Traditional Publishing The ongoing conglomeration of publishing will not lead to the destruction of literature. So argues a professor of English who studies the history of conglomeration in publishing. He says, “A lot of interesting things are generated in resistance to conglomeration. The nonprofit presses exist as a direct result of it. There’s a dialectical relationship … Read more
UK-based Quarto Publishing is launching a new gift book imprint in 2023 called Kaddo.
4U2B Books & Media is a new imprint that will publish children’s books as well as select titles for adults.
Trustbridge, which owns Candlewick Press and others, is starting to develop kids’ and family programming based on its library of titles.
UK-based Titan Comics is establishing a new manga imprint, Titan Manga.
Austin-based startup Literati offers subscription book boxes and online book clubs primarily in the children’s market.
Podcast network Lemonada Media and Penguin Random House have partnered to launch the Lemonada Book Club podcast.
UK publisher Angry Robot Books is launching Datura Books, a crime fiction imprint.
NPD analyst Kristen McLean provided context for the allegation that half of the trade titles published each year sell fewer than a dozen copies.
Big publishers can leverage smaller marketing spend to greater effect than smaller publishers.