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Kensington Adding Print Line to Lyrical Press
Kensington Publishing will add a mass market paperback line to its Lyrical Press imprint, Kensington’s digital first unit that it bought in January 2014.
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Catapult Partners with PEN for New Emerging Writers Awards
PEN American Center has announced the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, the newest addition to its lineup of literary awards. Winning stories will be collected and published in an annual anthology by Catapult.
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FSG Sees Spike in Wiesel Sales
In the wake of Elie Wiesel's death on July 2, FSG has gone back to print with his backlist, and sales of 'Night,' the author's memoir about surviving Auschwitz, and all other titles have jumped.
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Harlequin's MIRA to Launch Literary Fiction Imprint
MIRA Books, the fiction imprint of Harlequin Books, has announced the launch of a new literary fiction line, Park Row Books. Inaugural titles are slated to publish in summer 2017.
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'Valley of the Dolls' Turns 50
Grove has already gone back to press on the anniversary edition of Jacqueline Susann's bestselling novel.
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The ‘Offing’ Looks Ahead After Editor Resigns
With a new editor-in-chief at the helm, the online literary magazine will recommit to its mission after a summer submissions hiatus.
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Despite Talese's 'Disavowal,' Grove Moving Ahead with 'The Voyeur's Motel'
After Gay Talese appeared to disavow his book when questions were raised about the credibility of a major source in a 'Washington Post' story, the book's publisher, Grove Atlantic, said it plans to release the book July 12 as scheduled.
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With New Distribution Deal, Pittsburgh Animal Media Group Bets Bigger on Books
Animal Media Group, an independent media and book production company that is looking to ramp up its presence in the book trade, has signed a two year distribution deal with Consortium.
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Harper Acquires Business Book from Microsoft CEO
Harper Business has acquired world English rights to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s first book, 'Hit Refresh,' which is slated to hit shelves in fall 2017.
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Norton to Publish Gaiman’s ‘Norse Mythology’ in 2017
Bestselling novelist Neil Gaiman's retelling of the classic Norse myths will be published as a hardcover and e-book in February 2017.
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'Girl On the Train' Finally Hits Paperback
After selling over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone, in hardcover and e-book, Riverhead Books will release the trade paperback edition of Paula Hawkins' runaway bestseller on July 12.
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What Makes a Bestseller? Two SMP Authors Say They Know the Formula
The authors of the 'The Bestseller Code' assessed over 20,000 manuscripts to find that a 2013 novel by Dave Eggers had all the attributes of a book destined for literary success.
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How Dey Street Crashed Sheffield's Bowie Book in Under Six Months
'On Bowie,' a meditation on the life of the late David Bowie by Rob Sheffield ('Love Is a Mix Tape'), is landing in bookstores next week. The quickly turned around title was something of a feat for its publisher, since it was conceived and executed in less than six months.
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Penguin Random House to Sell Fodor's to Internet Brands
Penguin Random House has reached an agreement to sell its travel division, Fodor’s, to Internet Brands, a Los Angeles-based online media and technology company.
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Mark Bernardi Named Dark Horse V-P of Book Trade, Digital Sales
Bernardi succeeds longtime Dark Horse book trade executive Michael Martens, who is retiring after 22 years, and will takeover in time for the American Library Association meeting in Orlando, Florida.
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Rugged Land Books Returns, Rebrands as Rugged Land Media
After several years in limbo, Rugged Land is back as a media company with interest in print and digital publishing, television, and film.
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First BookShots Titles Sell 30,000 Copies in a Week
Offering short, fast-paced novels designed to encourage book reading, James Patterson’s BookShots imprint sold a combined total of about 30,000 copies the first week.
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Seal Press Moves Under Da Capo's Purview
The publisher, currently an imprint of Perseus Books' subsidiary Avalon Group, will become an imprint of Da Capo Press in the first major change since Hachette Book Group purchased Perseus earlier this year.
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