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F+W Creates Standalone Book Group
F+W Media has established a new standalone book group, naming Heidi Sachner as its chief. Sachner, in her new role, will be responsible for all book publishing in F+W's various communities.
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Amazon May Split Second Headquarters
Speculation swirled yesterday that Amazon intends to select two sites for its second headquarters, splitting the new HQ2 between Crystal City, Virginia, and the Long Island City section of Queens, New York.
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NatGeo Debuts an Almanac for Adults
On October 23, National Geographic Books published 'Almanac 2019,' a 400-page trade paperback aimed at adults that is modeled after its successful children’s almanac.
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Medallion Press Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Medallion Press, which was formed in 2003 as a mass market publisher before branching out into other media markets, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy October 18.
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Ferrari-Adler, Loehnen Launch New Imprint at S&S
Avid Reader Press, a new fiction and nonfiction imprint at Simon & Schuster to be overseen by current S&S editors Jofie Ferrari-Adler and Ben Loehnen, is set to unveil its first list in late 2019 or early 2020.
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Books Support Social Services at Goddard Riverside
The Goddard Riverside Book Fair, an annual fund-raising event organized by the New York City book publishing industry, helps support a wide range of social services. Here's how.
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What’s the Matter with Fiction Sales?
There are various theories why sales dropped 16% between 2013 and 2017. None quite provide a full answer.
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Szczerban to Helm New Imprint at Little, Brown
Michael Szczerban has been named v-p and editorial director of a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint at Little, Brown and Company dedicated to illustrated books.
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Spotlight on José Ignacio Valenzuela
Beloved by YA fantasy readers across the world, Valenzuela's 'To the End of the World' is now available in English. (Sponsored)
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The Random House and Crown Publishing Groups Merge
The Crown Publishing Group has joined the Random House Publishing Group in a newly-combined super group reporting to Gina Centrello, who has been named president and publisher. The imprints will retain their distinct editorial identities.
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Llewellyn to Close Its Midnight Ink Fiction Imprint
Citing continuing poor sales, Llewellyn Worldwide, best known for its mind/body/spirit offerings, is shutting down its crime fiction imprint, Midnight Ink, in August 2019, after releasing its final list during the spring/summer season.
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HarperCollins to Host Second New to Publishing Networking Event
HarperCollins has opened applications for its second “New to Publishing Information Session and Networking Event,” which aims to attract people outside of publishing's usual orbit to the company.
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PEN America Is Suing President Trump
The writers organization and free speech advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in federal court against President Donald Trump, seeking to stop the president from "using the machinery of government to retaliate or threaten reprisals against journalists and media outlets for coverage he dislikes."
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Phishing Scam Seeking Manuscripts Spreads Worldwide
A scam that typically involves a literary agent, scout, or publisher being asked for a manuscript by what appears to be a trusted party—another agent, scout or publisher—via email has continued to spread and was the subject of much discussion during the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Merkh Forms Hybrid Publisher
After leaving traditional publishing, in which he served in executive roles with Nelson Books and at Simon & Schuster’s Howard Books division, Jonathan Merkh has joined the ranks of hybrid publishers with his new company, Forefront Books.
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The Number of Self-Published Titles Cracked 1 Million in 2017
A big gain in the number of self-published print ISBNs issued in 2017 offset a drop in the number of ISBNs issued for e-books by self-published authors.
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PRH to Expand in Southeast Asia
Penguin Random House South East Asia will be based in Singapore.
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Diversion Scores Big with Rick Pitino
Part memoir and part assessment of the evolution of college basketball recruiting, 'My Story,' by the former head basketball coach at the University of Louiville, is a real win for the midsize publisher. Here's how it happened.
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Coates’s ‘We Were Eight Years in Power’ to Be Published by Historic Black Press in France
In a gesture of support for independent black publishing in France, National Book Award–winner Ta-Nehisi Coates and his U.S. publisher, One World, have released the French edition of his latest bestseller through Editions Présence Africaine.
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Blizzard Publishing Powers Up
For more than two decades, Blizzard Entertainment has been known mostly for creating video games: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone. But its publishing division, too, is wizzing along.
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