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New UK imprint: Headline Press

Headline Press is a nonfiction imprint with a focus on politics, current affairs, history, personal development, popular science, and memoir.
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Publishers begin to add AI language to contracts

Three of the Big Five publishers are adding contract language that prohibits the publisher from training AI models on the contracted work.
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Penguin Random House dismisses two top editors

Both editors were high-profile hires and fairly new to the Big Five publisher.
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Penguin Random House launches internal ChatGPT tool for employees

PRH has made an internal generative AI tool available to its employees as an alternative to the public version of ChatGPT.
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Readers Respond: Library & Publisher Relationships

Children’s author Darcy Pattison, who runs Mims House Books, responded to our article on publisher-library relationships.
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US Book Show announces speakers

The US Book Show, a one-day publishing industry event, takes place this year on May 22 at New York University’s Kimmel Center—in person only.
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Book sales update: Hachette doing well

Driving results: good audiobook sales as well as good performance at Orbit and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
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Simon & Schuster acquires largest publisher in the Netherlands

Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) has been acquired by Simon & Schuster, one of the Big Five publishers in the US.
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New manga imprint

Kana is a new imprint from Abrams ComicArts, focusing on adult-oriented manga translated into English from Japanese and French.
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Your Small Press Submission Checklist

If you’ve decided to seek a press that accepts unagented work, here’s a checklist to help you make a submission list you can feel confident in.
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New imprint: Airwave Books

Airwave podcast network and BenBella Books are launching Airwave Books, which will feature nonfiction books by Airwave’s creators.
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New publishing company established by self-pub authors

Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, the authors of the bestselling Zodiac Academy series, have established Dark Ink Publishing in the UK.
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New publisher: JVL Media

Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, have announced the creation of a new publisher, JVL Media.
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Australian romance author launches publishing house

Indie author TL Swan, who publishes the Miles High Club romance series, is launching a romance-focused publishing house.
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New Simon & Schuster imprint: Simon Acumen

A new business imprint, Simon Acumen, will publish books that help readers navigate the “dynamic world of work.”
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New publisher: Bard Books

Bard Books will launch with two titles by the infamous editor Gordon Lish: To Have Written a Book and Annals and Indices.
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AAP reports preliminary 2023 sales figures

Trade/consumer publishing revenue from adult and children’s sales declined by 1 percent in 2023 versus 2022.
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The Case for Pursuing a Traditional Publishing Deal Without an Agent

Kicking off your publishing career with a small press is a great way to get to know the industry, build your author profile, and establish a reputation.
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New YA romance imprint: Delacorte Romance

Delacorte, a division of Penguin Random House, is launching an imprint dedicated to contemporary love stories for teenagers.
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When Small Presses Find Themselves with a Bestselling Title

Challenges in printing, distribution, and cash flow can accompany a breakout hit at a small press.
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New imprint at Simon & Schuster: Primero Sueño Press

It will publish Latinx/Latine/Hispanic authors in English and Spanish, both fiction and nonfiction.
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UK publisher Canelo broadens its nonfiction program

The publisher has announced an expansion of its nonfiction program into popular culture and popular science.
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Q&A with Anne Trubek: Belt Publishing Acquired by Arcadia

The founder of Belt says small presses like hers can’t survive on sales alone when using a distributor.
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Soho Press launches horror imprint

Hell’s Hundred will join the publisher’s existing imprints of Soho Crime, Soho Press, and Soho Teen.
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HarperCollins’s recent growth spurred by audiobooks; parent company NewsCorp to be “core content provider” for AI training

The publisher partly attributed its sales increase to “strong market growth for downloadable audiobooks,” as well as a new Spotify partnership.