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Penguin Random House Authors and Creators Skew Heavily White
Penguin Random House’s first report auditing the diversity of its contributors found that the demographics of its authors, illustrators, translators, and other creators “do not reflect U.S. reader demographics when it comes to race and ethnicity.”
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Open Road Integrated Media Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
Open Road Integrated Media’s Ignition program has substantially increased since the start of the pandemic, and profits for its partner publishers are on the rise. (Sponsored)
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Weird Tales Partners with Blackstone Publishing
Blackstone will publish 50 books under the Weird Tales Presents brand over the course of five years, including original novels, anthologies, and compilations.
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Ghostwriters Come Out of the Shadows
The behind-the-scenes specialists have never been in higher demand—nor have there ever been so many trying to do the job.
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Graywolf Press Publisher Fiona McCrae to Retire
McCrae, who during her 27-year tenure as director and publisher built the Minneapolis literary nonprofit press into an independent publishing powerhouse, announced that she will retire in June 2022.
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Covid-19 Skeptics, Publisher Sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Publisher Chelsea Green and the authors of a controversial book claim that a letter Warren sent to Amazon expressing concern over the company's role in spreading Covid-19 misinformation violates their First Amendment rights.
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Anna Todd, Wattpad Webtoon Partner to Launch New Book Imprint
Bestselling author Anna Todd’s Frayed Pages multimedia company will team with Wattpad Books to launch Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, a new cobranded publishing imprint under the recently formed Wattpad Webtoon Book Group.
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Pushkin Industries Pushes Audiobook Conventions
The audio producer, founded in 2018 by author Malcolm Gladwell and former Slate Group chairman and editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg, has built a roster of more than 25 podcasts since its launch, and is ramping up audiobook production.
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Sourcebooks Acquires B.E.S. Publishing
In a deal that closed on November 1, Sourcebooks acquired B.E.S. Publishing from Peterson’s Publishing, gaining more than 800 titles in the process.
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Deep Vellum to Relaunch Dalkey Archive in April 2022
The relaunch will comprise a series of reissued backlist titles and the publication of frontlist fiction.
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Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House Acquisition of S&S
The Department of Justice has sued to block Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster, arguing that it "would result in substantial harm to authors." Lawyers for PRH said that they expect the case to go to trial sometime in 2022.
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Grub Street Tackles 'Art Friend' Fallout
Grub Street, Boston’s largest nonprofit writing organization, is taking steps to address community concerns following the recent publication of the 'New York Times Magazine' article “Who is the Bad Art Friend?”
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Astra Publishing House Reaches for the Stars
The American publishing arm of Beijing-based publishing conglomerate Thinkingdom Media Group was established last year as that rare thing: a new, literary-minded, well-funded publishing house in the U.S.
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Looking for Answers to Supply Chain Questions
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AI Comes to Audiobooks
Startups are making automated text-to-speech conversion a reality.
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Mitzi Angel Named President, Publisher at FSG
Mitzi Angel, currently senior v-p and publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, will succeed Jonathan Galassi as president of the imprint on January 1. Galassi will remain with the imprint as chairman and executive editor.
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The 'Believer' Magazine Will Fold Next Year
The 'Believer' will publish its final issue next spring, parent institution the Black Mountain Institute, which is hosted by the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, has announced—six months after the magazine's editor-in-chief resigned amid controversy.
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Court Denies Amazon, Publishers' Bid to Delay Discovery in Price-Fixing Case
A magistrate judged has denied a bid by Amazon and the Big Five publishers to temporarily stay discovery in a lawsuit that alleges a conspiracy to fix e-book prices. But a new dispute has now arisen over a proposed discovery schedule.
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Mary Kay Inc. Files Suit over Book About Company Founder
The cosmetic company Mary Kay Inc. has filed a lawsuit against author Jennifer Bickel Cook, alleging that she misappropriated copyrighted material in writing her recent book about the company and its founder, Mary Kay Ash.
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Mango, White Star Enter Copublishing Venture
Mango Publishing Group will acquire exclusive rights to publish certain books from White Star in English, while the Italian publisher will acquire identical rights to translate and sell a selection of Mango books in Italian, German, and French.
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