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Bookkeeper Gets Two Year Sentence for Scheme that Destroyed Donadio & Olson
The former bookkeeper for Donadio & Olson, who stole more than $3.4 million from the New York literary agency, was sentenced to just two years in prison on December 17, despite the fact that his crime destroyed the agency and nearly bankrupted bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk.
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Big Publishers Work On Getting Their Houses in Order
Publishers continued to look for more efficiency through restructurings in 2018.
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Three Editors In Three Countries Made 'The Water Cure' What It Is
A trio of acquiring editors, all assistants at the time, worked together to edit debut novelist Sophie Mackintosh's Man Booker–longlisted feminist dystopian bildungsroman. Here's how that happened.
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Graduate Publishing Program Update, 2018: What’s New on Campus
Schools offering master’s degrees in publishing keep evolving.
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The Past Is Present in Kensington's Southern Fiction
In 2019, Kensington expands its commitment to publishing novels that celebrate Southern heritage and also boldly face the past. (Sponsored)
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Dohle Reflects On Penguin Random House in 2018
In his annual year-end letter to staff, Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle cited the success of 'Becoming', a long list of literary awards and best book citations, and the continued global growth of audiobook sales as 2018 highlights.
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Nation Books Changing Name to Bold Type Books
Effective January 1, Nation Books, a joint project of the Nation Institute and Hachette Book Group, will be known as Bold Type Books. The move comes on the heels of the Nation Institute changing its name.
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Microcosm Offers ‘A People’s Guide to Publishing’
When a young intern at Microcosm Publishing asked its founder what she should read to complete her publishing education, he was stumped. Then he wrote the book she needed.
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Centrello Details Crown Reorg
The newly combined Random House and Crown publishing groups will be known as Random House. David Drake, Aaron Wehner, and Tina Constable have been given prominent roles in the new Crown, while Crown publisher Molly Stern will leave the company.
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Grand Central Publishing to Close Life & Style Imprint
Grand Central Publishing will absorb its Life & Style imprint into the flagship GCP list at the end of 2018. The reorganization will result in a few job cuts.
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HC Remains in Acquisition Mode
HarperCollins is one of two subsidiaries where News Corp would consider making another acquisition, News CFO Susan Panuccio said during a presentation to analysts yesterday.
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A Public Space Branches Into Book Publishing
The literary magazine, founded in 2006 by former 'Paris Review' editor Brigid Hughes, is launching a book publishing imprint.
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Polis Books Launches Diversity-Focused Crime Imprint
In an effort to attract a more diverse roster of writers, Polis Books founder Jason Pinter is launching Agora Books, a diversity-focused imprint specializing in crime and mystery fiction.
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'Becoming' Is the Bestselling Book of 2018
Michelle Obama's 'Becoming,' now in its sixth printing, has sold more than two million units in the the U.S. and Canada in the two weeks following its November 13 publication, Penguin Random House said.
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The Next Black Publishing Generation Speaks
Although the book industry remains overwhelmingly white—87% of respondents to PW’s most recent annual salary survey identify as Caucasian—there is undeniably a new and passionate generation of young black professionals working inside publishing houses.
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With Closure, UPNE's Publishers Move On
Following University Press of New England’s decision to close its doors at the end of 2018, the distributor has reached an agreement with University of Chicago Press and Chicago Distribution Center to handle distribution for its backlist and select new titles.
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'Becoming' Is Becoming 2018's Biggest Adult Book
Penguin Random House said that first-day sales for Michelle Obama's memoir "represent the largest single-day sales total for any book published in 2018" by the publisher, while Barnes & Noble said 'Becoming' had the biggest first week of sales at the chain so far this year.
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Kensington Brings U.K. Grip Lit to U.S. Readers
Britain's domestic and psychological suspense writers offer a dark, edgy take on this mesmerizing genre. (Sponsored)
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Portfolio to Launch New Imprint
Author Simon Sinek will launch a new imprint, Optimism Press, under the auspices of his longtime publisher, Portfolio.
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Lependorf Passes the Torch to Gannon at Annual CLMP Gala
After 17 years as executive director of CLMP, Jeffrey Lependorf turned over the leadership of the organization to Mary Gannon at its annual gala.
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