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Köehler Books Publishing Creates a Home for Latino Authors to Find Quality Publishing Assistance
As the publishing industry continues to grapple with its lack of diverse books and authors, Köehler Books Publishing has stepped up to fill the gap for emerging Latino authors. (Sponsored)
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Helping Kids Soar: Spotlight on Imagine and Wonder
With four new children’s imprints, Imagine and Wonder strives to help young readers better understand the world while helping them engage with social issues. (Sponsored)
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Spotlight on Imagine Books: A Charlesbridge Adult Imprint
Imagine Books has been part of the Charlesbridge catalog since 2010, but now has a dynamic new focus, thanks to editorial director Kevin Stevens. (Sponsored)
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Unruly Expands the Picture Book Genre
In autumn 2020, Enchanted Lion announced Unruly, a new imprint dedicated to picture books created with older readers in mind. (Sponsored)
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Dundurn Press Has a New Look to Illustrate a New Vision
Forty-nine-year-old imprint Dundurn Press—one of Canada’s largest independent book publishers—has just unveiled a rebrand that establishes the imprint’s new vision and new logo. (Sponsored)
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Cozies & Quilts: C&T Publishing Adds Ann Hazelwood Mystery Novels
A publishing company known for its crafting titles expands into fiction and looks to the future. (Sponsored)
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Nonfiction for a Better World: Spotlight on Broadleaf Books
The new Christian imprint aims to inspire and transform readers—and help them foster a more open, just, and compassionate world. (Sponsored)
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The World-Expanding Fiction of Aconyte Books
The new imprint’s books chronicle the adventures of some of the most- loved characters from science fiction, fantasy, and video games. (Sponsored)
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Amazon, Big Five Publishers Face Yet Another Antitrust Suit—From Booksellers
Similar to the claims made in a concurrent e-book price-fixing case, the suit turns on Amazon’s use of Most Favored Nation clauses in its contracts with the Big Five publishers, which, lawyers claim, “have the intent and effect of controlling wholesale prices of print trade books and preventing competition with Amazon in the retail sale of print trade books.”
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Book Workers to Hold Day of Solidarity with Amazon Workers
Book business workers at a number of bookstores, publishers, and literary publicity firms have declared a Book Workers Day of Solidarity on March 26 in support of Amazon workers organizing to form a union in Bessemer, Ala.
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Personnel Changes Announced at PRH Canada
Following the splitting of their two imprints in December, Random House Canada publisher Sue Kuruvilla and Knopf Canada publisher Martha Kanya-Forstner have announced a number of roles for their team members.
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University of Toronto's John Yates to Retire
John Yates, president, publisher, and CEO of University of Toronto Press, announced that he will be retiring from the publisher for personal reasons.
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PRH Starts Extended Payment Plan for Indie Bookstores
Penguin Random House will allow independent bookstores in the United States to take an additional month to pay their invoices to the publisher, the company announced on Wednesday.
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AAPI Authors, Bookstagrammers Organize Support Campaign
Asian American and Pacific Islander members of the book business have launched a social media campaign, #StandUpforAAPI, intended to raise awareness of the ongoing violence and hate incidents targeting AAPI communities.
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Demary Vows to Build Upon Soft Skull Press's Success
Mensah Demary, who worked alongside Yuka Igarashi at Catapult since its early days, vows to broaden Soft Skull Press's reach after being promoted to editor-in-chief. He replaces Igarashi, who moved on to Graywolf Press.
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Two California Publishers Had Strong 2020 Sales
How Chronicle Books and North Atlantic Books got through an unprecedented year.
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How Books Can Address Economic Inequality
Publishers discuss the demand for books on economic disparity and how it relates to race, gender, education, and social justice.
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The Book Biz Remembers a Year to Forget
Industry members share some recollections of life under lockdown.
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University Presses Are Overwhelmingly White
The Association of University Presses analyzed university press data from the most recent Diversity Baseline Survey of U.S. publishing from Lee & Low and found the university press segment severely lacking in diversity.
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Cohen Leaves Quirk Books, Kupihea Moves Up
After 20 years at Quirk Books, Brett Cohen has left the indie publisher, prompting the promotion of Jhanteigh Kupihea to publisher and the return of company owner and founder David Borgenicht as president.