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  • Worthy Publishing Acquires Freeman-Smith

    Worthy Publishing has acquired Freeman-Smith, a specialty publisher of gift books, devotionals, custom publishing projects, and other titles.

  • 'PW' Accepting E-galleys for Sci-Fi/Romance

    Beginning September 15, Publishers Weekly's romance and science fiction/fantasy/horror reviews sections will accept digital galleys for review consideration. This includes galleys for digital-first publications in those genres.

  • Prometheus Books Launches Seventh Street Books

    Prometheus Books has announced the launch of Seventh Street Books, a new mystery and thriller imprint, with titles expected in fall/winter 2012–2013.

  • Everything Series to Appear on NetPlaces.com

    The About Group has announced the launch of the bestselling Everything Series from Adams Media on NetPlaces.com, publishing content from the series on topics ranging from diet and fitness to career advice.

  • Anthony Bourdain Gets His Own Book Line at Ecco

    The chef-turned author-turned TV personality will be acquiring roughly three to five books annually for Ecco, and each will be called An Anthony Bourdain Book.

  • Atria Books Marks Ten Years

    Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books imprint will mark its 10th anniversary in April 2012 and plans to celebrate the milestone with a redesigned Web site, the launch of Emily Bestler Books, and a variety of author and bookselling events.

  • News Briefs: Week of September 12, 2011

    Scholastic, Ruckus Form New Imprint and more.

  • RH Launches New Current Affairs Website

    Random House has launched The Conversation (www.conversationonline.com) with Random House executive editor Jon Meacham, a new website about the exchange of ideas relating to current affairs through a discussion of a variety of nonfiction and fiction books.

  • Knopf Bumps Up Barnes's Man Booker Nominee

    On the heels of the news that Julian Barnes's novel The Sense of an Ending has been shortlisted for the British literary honor, the Man Booker prize, U.S. publisher Knopf has bumped up the release date to next month.

  • ebrary Inks Australian E-book Deals

    E-book and digital platform provider ebrary announced this week that it has partnered with James Bennett, a leading library acquisitions services supplier, to facilitate e-book access at libraries throughout Australia.

  • Akashic Launches Drug-Based Anthologies

    Akashic Books, publisher of the successful city-based Noir Series, is branching out from locale-centric stories with a new sister series focused on drugs, called the Akashic Drug Chronicles Series.

  • Steve Jobs Book Moved Up to November

    Agate Publishing has moved its forthcoming collection of quotes by Steve Jobs, I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words from Spring 2012 to mid-November 2011. The book will be published under Agate's B2 Books business imprint.

  • News Briefs: Week of September 5, 2011

    BAM Gets Leases; Finley Named President, and more.

  • Hard Case Crime Relaunches with Titan

    After parting ways with Dorchester Publishing last August and finding a new home at Titan Books in the fall, Hard Case Crime is back this season with four new titles.

  • 'Unbroken' Tops One Million Sold in Hardcover

    Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken has passed the one-million-copy milestone in hardcover copies sold.

  • Random House and Triumph Part Ways

    Following the July sale of Monacelli Press to Gianfranco Monacelli, Random announced today that Triumph Books, the Chicago sports publisher it acquired in 2006, has been sold back to its publisher, Mitch Rogatz.

  • Broadcaster Bob Edwards Releases Memoir E-book Early

    Bob Edwards, the legendary broadcaster and former host of All Things Considered and Morning Edition, will release his new memoir, A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio for free on electronic devices a week before its print edition releases.

  • Lynch: Agency Model Dominates

    The agency model may have drawn a host of class action lawsuits but Barnes & Noble sees it becoming the dominant form of pricing.

  • Distribution: PGW to Handle Unbridled Books

    Publishers Group West and Unbridled Books announced that PGW will begin distributing their print titles in the US beginning October 1, 2011. Unbridled also signed with Constellation for their e-book distribution.

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