Publishing Industry Reporting

The newsletter and podcast will “center the role of libraries in the 21st-century publishing business.”

The publisher, best known right now for the Rebecca Yarros series, will expand in a partnership with the Penguin Michael Joseph division.

Author Insider is a weekly Substack newsletter that will focus on interviews and online education featuring industry insiders.

Najafi has sold Author Solutions to Center Street Ventures, described as “a private investment firm focused on publishing, media, and marketing services.”

Zando, established in 2020 by a former Penguin Random House editor/publisher, is acquiring the Tin House trademark and their entire catalog of more than 200 titles.

The imprint will publish science fiction, fantasy, crossover stories, speculative romance, horror, and mythological retellings.

Atria Australia will publish across multiple fiction genres.

Storytide will publish fiction for middle-grade and teenage readers.

Digital audio now beats ebooks in terms of dollars earned for AAP-reporting publishers.

After fizzling out in the mid-2010s, the new-adult category is receiving renewed attention from traditional publishers.

David Moldawer has joined to represent nonfiction authors. He previously held editorial positions at Amazon Publishing and Portfolio.

Auteur is a series of books that combine film criticism and personal narrative. Each title will examine a single movie.

The imprint is called Outsider Editions; it will focus on underappreciated literary work of all genres.

The publisher will focus on underrepresented voices in fiction and nonfiction, with Ingram distributing and RBmedia as its audiobook partner.

Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette, is launching the Cardinal imprint this fall, which will publish fiction and nonfiction.

Gotham Ghostwriters and the Association of Ghostwriters will host their second annual Gathering of the Ghosts in New York City in November.

Crazy Maple Studio, creator of the streaming platform ReelShort, is launching a publishing division for books inspired by short videos.

A Romania-based publisher has quietly built a successful business selling specialized nonfiction books directly to consumers.

The first title to be signed to the nonfiction imprint is How to Disagree Better by Julia Minson, a Harvard professor.

Amulet publishes fiction, essays, and poetry on the theme of spirituality.

On March 4, the Trump administration’s tariffs went into effect for Canada, Mexico, and China.

Recently, two new collectives of independent publishers were announced: The Stable Book Group and the Publishers Cooperative.

The home of Rebecca Yarros has announced Mischief Books and Mayhem Books.

Da Capo Press was once an independent publisher in Boston; it was acquired by Hachette in 2016.

On the rise: romance sales in Canada, sales at Hachette, and subscription figures at Storytel.