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Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2023
Publishers used different strategies to maintain, and extend, sales gains in 2022.
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A Culinary Road Trip: Spotlight on Taste of Home
Taste of Home offers up hundreds of recipes for cooks of every stripe and tantalizing dishes for every gathering. (Sponsored)
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NCAC Executive Director Christopher Finan to Retire
A longtime defender of the freedom to read, Finan confirmed that he will retire this summer after a celebrated career in the service of free expression and First Amendment rights.
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Regalo Press Announces 15 New Titles Coming September 2023
Notable authors with upcoming works include current affairs commentator Nancy Grace, Pulitzer Prize-winner Dale Maharidge, and TV writer and producer Tom Straw.
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Wattpad Builds a Book Business
A lot has happened since Wattpad announced in January 2019 that it was starting a print publishing division.
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Introducing Jiangsu Scholars Translated Series
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group is launching a new series offering outstanding academic works from Jiangsu Province. (Sponsored)
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Sevier, de Guzman, Hultenschmidt Up at Grand Central, Forever
Publisher Ben Sevier has been promoted to executive v-p, from senior v-p, at the Grand Central Publishing division, Beth de Guzman has been promoted to senior v-p and deputy publisher for that division, and Leah Hultenschmidt has been promoted to publisher of the Forever imprint.
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Hachette, HarperCollins Offer Voluntary Severance
Hachette Book Group and HarperCollins are both offering voluntary severance packages to some of their employees. The decisions come as publishers confront a difficult retail environment and rising costs associated with inflation and other economic factors.
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Book Publishing, the Sourcebooks Way
Sourcebooks had another record year in 2022, making it not only the one of the fastest-growing publishers in the country last year but also the eighth-largest publisher based on BookScan data. Its founder, Dominique Raccah, attributes much its success to its use of data.
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Random House, Crown Made Separate Groups in PRH US Reorg
The highlight of a new operating structure for Penguin Random House is the creation of separate Random House and Crown adult publishing groups. No replacement has been named for departing PRH US CEO Madeline McIntosh.
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Haymarket Books, Kaepernick Publishing to Co-Publish Anthology Defending Black Studies
In response to educational bans, Haymarket Books and Kaepernick Publishing are collaborating on a compilation of essays by African American scholars and other Black intellectuals writing in defense of African American/Black Studies.
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Knopf Bets on 'West Heart Kill'
Alfred A. Knopf will publish the debut novel by Dann McDorman, the executive producer of MSNBC’s 'The Beat with Ari Melber,' this fall.
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Bookshop.org to Sell E-books, Publish First Print Title
Andy Hunter, Bookshop.org CEO, told PW that the online retailer is developing an e-book platform for indie bookstores from scratch, and will launch it in beta late this year. In addition, the company is publishing its first book, a collection by Lydia Davis, who did not want her book available to buy on Amazon.
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New Publisher Sibylline Press Celebrates Women Authors Over 50
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, the publisher will release six new books this fall, and plans to publish twelve books a year starting in 2024.
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Oral Argument Set in Internet Archive Copyright Case
A federal judge is ready to hear oral arguments for summary judgment in a closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of library books, some four months after final briefs were submitted by the parties and more than two years since the case was first filed.
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Wonderwell Finds Niche in Hybrid Publishing
With the company's continued growth, CEO and publisher Maggie Langrick has become one of hybrid publishing’s
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Rocketship Entertainment's Tom Akel Talks Bringing Webcomics to Print
Distributed globally through Simon & Schuster, the publisher has 24 projects lined up for 2023 to turn more mobile webcomics into print books.
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Self-Publishing Is Thriving, According to Bowker Report
According to Bowker, more than two million new ISBNs have been issued for indie books each year since 2019.
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As Book Bans and Legislative Attacks Escalate, the New Press Pushes Back
“As a leading publisher of progressive education books, our response to Ron DeSantis and the College Board will be to bring attention to this chilling, racist, and cynical moment,” New Press publisher Ellen Adler told PW.
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HarperCollins Union Ratifies New Contract
After three months on strike, unionized HarperCollins employees voted 194 to 10 in favor of the new contract and will return to work on February 21.
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