Getting Traditionally Published

Atlantic Editions is a new imprint that will publish up to a dozen nonfiction paperback titles per year.

Canelo will begin publishing fiction, including thrillers, romance, and historical fiction, in the US market.

In the children’s market alone, one in three books sold in the US features a licensed character.

Publishers are often accused of insufficiently supporting their midlist authors. The situation may be worse than usual.

Bloomsbury has announced it’s hiring 100 new employees across the company to help with workload and work-life balance.

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.

During the first quarter of the year, Simon & Schuster saw earnings nearly double due to strong backlist sales, BookTok, and low returns.

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.

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.

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

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.