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Orbit Launches Horror Imprint, Run for It
The fourth imprint launched by Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, Run for It joins the flagship Orbit imprint, Redhook, and Orbit Works. Orbit executive editor Bradley Englert will serve as the imprint's principal acquiring editor.
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How ‘We the Poisoned’ by Jordan Chariton Got Made
An inside look at the journalist’s exposé on the Flint water crisis.
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Marston on the Brink of Administration, IPG Says
Independent Publishers Group, which is the U.S. owner of the U.K.–based book distributor, is seeking buyers for the company amid threats of winding up petitions.
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Tim Holman Promoted to Orbit President and Publisher
Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two successive record-breaking years."
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LitUp Greenlights Fiction Debuts from Underrepresented Authors
A partnership between Hello Sunshine, Reese's Book Club, and We Need Diverse Books is behind a spate of debut novels by underrepresented writers, including Chatham Greenfield's YA novel 'Time and Time Again.'
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Boris Kachka Joins the 'Atlantic'
The veteran books editor was let go by the 'Los Angeles Times' in January in one of the largest workforce reductions in the paper's history. Previously, he had served as books editor at 'New York' magazine.
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Hachette Reorgs Workman, Moves Algonquin into Little, Brown
Hachette Book Group confirmed a realignment that includes layoffs at Workman, as well as several promotions and other changes such as the discontinuation of Algonquin Young Readers—the latest in a string of moves since CEO David Shelley took the reins late last year.
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Disobedience Press Debuts with Exploration of Book Bans
The Ann Arbor, Mich.–based small publisher launched this month with 'Trouble in Censorville,' a hard-hitting collection of essays by educators about their firsthand experiences with book bans.
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Cashing Out and Scaling Up: Publishing M&A in 2024 (So Far)
At the end of 2023, industry observers told PW they expected 2024 to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions. So far, those predictions have been accurate.
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How ‘Einstein in Kafkaland’ by Ken Krimstein Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the 'New Yorker' cartoonist’s latest graphic novel.
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Gabrielle Brooks, Jenny Jackson Up at Knopf
Brooks has been named associate publisher and Jackson has been elevated to editorial director of fiction, among other personnel changes following the May "restructure" of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group that saw the exit of Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas.
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Unnamed Press Inaugurates Smith & Taylor Classics Imprint
Los Angeles independent publisher Unnamed Press has unveiled Smith & Taylor Classics, a new imprint helmed by acquiring editors Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) and Brandon Taylor.
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How ‘Not Nothing’ by Gayle Forman Got Made
We take an inside look at the publication process for author Gayle Forman's latest middle grade novel, 'Not Nothing.'
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing Untouched by Namesake Bankruptcy
After the entertainment company of the same name filed for bankruptcy, some in the book business wondered how the closure would impact the publisher. It won't.
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Belle Point Press Centers Mid-South Writers and Their Work
The Fort Smith, Ark.–based small press is committed to publishing books by Mid-South writers that are accessible to readers everywhere. Publisher Casie Dodd hopes that its newly inked distribution deal with IPG will help make this goal a reality.
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Small Press Community Slowly Builds Back After SPD Failure
A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 indie publishers without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors both are finally moving forward—even as damage assessment continues.
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'Braiding Sweetgrass' Author Robin Wall Kimmerer Heads to Scribner
Kimmerer's 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World' will be published by Scribner on November 19. Her breakout hit 'Braiding Sweetgrass,' which has sold over two million copies, was published in 2013 by Milkweed.
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Authors Against Book Bans Officially Launches
The group's 1,500 members from all 50 states aim to provide “support and encouragement for the educators, librarians, parents, and students who are the first line of defense against censorship, and for the authors whose books are under attack.”
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YA Author Lee Wind Launches Kickstarter to Donate Books to LGBTQ+ Teens
Wind, who is also chief content officer at the Independent Book Publishers Association, is creating a limited collector's edition of his latest YA novel, initially published this spring by Chicago Review Press, as an incentive for donors to his Kickstarter campaign benefiting LGBTQ+ teens.
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Lindsay Sagnette Named Editor-in-Chief of Putnam
Sagnette was most recently VP and editorial director at Atria, where she edited such authors as Jamie Ford and Jennifer Weiner. She will join Putnam as VP and editor-in-chief on July 15, rounding out its executive team following Sally Kim's departure.
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