Publishers Lunch

The beautiful, brilliant, boisterous, kind, generous, optimistic, unconventional and wholly original Mike Shatkzin, 77, died on the morning of November 7 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, follo...

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At the Basic Books Group, publisher Lara Heimert has been promoted from svp to president and is launching two new imprints, Basic Venture, a business and economics imprint, and Basic Liberty, whi...

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This week’s fiction releases include new stories by Joyce Carol Oates, while nonfiction includes work from Oliver Sacks and Sy Montgomery. November’s children’s releases include new books b...

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DK has acquired UK-based digital publisher Canelo, founded by Iain Millar, Michael Bhaskar and Nick Barreto in 2015. The company says the acquisition is part of a plan “to broaden its publishin...

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Dutch publisher VBK, acquired earlier this year by Simon & Schuster, will test out AI translation of their books into English, the Bookseller reports. According to the Bookseller, a small number ...

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Simon & Schuster will sell and distribute Acc Art Books and its distributed partners in the US and Canada beginning May 1, 2025. The post Distribution: Acc Art Books appeared first on Publishe...

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As part of the acquisition by RBmedia, this week Dreamscape laid off several people, indicated by one anonymous employee to be more than 10 positions. Dreamscape offered the following statement:�...

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This year’s National Book Foundation Literarian Award recipient Paul Coates has been accused of publishing “racist, antisemitic, and homophobic books and authors” in an “enthusiastic and ...

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Penguin Random House has launched the Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, through which it “aims to significantly expand readership, strengthen connections with audiences, and deep...

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Penguin Random House US released its workforce demographics report for 2024, noting divides in gender and little progress in the racial diversity of employees. “As our demographics show, while ...

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