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Abrams Acquires Peter Mayer's the Overlook Press
The Overlook Press, cofounded by Peter Mayer, the former chair and CEO of the Penguin Group, in 1971, has been acquired by illustrated book publisher Abrams.
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At PRH, Producing a Publishing Powerhouse
Five years after Penguin and Random House merged, we look back at how the two giants were integrated.
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Tuttle, at 70, Is an Ambassador for Asian Books
How Charles Tuttle transformed his family’s printing business into one of America’s longest-standing emissaries for books about Asian cultures and languages.
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Kerry McCluggage Named CEO of IDW Media Holdings
IDW founder and longtime CEO Ted Adams is stepping down and will be replaced by Kerry McCluggage, a former TV executive and current member of the IDW board of directors.
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NYU’s Summer Publishing Institute Wraps its 40th Year
The New York University Summer Publishing Institute marked its anniversary year with a number of special events this summer.
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Meader Up at a Changing Picador
A changing of the guard is in the works at Picador, which will stop publishing originals and return to its primary role as Macmillan’s literary trade paperback reprint house as of April 2019, bringing a significant change to its staff.
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'Electric Literature' Launches New Series As Counterpoint to 'By the Book'
Electric Literature has launched a new biweekly series, in partnership with FSG's MCD imprint and as part of its "Read More Women" campaign, that it bills as a feminist corrective to the 'New York Times' column "By the Book."
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Microcosm to Self Distribute
Microcosm Publishing will assume complete control of its own distribution in January, focusing on reaching both nontraditional and traditional accounts. The company will also stop offering its titles for sale on Amazon.
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New SMP Mind-Body-Spirit Imprint Named St. Martin's Essentials
St. Martin's Press's new mind-body-spirit imprint, to be headed by Joel Fotinois, has been named St. Martin's Essentials and will release its first book next month.
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Rowman and Littlefield Acquires Pineapple Press
The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group has acquired Pineapple Press, a independent publisher focused on books about Florida, and the art, folklore, history and culture of the state, effective July 13.
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Princeton UP Launches PUP Audio
The new audiobooks line from Princeton University Press will publish six frontlist titles in its inaugural season, and will be made available globally across a variety of platforms and libraries.
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Industry Stocks Dipped in First Half of 2018
Neither Barnes & Noble nor the spun-off Barnes & Noble Education have done terribly well in 2018. (Amazon, however, is doing just fine.)
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Inside PRH Company Week 2018
Penguin Random House hosted its second annual Company Week last month, from June 18-22, holding 65 events including talks, panels, workshops, and other activities for its employees.
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Witherspoon Picks 'Next Year In Havana' for Book Club
Reese Witherspoon has selected 'Next Year In Havana' (Berkley), by Chanel Cleeton, as her July book club pick.
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SP Books Finds Niche with Reproductions of Classic Manuscripts
After publishing more than 20 volumes in France featuring the reproductions of original manuscripts by renowned authors, Paris-based SP Books has begun selling the limited edition books in the U.S.
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Publishing Mentorship Program Focuses on Representation
The Representation Matters Mentorship Program, launched by two editors at Penguin Young Readers, is working to diversify the publishing industry.
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Taking a Look At Latinx in Publishing
The two-year-old group looks to build ties within the publishing industry and to promote authors.
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S&S Launches New Book Club Initiative
"Book Club Favorites," a new direct-to-consumer program, is intended to promote titles from imprints across the company deemed of particular interest to book clubs.
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MIT Press Launches Knowledge Futures Group
MIT Press has created the Knowledge Futures Group, a joint initiative between the press and the MIT Media Lab. The group is intended to spearhead collaborative technology projects that will allow for easier and more widespread publishing and dissemination of digital scholarly and academic works.
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Picador and TED-Ed Team for Book Promotions
Macmillan’s literary trade paperback imprint has teamed up with the educational video unit of the renowned ideas conference to create a book recommendation program pairing each of TED-Ed’s educational animated shorts with an appropriate book.