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Gabrielle Brooks, Jenny Jackson Up at Knopf
Brooks has been named associate publisher and Jackson has been elevated to editorial director of fiction, among other personnel changes following the May "restructure" of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group that saw the exit of Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas.
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Unnamed Press Inaugurates Smith & Taylor Classics Imprint
Los Angeles independent publisher Unnamed Press has unveiled Smith & Taylor Classics, a new imprint helmed by acquiring editors Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) and Brandon Taylor.
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How ‘Not Nothing’ by Gayle Forman Got Made
We take an inside look at the publication process for author Gayle Forman's latest middle grade novel, 'Not Nothing.'
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing Untouched by Namesake Bankruptcy
After the entertainment company of the same name filed for bankruptcy, some in the book business wondered how the closure would impact the publisher. It won't.
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Belle Point Press Centers Mid-South Writers and Their Work
The Fort Smith, Ark.–based small press is committed to publishing books by Mid-South writers that are accessible to readers everywhere. Publisher Casie Dodd hopes that its newly inked distribution deal with IPG will help make this goal a reality.
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Small Press Community Slowly Builds Back After SPD Failure
A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 indie publishers without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors both are finally moving forward—even as damage assessment continues.
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'Braiding Sweetgrass' Author Robin Wall Kimmerer Heads to Scribner
Kimmerer's 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World' will be published by Scribner on November 19. Her breakout hit 'Braiding Sweetgrass,' which has sold over two million copies, was published in 2013 by Milkweed.
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Authors Against Book Bans Officially Launches
The group's 1,500 members from all 50 states aim to provide “support and encouragement for the educators, librarians, parents, and students who are the first line of defense against censorship, and for the authors whose books are under attack.”
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YA Author Lee Wind Launches Kickstarter to Donate Books to LGBTQ+ Teens
Wind, who is also chief content officer at the Independent Book Publishers Association, is creating a limited collector's edition of his latest YA novel, initially published this spring by Chicago Review Press, as an incentive for donors to his Kickstarter campaign benefiting LGBTQ+ teens.
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Lindsay Sagnette Named Editor-in-Chief of Putnam
Sagnette was most recently VP and editorial director at Atria, where she edited such authors as Jamie Ford and Jennifer Weiner. She will join Putnam as VP and editor-in-chief on July 15, rounding out its executive team following Sally Kim's departure.
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Five Years of Reading with Jenna Bush Hager
Over the past half-decade, the Read with Jenna Book Club has become a valuable platform for new literary voices.
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How ‘Someone Like Us’ by Dinaw Mengestu Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest novel.
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Post-SPD, Indie Publishers Consider the Benefits of Distribution Co-ops
Frustrated by the difficulties of finding and keeping traditional distributors, members of the IBPA came together last week for a webinar led by Microcosm Publishing CEO Joe Biel to discuss the merits of forming their own distribution cooperatives.
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DK Launches New Adult Imprint, DK Red
The imprint will focus on lifestyle publishing and narrative nonfiction, and is part of DK’s recently renamed adult division, DK Living. First books are set to be released next spring.
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Union Strikes Outside U.S. Office of Oxford University Press
Roughly 30 members of the Oxford University Press USA Guild held a strike outside the publisher's U.S. headquarters in Manhattan on June 18 over stalled contract negotiations and allegations of labor law violations.
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Saturday Books, Imprint with New Adult Focus, to Launch Next Fall at Macmillan
Sara Goodman and Eileen Rothschild, VPs and editorial director and associate publisher, respectively, at the young adult imprint Wednesday Books, will also head up Saturday, which will publish 10–12 titles annually for readers ages 18–30.
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Endnotes: How ‘Beckett’s Children’ by Michael Coffey Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author and former ‘PW’ co-editorial director’s literary memoir.
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PW Close-Up: John Murray Press
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Authors Equity Announces First 10 Author Signings
In a post celebrating its first 100 days in business, upstart publishing venture Authors Equity announced its first 10 author signings—an eclectic list that includes James Frey, Rachel Hollis, and Kyle Mills, with four books set to be published in 2024.
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A Majority of Canadians Now Get Their Books for Free
A survey from BookNet Canada found that 58% of Canadian audiobook listeners, 62% of e-book readers, and 51% of print book readers obtained books from free sources in 2023.
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