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HBG Staffers Stage Walkout Over Woody Allen Memoir
Three days after Grand Central Publishing announced that it would publish the director's forthcoming memoir, employees at the imprint and at other Hachette Book Group divisions staged a walkout in protest of the acquisition.
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ViacomCBS Is Looking to Sell S&S
Nearly three months to the day after the completion of the ViacomCBS merger, the mass media company has indicated its intentions to sell Simon & Schuster, one of the U.S.'s Big Five publishers.
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Lil’ Libros Lands Bilingual Children’s Cookbook
The Los Angeles–based, Latina-led indie publisher will publish a children’s cookbook by celebrity chef and bestselling author Marcela Valladolid. PW spoke with Valladolid and press founders Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Steim about the partnership.
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What the New Coronavirus Means for Publishing
From international book fairs to book manufacturing, the virus is causing lots of disruptions in the book world.
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New Directions Launches New Classics Club
New Directions Publishing has unveiled a subscription program it hopes will link readers to current publications the press believes are destined for classic status.
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Riverdale Avenue Books Acquires Circlet Press
Independent publisher Riverdale Avenue Books has acquired the assets of Circlet Press, an independent small press focused on science-fiction and fantasy works with sex-positive erotic themes.
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Mountaineers Books Names New Publisher as It Turns 60
As Mountaineers Books—the independent publisher of outdoor recreation, sustainable lifestyle, and conservation books—turns 60, it shifts around its staff.
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Latinx in Publishing Debuts Writers Mentorship Program
Literary nonprofit Latinx in Publishing has launched a new initiative, the Writers Mentorship Program, which is aimed at providing unpublished and/or unagented writers who identify as Latinx with professional mentorship opportunities.
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Three Fired Employees Return to Work at Wayne State U Press
The three senior employees recently fired from their jobs at Wayne State University Press have been re-hired, but their attorney is not ruling out litigation against the university for discrimination, retaliation, and due process claims.
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Gallery Books Marks 10 Years
The imprint, born the “love child of the merger of Pocket Books and Simon Spotlight Entertainment” in 2010, marked a decade in the business this January.
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Disney and HBG Go Their Own Way
After a big deal earlier this month, the two companies discuss their strategies for the children’s market.
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President's Office Takes Over Wayne State U Press, Replaces Interim Director
Wayne State University Press remains embroiled in controversy since the firings of three senior employees. The president's office has assumed oversight for the press, replacing interim director Tara Reeser with Kathy Wildfong.
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Andrews McMeel Is Publishing's Big House on the Prairie
At 50, Andrews McMeel is a multifaceted media company with a worldwide reach.
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Publishers, Printers Meet to Talk Shop
BMI held its first Book Manufacturing Mastered seminar February 10–11 in New York City.
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Brash Books Releases Lost Hardman Novel
Indie crime press Brash Books recently released 'All Kinds of Ugly' by Ralph Dennis, the 13th installment in his Jim Hardman series.
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Wayne State U President Assumes Oversight of Embattled Press
Wayne State University president M. Roy Wilson informed his colleagues Friday that the press' interim director, Tara Reeser, will now report to WSU's chief of staff in the president's office rather than to the dean of libraries.
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Colin Kaepernick Launches Publishing House, Has Audible Audio Deal
Free agent NFL quarterback and social activist Colin Kaepernick plans to publish a memoir via his own publishing venture and release an audiobook version of the untitled book via an exclusive deal with Audible.
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AAP-UNCF Publishing Internship Program Opens to All Minority Students
Previously available to students from any historic black college and university, the paid student internship program has been expanded to include minority juniors and seniors attending any college in the U.S.
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B&N Lawyers Offer Rebuttal to Fired CEO’s Defamation Claims
In a short reply filing, B&N lawyers argue that Demos Parneros’s defamation claim against the retailer should be knocked out for one “overarching” reason: that B&N’s “purportedly defamatory statements” are “entirely true.”
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