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Abrams Plus to Launch with Jess Brallier at Helm
The newly-named group of businesses is comprised of Abrams gift and stationery line, and the publisher's e-book and digital businesses. Jess Brailer will oversee the unit as v-p and publisher.
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Harlequin Launches New Fiction Imprint
The new imprint will publish "commercial women’s fiction with a relationship element woven through,” Harelquin said. First titles are due out in September 2017.
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PRH and Crown Launch Serialized Email Newsletter Series
Season of Stories will be an 11-week email newsletter presenting serialized daily excerpts from works of short fiction by authors like Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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NBF to Conduct Translation Study
The National Book Foundation will conduct a study of translation in the United States. The study will be funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Milkweed Publisher Ventures Into the Wild to Acquire Book
Daniel Slager paddled into Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area to acquire a book by two outdoor adventurers who had been camping out in the region for nearly a year.
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Cover Story: 'The Guineveres'
After the ARCs went out for Sarah Domet's debut novel, its cover went through a complete redesign. Here's why.
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After ‘Tough’ Year, BISG Refocuses
In his first address since being named BISG executive director, Brian O’Leary acknowledged the challenges the group faces, and stressed the importance of focusing on the organization’s fundamental work.
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Changes Coming This Fall for Spanish-Language Publishers
The change of seasons has brought changes in the landscape of Spanish-language book publishing. In September, the Celebra imprint announced that it will stop acquiring new titles, and the Sélector USA imprint launched.
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Square One Enters the Fiction Market
Best known for publishing nonfiction books in such areas as alternative medicine, the indie publisher is trying its hand at fiction after acquiring the rights to five novels by James Misko.
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Doubleday to Publish New Dan Brown Novel in 2017
The author of international bestsellers including 'Inferno,' 'Angels & Demons,' and 'The Da Vinci Code,' will publish a new Robert Langdon novel, 'Origin,' next September.
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Incoming BISG Director's First Job: Implement the New Strategic Plan
Brian O'Leary was just named executive director of BISG, and will be charged with implementing the organization's recently created strategic plan.
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Industry Vet Weise Brings Charlesbridge's Imagine Imprint Into Focus
After 20 years in publishing, Don Weise is working with Charlesbridge to rebrand and reimagine its adult imprint.
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Lizzie Skurnick Books Suspends Acquisitions
Ig Publishing announced that, due to what its editor-in-chief Robert Lasner described as "very disappointing" sales, the Brooklyn press is no longer making acquisitions or publishing frontlist under its three-year-old Lizzie Skurnick YA fiction imprint.
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Annick Press Celebrates 40 Years of Publishing
This September, Annick will mark its 40th anniversary by embarking on a partnership with Pearson Canada, which will put a selection of more than 125 Annick books in every classroom across Canada.
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Game Developer Ubisoft Launches Book Line
The creator of the wildly popular Assassin's Creed franchise is launching an in-house publishing line that will debut in November with two titles based on the action-adventure game.
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Kensington Launches Digital Speculative Fiction Imprint
Kensington Publishing Corp. will begin publishing science fiction and fantasy e-books this fall with the launch of Rebel Base Books, a digital-only imprint to be overseen by editor Martin Biro.
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Book Publishers Prepare for New Overtime Regulations
What publishers are doing ahead of new Labor Department regulations that will expand the number of employees eligible for overtime pay.
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The PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey 2016
PW's annual salary and jobs survey found that pay improved slightly in 2015, and that the industry is still overwhelmingly white.
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How Much Top Publishing Executives Earn
A look at compensation for top executives at publicly traded publishers and booksellers.
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Bibliomotion Acquired by Taylor & Francis
Although there has been no official announcement from Taylor & Francis, it has absorbed the Boston-based business and parenting press.