Women-Run Publishing
Girls may run the world, according to Beyoncé, but women run publishing. Making up well over 50% of the book business’s workforce, women have been moving from the steno pool to the corner office for decades. While there’s still a long way to go, the women found in the following pages—publishers, CEOs, founders—are leading the charge. (Sponsored) more...and more.
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Four Decades of Book Publishing History...in Poetry
Since 1985, literary agent Richard Curtis has irregularly chronicled the state of trade book publishing in verse in the pages of 'Publishers Weekly.' In honor of his final year-end poem, we've republished them all here.
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The Top 10 Book Business News Stories of 2024
Major contractions in the independent book distribution space, an explosion of artificial intelligence tools and businesses, and turmoil over freedom of expression in multiple sectors defined the book business landscape throughout the year.
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Ana Maria Allessi Promoted to President, Publisher of Hachette Audio
Allessi, who has served as VP and publisher of Hachette Audio since 2022, will step into her elevated role on January 2.
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Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Soaring Kite Books
Lerner Publishing Group is acquiring Soaring Kite Books, a small press founded in 2020 to publish diverse children's books by emerging voices.
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Berkley Books Is Having a Ball
The commercial fiction imprint, best known for its romance, is encouraging its editors to branch out under publisher Christine Ball and editor-in-chief Claire Zion.
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How ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’ by Freda Epum Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s debut book.
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Sourcebooks Launches In-House Audio Program
The new program, Sourcebooks Audio, produced in partnership with Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, aims to put out more than 40 titles next year.
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Feminist Press Executive Director and Publisher Margot Atwell to Step Down
Atwell, who joined Feminist Press at CUNY in early 2022, will depart in February. The press's board of directors has begun a nationwide search for her replacement.
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Mary McAveney Puts Her Stamp on Abrams Books
The CEO, who took the reins at Abrams two years ago, has amped up digital marketing initiatives at the publisher while doubling down on publishing into such trends as books-as-objects and manga.
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Bloom Books Expands into Brazil, Germany
Sourcebooks is moving more directly into international markets with its fast-growing Bloom Books, launching imprints in multiple international markets to publish translations of the imprint’s romance titles by entrepreneurial authors.
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