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The new Skyhorse imprint will publish “quick-to-market, personal and professional improvement titles.”

Tor’s Bramble will be a romance imprint for “exceptional love stories of all kinds.”

Simon & Schuster’s parent company, Paramount, is said to be shopping for a private equity buyer to avoid further antitrust scrutiny.

After being on strike for three months, the HarperCollins union has reached a tentative agreement with HarperCollins.

The right editor and marketing plan is more important than a big advance, according to some editors and agents.

Literary publisher Catapult, which includes Soft Skull Press and Counterpoint Press, will suspend its online magazine and writing classes

Jeff Herman is the author of Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 29th Edition.

As of this writing, the union, which consists of about 200 HarperCollins employees, has been striking for 60 days.

Third State Books, based in San Francisco, will release its first titles in 2024.

The press will start with three titles plus creative writing classes (perhaps to help pay the bills).

Independent publisher Page Street plans to double its number of YA titles to 24 new titles per year and house them under a dedicated imprint.

The imprint will “develop and acquire works from underrepresented voices across multiple genres, fiction and nonfiction,” and for all ages.

Except for lead titles, HarperCollins will no longer send advance review copies (ARCs) in print format for children’s books.

In a move likely related to PRH’s failure to acquire Simon & Schuster, Markus Dohle will step down from his position as CEO of Penguin Random House.

The goal: hear from diverse writers of commercial fiction.

The brightest sparks of the year.

Former Hodder & Stoughton CEO and former John Murray sales and strategy director have launched Bedford Square Publishers.

Even with an excellent query and opening pages, you’ll still get rejections. A lot of them. Success comes to those who refuse to give up.

More than just a tool to sell your book, your synopsis is a roadmap to making the next draft of your manuscript much stronger.

Parent company Paramount may seek or prefer a buyer that doesn’t require yet another review by the Department of Justice.

A large group of agents have signed an open letter supporting the HCP Union, which has been striking since Nov. 10.

Simon & Schuster sold 900 copies of a collector’s edition of Dylan’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, for $599.

PRH’s journey to acquire Simon & Schuster has come to an end.

The strike began Nov. 10 and continues as of this writing. About 250 workers belong to the HarperCollins union; the publisher employs about 4,000 globally.

Tor announced release dates for “commercial editions” of the four novels that Sanderson first offered through his Kickstarter campaign.