two high-placed executives at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Cengage will leave their roles later this year.
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Arcadia and History Press Acquire Palmetto, Launch Vertel
Arcadia Publishing and The History Press, publishers of books on local and regional history and interests, have acquired Palmetto Publishing Group and launched a new "hybrid" imprint, Vertel.
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Publisher Jason Pinter Goes DIY Route for His New Novel
The Polis Books publisherhas opted to self-publish his new novel, a prescient tale about a businessman-turned-President with a secret past, keeping the title entirely separate from his house's list.
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Harlequin Closing Five Lines
The publisher said it is ending five of its mass market original series due to a shift in the “retail landscape and readership preferences” in the series market.
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Dover Publications Launches Ixia Press
The Long Island–based publisher will launch its first new imprint in ten years, Ixia Press, this fall. The imprint is Dover's first move into original frontlist books outside of the graphic novels space.
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