McGraw-Hill Professional announced last month that it will no longer acquire new titles in the business category. Upcoming titles have been canceled, and the business editorial team is being laid off. A spokesperson told Publishers Lunch (subscription required) that while acquisitions have ceased, the publisher is not exiting the business category: “With an extensive collection of business books in our catalog, we intend to maintain and support these titles for years to come. We remain the proud owner of thousands of business titles that we will continue to distribute to readers worldwide. McGraw-Hill has contacted each of the very limited number of impacted authors.”
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.
