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Zando to Launch New Romance Imprint, Slowburn
With Slowburn, headed up by co-directors Hayley Wagreich and Sierra Stovall, Zando is seizing on the TikTok-fueled resurgence of the romance genre and betting big on author Brynne Weaver, whose dark rom-com 'Butcher & Blackbird' became a bestseller thanks to the app.
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'American Prometheus' Author Kai Bird Named 2024 BIO Award Winner
Bird is the award-winning author of seven books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning book that served as the basis for Christopher Nolan’s film 'Oppenheimer,' which won seven Academy Awards last night, including best picture.
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Albert Whitman Under Fire Again from Authors and Agents
Albert Whitman & Company co-owner Patrick McPartland acknowledged the publisher’s recent difficulties amid authors and agents' complaints about delayed payments and a lack of transparency.
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Endnotes: ‘Early Sobrieties’ by Michael Deagler
We take a look at the publication process for the author’s debut novel.
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Brandon Sanderson Raises $16 Million, Breaking Records Again
Brandon Sanderson raised more than $16 million from 55,000 people to fund a leatherbound edition of 'Words of Radiance.' The total is the most ever raised on the crowdfunding platform BackerKit. The campaign, launched earlier this week, ends March 30.
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Higher Prices Boost Book Sales in International Markets
Revenue in 12 of 16 overseas book markets rose last year, even as unit sales fell, according to a new joint report from Nielsen/GFK Entertainment.
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Entangled Adds 12 Authors to Its Amara Imprint
Rebecca Yarros's publisher, Entangled Publishing, has signed agreements with 12 self-published romance authors to acquire print rights to their bestselling e-books.
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Rizzoli International to Launch U.K. Publishing Arm
The London-based Rizzoli UK will be headed up by Stephen King, who has been appointed managing director. The new business will also develop original titles to be published under the Rizzoli Universe imprint.
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Indie Publisher Commemorates Joyce Meskis with New Essay Collection
Rivertowns Books, headed by industry veteran Karl Weber, seeks to honor Tattered Cover founder and First Amendment advocate Joyce Meskis with a collection of essays, written by her industry friends and colleagues, on her life’s work and the causes she championed.
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Three Publishing Veterans Form a New House, Authors Equity
Madeline McIntosh, Nina von Moltke, and Don Weisberg—most recently at Penguin Random House US and Macmillan, respectively—have joined forces to form a new publishing company. As its name implies, the publisher will operate outside of traditional publishing business models.
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Anjali Singh on Launching Her Own Literary Agency
Singh, an agent at Ayesha Pande Literary and the former editorial director at Other Press, has worn many hats in her 30-year career in publishing. Now, at the helm of the Anjali Singh Agency, she's starting yet another professional chapter.
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Court Orders Amazon E-book Monopoly Lawsuit to Proceed
A federal judge has held that “monopolization” claims against Amazon can move forward, finding that lawyers for a potential consumer class have plausibly alleged that Amazon’s conduct in the e-book market has led to “reduced competition” and “higher e-book prices."
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Summit Books Rises Again
Summit publisher Judy Clain’s inaugural acquisition, a debut novel titled ‘Great Black Hope’ by Rob Franklin, bodes well for the storied imprint’s relaunch. Clain, previously editor-in-chief of Little, Brown, called Franklin “the writer we dreamed of publishing” at Summit.
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Endnotes: ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking’ by Amanda Montell
We take a look at the publication process for the ‘Cultish’ author’s latest book.
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Spotify Launches $9.99 Audiobook Subscription Tier
Spotify has added a new option that gives users 15 hours to listen to audiobooks for $9.99—a dollar less than a Premium subscription, which offers the same 15 hours per month, plus ad-free music, for $10.99.
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New Lee & Low Diversity Baseline Survey Finds Minor Changes
The third edition of the survey found the industry to be slightly more diverse in terms of its racial and gender makeup than it was four years ago.
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Spotify's Findaway Voices Terms of Use Still Raise Concerns
Updated terms of service for Spotifiy's indie author audiobook distribution platform Findaway Voices appeared to give Spotify broad powers to reuse content. An outcry forced a revision of terms, but clarification is still needed, say authors and affiliates.
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Atria Launches New Bilingual Imprint, Primero Sueño, as S&S Ramps Up Latino Publishing
Atria Books will launch a new imprint, Primero Sueño Press, dedicated to publishing Latinx/Latine/Hispanic authors in both English and Spanish. Michelle Herrera Mulligan, v-p and associate publisher at Atria, will lead the imprint.
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Microcosm's Cloud-Based Software Aims to Help Indie Publishers Automate Tasks
Portland, Ore.’s Microcosm Publishing is rolling out WorkingLit, a cloud-based system intended to help small independent publishers streamline their product databases, manage orders, complete accounting and invoicing tasks, and calculate royalties.
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SPD to Roll Out New Services with Warehouse Transfer Completed
Small Press Distribution has finished moving 300,000 titles from its former warehouse in Berkeley, Calif., to facilities owned by Ingram and Publishers Storage and Shipping, and has begun a new fundraising effort to help the distributor roll out new services to publishers.
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