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PRH Unveils New Global Corporate Logo
Penguin Random House's new global corporate logo combines the PRH wordmark with the Penguin icon, as was already the case in most of the publisher's territories worldwide.
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NBF’s Book Rich Environments Program Hits Two Million Book Donations
The National Book Foundation program, launched in 2017, has distributed more than two million free books to young people and families in public housing communities across the United States.
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Sourcebooks Building In-House Sales Team, Taps Payne to Direct
Sourcebooks is expanding its reach into the indie bookseller sales channel by replacing commission reps with an in-house sales team. The Chicagoland-based publisher has hired Courtney Payne from Chronicle Books to lead the team as director of indie retail sales.
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PW Close-Up: Podium Entertainment
Podium, a renowned audiobook publisher best known for sci-fi and fantasy, has significantly broadened its digital library and the opportunities available to writers. Now a full-service publisher that distributes books in all formats, Podium Entertainment is preparing to launch its inaugural print list. PW spoke with the company's publisher, Victoria Gerken, about its growth, its mission, and how Podium is meeting the publishing needs of authors from all backgrounds and genres. (Sponsored)
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Orbit Launches Horror Imprint, Run for It
The fourth imprint launched by Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, Run for It joins the flagship Orbit imprint, Redhook, and Orbit Works. Orbit executive editor Bradley Englert will serve as the imprint's principal acquiring editor.
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How ‘We the Poisoned’ by Jordan Chariton Got Made
An inside look at the journalist’s exposé on the Flint water crisis.
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Marston on the Brink of Administration, IPG Says
Independent Publishers Group, which is the U.S. owner of the U.K.–based book distributor, is seeking buyers for the company amid threats of winding up petitions.
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Tim Holman Promoted to Orbit President and Publisher
Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two successive record-breaking years."
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LitUp Greenlights Fiction Debuts from Underrepresented Authors
A partnership between Hello Sunshine, Reese's Book Club, and We Need Diverse Books is behind a spate of debut novels by underrepresented writers, including Chatham Greenfield's YA novel 'Time and Time Again.'
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Boris Kachka Joins the 'Atlantic'
The veteran books editor was let go by the 'Los Angeles Times' in January in one of the largest workforce reductions in the paper's history. Previously, he had served as books editor at 'New York' magazine.
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Hachette Reorgs Workman, Moves Algonquin into Little, Brown
Hachette Book Group confirmed a realignment that includes layoffs at Workman, as well as several promotions and other changes such as the discontinuation of Algonquin Young Readers—the latest in a string of moves since CEO David Shelley took the reins late last year.
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Disobedience Press Debuts with Exploration of Book Bans
The Ann Arbor, Mich.–based small publisher launched this month with 'Trouble in Censorville,' a hard-hitting collection of essays by educators about their firsthand experiences with book bans.
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Cashing Out and Scaling Up: Publishing M&A in 2024 (So Far)
At the end of 2023, industry observers told PW they expected 2024 to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions. So far, those predictions have been accurate.
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How ‘Einstein in Kafkaland’ by Ken Krimstein Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the 'New Yorker' cartoonist’s latest graphic novel.
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Gabrielle Brooks, Jenny Jackson Up at Knopf
Brooks has been named associate publisher and Jackson has been elevated to editorial director of fiction, among other personnel changes following the May "restructure" of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group that saw the exit of Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas.
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Unnamed Press Inaugurates Smith & Taylor Classics Imprint
Los Angeles independent publisher Unnamed Press has unveiled Smith & Taylor Classics, a new imprint helmed by acquiring editors Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) and Brandon Taylor.
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How ‘Not Nothing’ by Gayle Forman Got Made
We take an inside look at the publication process for author Gayle Forman's latest middle grade novel, 'Not Nothing.'
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing Untouched by Namesake Bankruptcy
After the entertainment company of the same name filed for bankruptcy, some in the book business wondered how the closure would impact the publisher. It won't.
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Belle Point Press Centers Mid-South Writers and Their Work
The Fort Smith, Ark.–based small press is committed to publishing books by Mid-South writers that are accessible to readers everywhere. Publisher Casie Dodd hopes that its newly inked distribution deal with IPG will help make this goal a reality.
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Small Press Community Slowly Builds Back After SPD Failure
A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 indie publishers without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors both are finally moving forward—even as damage assessment continues.
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