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Quarto Group Comes of Age
With revenue above $182 million in 2015, the Quarto Group occupies a rare spot in today’s increasingly consolidated publishing world: a publicly traded independent company with size and scale.
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America's Test Kitchen Geeks Out
The media company behind Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country is creating a new vertical all about the science of cooking.
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News Briefs: Week of March 21, 2016
Books Inc. is PW Bookstore Of the Year, Solomon best rep and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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A Collaborative Photobook Publisher Grows in Brooklyn
Red Hook Editions describes itself as more of a "publishing community" than a publisher.
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Harper Offering Schools Discounted 'Mockingbird'
With the mass market paperback edition of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' set to go out of print next month, HarperCollins is introducing a special price offer to schools for its trade paperback edition.
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News Briefs: Week of March 14, 2016
St. Martin’s signs Roberts and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Why Publishing Is So White
A deep dive into hiring practices across the industry shows that publishers care about diversity, but many haven’t taken effective steps to bring about lasting change.
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Dover Turns 75
After coming off the most successful year in its history, Dover Publications is getting ready to celebrate its 75th with a consumer contest to win free books by sharing stories about their favorite Dover titles.
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Hachette, Ingram Split Perseus’s Businesses
Eighteen months after the collapse of a complicated deal that would have delivered Perseus Books Group’s publishing business to Hachette Book Group and its distribution arm to Ingram Content Group, Perseus signed binding agreements last week to sell those same two businesses to those new owners.
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Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2016
The seven publishers on this year’s list are a mix of veterans and newcomers.
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Ingram Buys Perseus' Distribution Business
Ingram Content Group has acquired the distribution arm of the Perseus Books Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition comes on the heels of the sale, earlier this week, of Perseus' publishing division.
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More Layoffs Hit Berkley Publishing Group
A spokesperson at Penguin Random House confirmed layoffs at the division but would provide no further details. Sources have told PW that at least four editors have been cut.
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Scholastic Collaborates with WNDB on Reading Club Flyers
Scholastic is partnering with We Need Diverse Books to create monthly flyers that will spotlight books with diverse characters and themes.
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News Briefs: Week of February 29, 2016
Pearson 2016 PRH profits up and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Protecting Intellectual Property Remains the Top Job for Association of American Publishers
The publishing industry's trade association had a busy year protecting copyright in a changing market.
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Perseus Publishing New 'Roots' Tie-in
Perseus will publish a new edition of the novel to tie-in to a new television miniseries that will begin May 30 and run on the History, A&E, and Lifetime channels.
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News Briefs: Week of February 22, 2016
Wasserman named Heyday publisher and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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News Briefs: Week of February 15, 2016
After eight-year slump, 2015 bookstore sales rise and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Profits Up Nearly 13% At Simon & Schuster
An increase in operating efficiencies, higher backlist sales, and lower returns drove double-digit earnings increases.
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The Last Griffin & Sabine Book Is Publishing in March
After a successful 25-year run and selling more than three million copies, the final book in the Griffin and Sabine series will hit stores this spring.