The new year is often full of organizational announcements; here are the latest to be aware of.
- HarperCollins has partnered with a film production company, Temple Hill Entertainment, to “generate original ideas and opportunities for books and series” that HarperCollins will publish. Temple Hill has produced—or is in the process of producing—adaptations of books by John Green, Stephenie Meyer, Nicholas Sparks, and James Frey. Read more in The Hollywood Reporter.
- Little, Brown UK is relaunching its teen publishing imprint, Atom, to reflect the evolution of young adult fiction. More info at The Bookseller.
- Orion has closed The Murder Room, a digital-only vintage crime imprint that began in fall 2012. Find out more at The Bookseller.
- Harvard Common Press (HCP) has been sold to Quarto Publishing Group. HCP’s titles focus on cooking and child care; they will become an imprint of Quarto moving forward and operate out of Quarto’s offices. Articles about the sale specifically mentioned 25,000 recipes as part of HCP’s assets. Read more at Book Business magazine.
- Apparently, Byliner is back as an imprint of Pronoun.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
