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  • Anchor Unveils Inaugural Hardcover List

    Starting in February 2022, Anchor will publish hardcover titles for the first time, including three debut novels.

  • Lonely Planet Comes Out of Lockdown

    Amid global travel restrictions and under a new parent company, Lonely Planet spent 2021 retooling. Now it's ready to hit the road.

  • Will Publishing Sales Grow Again?

    Industry sales have increased only once since 2016—but 2021 is one strange year. Anything could happen.

  • Supreme Court Asked to Rein In Government Pre-Publication Reviews

    A petition was filed this week by the Knight First Amendment Institute and the ACLU on behalf of five former government employees, who claim their First Amendment rights are being unreasonably stifled by an expansive and non-transparent review process.

  • IPG at 50: Exploring Heartland Publishing 2021

    Joe Matthews, CEO of IPG parent company Chicago Review Press Inc., discusses the distributor’s explosive growth, and its future.

  • The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Heartland Publishing 2021

    Midwest presses embrace entrepreneurialism, community.

  • New and Forthcoming Titles on Diversity

    Check out this new selection of books focused on issues of diversity.

  • The Book Biz Learns to Embrace Our Diverse Reality

    Publishers and editors discuss their efforts to broaden their lists to reach those in underrepresented communities.

  • Gagosian Launches Publishing Imprint, Picture Books

    Gagosian, the influential art gallery, is launching a new publishing imprint, Picture Books, in December. The imprint, conceived by author Emma Cline, will publish a series of fiction books by leading literary authors alongside contributions by celebrated contemporary artists.

  • New and Forthcoming Titles on Diversity

    A list of new and forthcoming adult and children’s titles on the issues surrounding diversity and the multicultural nature of American society.

  • AAP to Amp Up Sustainability, Diversity Efforts

    Following a recent board meeting, the Association of American Publishers has committed itself to amplifying its activities fostering sustainable publishing and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

  • Penguin Random House Authors and Creators Skew Heavily White

    Penguin Random House’s first report auditing the diversity of its contributors found that the demographics of its authors, illustrators, translators, and other creators “do not reflect U.S. reader demographics when it comes to race and ethnicity.”

  • Open Road Integrated Media Shows No Signs of Slowing Down

    Open Road Integrated Media’s Ignition program has substantially increased since the start of the pandemic, and profits for its partner publishers are on the rise. (Sponsored)

  • Weird Tales Partners with Blackstone Publishing

    Blackstone will publish 50 books under the Weird Tales Presents brand over the course of five years, including original novels, anthologies, and compilations.

  • Ghostwriters Come Out of the Shadows

    The behind-the-scenes specialists have never been in higher demand—nor have there ever been so many trying to do the job.

  • Graywolf Press Publisher Fiona McCrae to Retire

    McCrae, who during her 27-year tenure as director and publisher built the Minneapolis literary nonprofit press into an independent publishing powerhouse, announced that she will retire in June 2022.

  • Covid-19 Skeptics, Publisher Sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren

    Publisher Chelsea Green and the authors of a controversial book claim that a letter Warren sent to Amazon expressing concern over the company's role in spreading Covid-19 misinformation violates their First Amendment rights.

  • Anna Todd, Wattpad Webtoon Partner to Launch New Book Imprint

    Bestselling author Anna Todd’s Frayed Pages multimedia company will team with Wattpad Books to launch Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, a new cobranded publishing imprint under the recently formed Wattpad Webtoon Book Group.

  • Pushkin Industries Pushes Audiobook Conventions

    The audio producer, founded in 2018 by author Malcolm Gladwell and former Slate Group chairman and editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg, has built a roster of more than 25 podcasts since its launch, and is ramping up audiobook production.

  • Sourcebooks Acquires B.E.S. Publishing

    In a deal that closed on November 1, Sourcebooks acquired B.E.S. Publishing from Peterson’s Publishing, gaining more than 800 titles in the process.

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