Getting Traditionally Published

Frank Miller Presents will publish comics by Miller (a legend in this space, for those unaware) and also work with a range of other talent.

Higher manufacturing and freight costs are blame for reduced profits; lower sales of ebooks, which have higher profit margins, also contributed.

Michael Pietsch, the CEO of Hachette, delivered the keynote talk at the recent Book Industry Study Group conference.

Esther Press is a new imprint under David C Cook that will focus on Bible studies, women’s stories, leadership books, devotionals, and video teachings.

Harper Select, a division of HarperCollins Focus, will publish memoir and narrative nonfiction starting this November.

The Ancient Lives series will focus on biographies of “thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the ancient world.”

The new imprint is a collaboration with Sugar23, a media platform founded by an Academy Award–winning producer and manager.

Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House UK, has established Torva, devoted to publishing hardcover nonfiction “that will change the future.”

University presses are not just for scholars, and many are far more open-minded than you may think.

EUP, which is known for its focus on Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, has partnered with the Gibb Memorial Trust on a new scholarly imprint.

Swift Press, an independent publisher based in London, has launched Forum, an imprint that will focus on books that question contemporary orthodoxies.

Publishers Lunch has written a summary of what happened last Friday (March 4), when four editors announced their resignations publicly on Twitter.

ESPN media network Andscape—its Black media platform—is launching a book imprint, Andscape Books, with Disney Publishing Worldwide.

The new imprint, Calon, draws its name from the Welsh word for heart. It will focus on nonfiction writing on Welsh life and culture.

Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins, has launched Magnolia Publications, a new imprint from Chip and Joanna Gaines.

The imprint will be dedicated to publishing the best literary fiction and nonfiction from Canada and around the world.

The book club dedicated to Black women writers now encompasses a newsletter, literary festival, podcast, and two anthologies.

SJP Lit will leverage “her far-reaching celebrity to connect both emerging and established authors with new and eager readers.”

HMH’s consumer book division was sold last year to HarperCollins; what remains has now been acquired by a private equity firm.

Sales increased by 3.7 percent, with growth through chain bookstores, independent bookstores, gift stores, and international accounts.

CEO Jonathan Karp says Simon & Schuster expects 2022 to be another strong year.

AMC Networks Publishing will release fan-friendly, genre-forward specialty books, comics, and original graphic novels.

A film and media studio, Black Odyssey LLC has launched a new publishing venture dedicated to books focused on the Black experience.

The popular mentorship and pitch program, run by volunteers, succumbed to an increasingly high-stress environment.

Two literary agents discuss the usefulness and limits of assigning a genre to writing, and how it’s perceived by publishers and readers.