Ryo Yamaguchi Named Publisher at Copper Canyon Press
Following the retirements of longtime copublishers George Knotek and Joseph Bednarik on May 1, the Port Townsend, Wash.–based poetry press—which turned 50 last year—has tapped its publicist to lead its operations moving forward. more...Book Deals: Week of May 6, 2024
Hachette lands a blockbuster new memoir by Priscilla Presley, Ballantine signs a new book from bestselling British author Eve Chase, and more. more...
ABA Seeks to Add Bookstores to FTC Lawsuit Against Amazon
The American Booksellers Association has filed a motion with the Federal Trade Commission seeking to fix a hole in the FTC’s antitrust complaint against Amazon that many in the industry agree needs correcting: that it did not specifically include what Amazon’s practices have done to book retailing in general and to independent bookstores in particular. more...IBPA Rebrands Annual Book Award, Adds DEI Categories
The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards, which honor titles in 57 categories, will be renamed the IBPA Book Awards, and will celebrate books across seven additional, identity-inclusive categories. IBPA also established a new Jan Nathan Lifetime Achievement Award in memory of its late founder. more...and more.
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Shows & EventsPEN America Dissenters Host 'Freedom to Write for Palestine' Fundraiser
Gathering together writers and translators who withdrew from PEN America's Literary Awards and World Voices Festival, the event, held in New York City on May 7, featured stirring readings, offered sharp critiques, and raised money for the Gaza-based nonprofit We Are Not Numbers.
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Financial Reporting
U.K. Publishing Sales Rose 3% in 2023
Revenue for U.K. publishing in 2023 was £7.1 billion, about $8.9 billion at current exchange rates, the U.K.'s Publishers Association reported. Growth areas included exports and digital audiobooks, which saw double digit growth.
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Comics
Panel Mania: 'A Witch’s Guide to Burning' by Aminder Dhaliwal
Aminder Dhaliwal’s new graphic novel 'A Witch’s Guide to Burning' transforms the grim notion of burning witches at the stake into an epic quest in a fantasy world marked by magic, demons, and a search for lost memories. A six-page excerpt.
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Publisher News
Ben Sevier Up at Hachette Book Group as Hachette UK Gets Restructured
To help achieve Hachette's corporate goal of creating a unified English-language publishing structure, CEO David Shelley has promoted Ben Sevier to head the newly-formed Grand Central Publishing Group, combined the U.K. and U.S. distribution businesses under one leader, and divided Hachette UK into three groups.
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Publisher News
Alyssa Awe to Join Macmillan as Exec V-p of Biz Dev, Strategy
Awe will join the publisher in the newly created role on June 3, and will oversee the publisher's strategic initiatives, business development, and central marketing, as well as its audio division and publishers-at-large.
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Obituaries
Writers House Exec Al Araneo Dies at 53
Araneo, who worked at Penguin, Doubleday, and Bookspan before creating the contracts department at Writers House in 2006, was the literary agency's executive v-p and director of business affairs. He died of natural causes on May 4.
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Awards & Prizes
'Night Watch,' 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,' 'King' Among 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips, journalist Nathan Thrall, and biographer Jonathan Eig were among the winners of the 108th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism and in Arts and Letters, announced May 6.
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Business Deals
Simon & Schuster Acquires Dutch Publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning
S&S has acquired VBK, the largest Dutch book publishing house, and its subsidiaries and sister companies. The move marks the first major instance of a promised international expansion at S&S since its acquisition by private equity firm KKR last year.
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Publisher News
Endnotes: ‘Cue the Sun!’ by Emily Nussbaum
An inside look at the publication process for the Pulitzer Prize winner’s second book
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of May 6, 2024
Hachette lands a blockbuster new memoir by Priscilla Presley, Ballantine signs a new book from bestselling British author Eve Chase, and more.
