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News Briefs: Week of April 25, 2016
Constantine leaving Authors Guild and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Henry Holt & Company Celebrates 150 Years
Henry Holt & Company has undergone a number of incarnations since it was formed in 1866, when Henry Holt partnered with Frederic Leypoldt to publish books under the name Leypoldt & Holt.
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'Hamilton' Is #1, On Broadway and in Bookstores
'Hamilton: The Revolution' by Lin-Manuel Miranda and veteran reporter Jeremy McCarter has hit #1 on the PW's nonfiction bestseller list, and is currently out of stock on Amazon.
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News Briefs: Week of April 18, 2016
Strong February for bookstore sales and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Barney Rosset Memoir Coming from OR Books
A posthumous memoir from the legendary publisher recalls his battle to publish 'Tropic of Cancer.'
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OR Books Acquires U.K.'s Serif Books
New York's OR Books will maintain the Serif Books imprint and continue to publish books under the brand.
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Ingram Details New Distribution Structure
A letter dated April 12 provides a more complete picture of Ingram Content Group’s new operating structure of its distribution business following its purchase of Perseus' distribution arm.
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Harlequin Unveils United Strategy for English Markets
Harlequin UK and Harlequin North America are joining forces to jointly acquire and promote fiction for their respective trade imprints across world English markets.
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Japanese Pub Takes Majority Stake in Hachette's Yen Press
Japanese manga publisher Kadokawa has taken a 51% stake in Hachette's manga imprint. Kodakawa plans to turn the imprint into Yen Press LLC, a joint venture between the two publishers.
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Chris Jackson to Relaunch One World Imprint
Jackson, currently v-p and executive editor of PRH's Spiegel & Grau imprint, has been named publisher of One World. The pioneering multicultural imprint, which had been inactive, will relaunch with a new list in fall 2017.
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Sales Up at Bibliomotion
The Boston publisher of business and parenting titles has seen its sales climb each year since it set up shop in 2011.
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News Briefs: Week of April 11, 2016
Supreme Court delays Google decision and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Lena Dunham Lands Imprint at Random House
Lenny, the feminist newsletter that the 'Girls' creator launched in 2015 with her producing partner Jenni Konner, will now form the basis of a book imprint at Random House, overseen by v-p and editor-in-chief Andy Ward.
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HC Forms HarperCollins France
To create HarperCollins France, HC bought out the interest of Hachette Livre SA in Harlequin SA. Hachette and Harelquin had operated Harlequin SA for 30 years.
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News Briefs: Week of April 4, 2016
Perseus sale completed and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Lessons from Indie Poetry Presses: Poetry 2016
Here’s how six independent publishers make it work—and what the mainstream can learn from their efforts.
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Sale of Perseus, to Hachette and Ingram, Completed
The sale of the Perseus Books Group has been completed. It was announced in March that Hachette was acquiring the company's publishing business, while Ingram Content Group was buying Perseus' distribution arm.
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Pearson Settles Textbook Royalty Case
Two authors had claimed Pearson was shortchanging them on royalties, and had sought class action status, asserting that that their fellow Pearson authors were also likely owed millions of dollars more.
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News Briefs: Week of March 28, 2016
Sales doubled at EDC and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Penguin Random House Posts Record Profit for 2015
Post-merger integrations have yielded improved margins at the world's largest trade publisher.