The Next Generation of Booksellers Is Changing the (Bookselling) World
The bookstore proprietors of today are putting inclusivity first, building communities, and opening up shop in unexpected places. more...Book Deals: Week of April 22, 2024
Summit takes ‘McSweeney’s’ publisher Amanda Uhle’s searing family memoir, Delacorte lands Elle Kennedy’s debut YA thriller, and more. more...
Literary Award Withdrawals, Mounting Criticism Prompt ‘Review’ at PEN America
After nine of the 10 longlisted authors for this year's PEN/Jean Stein Book Award withdrew their books for consideration for the prize, effectively rendering it unawardable, the PEN America board executive committee "charged a working group of authors and scholars to review PEN’s work—not just over the last six months, but indeed, going back a decade.” more...Entangled Publishing Soars into the Empyrean
After a record-breaking 2023, the publisher of Rebecca Yarros’s blockbusters, 'Fourth Wing' and 'Iron Flame,' looks to keep flying high in 2024. more...and more.
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ComicsAbrams to Launch Manga Imprint, Kana
Abrams ComicArts is launching a new imprint, Kana, focusing on manga series translated into the English language for the U.S. market, primarily catering to adult audiences. Its first titles, including 'Leviathan' by Shiro Kuroi and 'Manhole' by Tetsuya Tsutsui, are due this fall.
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Publisher News
Oakland’s Poet Laureate Receives Rainin Arts Fellowship, Plans Anthology with New Indie Press
Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga, honored for her theater innovation, is co-editing a bilingual anthology with Oso Perezoso Press, launched by indie publisher J.K. Fowler.
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Publisher News
Zodiac Academy Authors Launch Publishing Venture
Sisters Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti will rerelease their self-published Zodiac Academy romantasy series in paperback under their newly formed company, Dark Ink Publishing. On April 23, Dark Ink released 'Restless Stars,' the ninth and final book in the series, with an announced print run of 80,000.
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Comics
Panel Mania: 'Single Mothering' by Anna Härmälä
Anna Härmälä’s new graphic novel, 'Single Mothering,' offers an all too reliable, often hilarious account of the social and emotional challenges facing single mothers. An eight-page excerpt.
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Publisher News
Norton Sues Follett, Alleging Millions in Past Due Payments
In an April 17 complaint, the publisher alleges that Follett Higher Education could owe the publisher more than $9 million by May 1, for both print and digital content.
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Business Deals
Agate Rolls Out Its Publishing Academy
Doug Seibold, founder of Agate Publishing, has begun marketing the Agate Publishing Academy, a program he created to provide an affordable online professional development option to aspiring publishers and book business veterans alike.
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Manufacturing
BMI Report Examines Book Printing in 2024
The Book Manufacturers Institute’s annual state of the industry report sees manufacturing returning to a more normal business pattern in 2024, with digital printing playing a larger role in making the manufacturing process more efficient.
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Awards & Prizes
PEN America Cancels 2024 Literary Awards Ceremony
Following mass withdrawals of books from consideration, PEN America has canceled its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony, previously slated for April 29. Two cash prizes will still be conferred, and the $75,000 purse accompanying the PEN/Stein Book Award will be donated to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
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People
Masie Cochran Named Publisher and Editorial Director of Tin House
Cochran was appointed interim publisher in October following the departure of publisher Craig Popelars, who had helmed the Portland, Ore.—based independent publisher since 2019.
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Obituaries
Daniel C. Dennett, Philosopher and Bestselling Author, Dies at 82
Dennett was the codirector of Tufts University's Center for Cognitive Studies and the author of more than 20 books, known for their provocative arguments about religion, morality, consciousness, and evolutionary biology, among other topics. He died on April 19.
