Publishing Industry Reporting

The Los Angeles–based publisher, established about eight years ago, has announced a children’s imprint, Atelier Enfants.

Summit Books first existed from 1976 to 1991 and published authors such as Elie Wiesel, James Baldwin, and Oliver Sacks.

Poetry is experiencing its biggest sales year ever in the UK, according to figures from Nielsen.

Each issue of Hot Sheet contains dozens of links, and it’s always instructive for me to see what topics and perspectives drive clicks.

A roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2023, as covered in The Hot Sheet.

Insufficient sales are the primary reason that imprints close, in addition to greater efficiency and even corporate politics.

Screen Door Press will publish “thought-provoking books featuring…diverse views from throughout the Black diaspora.”

Their site says “A public announcement will follow early in 2024 on the future of this important industry gathering.”

Financial results are in for the first nine months of 2023 for Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster.

Wattpad Premium subscribers (who pay $5/month) will get access to five curated Wattpad Originals for free on the first day of each month.

The subscription-based publisher sells print editions direct to reader and pays authors higher royalties than most traditional deals.

Disney Hyperion and pan-African entertainment company Kugali have launched KugaliInk, a graphic novel imprint focused on middle-grade readers.

One key takeaway: There isn’t a clear financial advantage to traditional publishing for commercial fiction. Another takeaway: author hustle matters.

The world’s largest trade show was seen as having come back fairly strong following three tough pandemic years.

Starting in spring 2024, Hemlock Press will publish espionage fiction, literary crime thrillers, and historical suspense.

The USA Today list was once an important bestseller list for self-publishing authors. The revamp has so far changed that.

During the first nine months of 2023, US print book sales fell about 4 percent versus 2022, according to Circana BookScan.

The US Department of Education announced that Matt Nosanchuk has joined as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights.

According to NPD BookScan, US print book sales are down about 4 percent versus last year.

Scribd is separating its digital content across three products, with ebooks and audiobooks moving to a new app called Everand.

Based in California, Sibylline Press focuses on publishing novels and memoirs by women over 50.

Penguin Random House saw sales increase nearly 10% in the first half of 2023 due to acquisitions, international growth, and a royal memoir.

Big publishers find it hard to change long-held processes for bringing books to market.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Spotify will test a free audiobook trial in the coming months.

Tea’s imprint, which will publish queer authors, is part of independent publisher Semiotext(e).