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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.
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Oceanview Publishing Founders Patricia and Robert Gussin Receive Thriller Legends Award
The prestigious award from International Thriller Writers acknowledges the Gussins' lasting impact on the thriller genre as advocates and editors at Oceanview. (Sponsored)
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Sharing Stories Wherever Readers Are: Chicken Soup for the Soul in 2018
The beloved brand has been reimagined as a multiplatform media juggernaut with the classic real-life story at its core. (Sponsored)
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'NYRB' Plummets, 'Paris Review' Creeps Upward On 2017 VIDA Count
According to the annual VIDA Count, which analyzes gender parity at literary magazines, only 23.3% of pieces published in the 'New York Review of Books' last year were written by women, while representation at the 'Paris Review' crept up by 8 percentage points in the year.
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The Old and New Blend At HMH Trade Division
After two years, Ellen Archer has put her stamp on the group.
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New 'Lit Hub' Project Aims To Make Critics Vital Again
With Book Marks, the 'Literary Hub' vertical and newly-circulated book reviewing widget, Morgan Entrekin, Andy Hunter, and company make a push to restore the vitality of book critics.
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'The President Is Missing' Strikes Gold
The new novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson has sold 260,000 total copies after its first week on sale.
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Akashic Books to Launch Grief Imprint
Ann Hood, author of the critically acclaimed 2008 memoir 'Comfort: A Journey Through Grief,' will head Gracie Bell, a new imprint focused on books about grief and loss, which launches this fall.
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Writers Champion Godine’s Re-Launch of Andre Dubus
In the nearly half-century that the Boston-based David R. Godine has been publishing books, no book has ever been relaunched—until now.
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'Boston Review' Poetry Editors Resign over Díaz
Three poetry editors at 'The Boston Review' announced their intent to resign on Tuesday, citing disagreements with the magazine’s executive editors over their decision to retain Junot Díaz as fiction editor.
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NEA Big Read Grants Announced for 2018-2019
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its latest slew of Big Read grants, issuing more than $1 million in the form of 79 grants to organizations to host book-related projects from September 2018-June 2019.
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Judge Denies Author Attempt to Trademark 'Cocky'
In a decision handed down late last week, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York denied a motion by an author requesting that a preliminary injunction be issued to prevent publication a number of books that include the word “cocky” in the title.
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Two ‘Younger’ Fans, and S&S Staffers, Find a New Project in Their Favorite Show
When two Simon & Schuster employees saw that a central character on the TV show 'Younger,' which is set in the world of New York book publishing, was releasing a novel, they wanted to make sure that book hit shelves in the real world. Now it will.
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BookExpo 2018: DK Relaunches Eyewitness Travel Guides
In its first major redesign since the series was launched in 1993, DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guides are being revamped for the digital age.
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BookExpo 2018: Quirk Adds Graphic Novels to Its Mix
Quirk began publishing graphic novels this May and the indie publisher has plans to steadily add more books in formats over the next few years.
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BookExpo 2018: IPS Starts Translation Campaign
At BookExpo, Ingram Publishers Services is introducing a seven-month-long promotion to encourage booksellers to sell more books in translation.
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Publishers Keep an Eye on Paper Costs
Tight markets and tariffs keep pushing up paper prices—and publishers are taking note.
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Office Support: LGBTQ Publishing 2018
Queer employee groups can enrich workplaces and publishers’ relationships with readers.
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Book Marks Launches Widget, Strikes Two Distribution Deals
The Literary Hub vertical, a book review aggregator billed as a Rotten Tomatoes for books, has launched a widget, and struck distribution deals with the American Booksellers Association and Ingram.
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