Unicorn Publishing Group has launched hybrid business imprint Forefront Books UK. The imprint will serve as the UK arm of Forefront Books. Jonathan Merkh, president and chief executive officer of Forefront Books and UPG, will lead the imprint. The Bookseller writes that the imprint plans an inaugural list of 10 to 20 books, “with the aim to grow the list each year.” First titles are scheduled for early 2027 and include Geoffrey Kent with Ben Mezrich’s THE GREATEST ADVENTURER: FROM THE WILDS OF AFRICA TO A BILLION-DOLLAR TRAVEL EMPIRE, and Harriet Green’s memoir GETTING BETTER NEVER STOPS.
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Print Gains Boost Trade Book Sales For Another Record in July
Trade sales grew 18 percent to $745 million in July, according to StatShot data released by the Association of American Publishers. (The previous high was $705 million, in July 2021.) It’s the second straight record month, following sales of $703 million in June. It stands in contrast to a surprisingly poor report in July 2025, when sales were down 13 percent, reflecting the first indication of fluctuations in orders from Amazon. Adult books sold $550 million, up 19 percent, with $326.5 million in fiction (gaining 17 percent) and $223 million in nonfiction (gaining 23 percent). For the month, hardcovers sold $148 […]
Distribution: IPG Adds Five Publishers; Columbia University Press and Ediciones Uniandes
Starting this fall, IPG will sell and distribute: The Pentecostal Resources Group; Goose Lane Editions; D6 Family Ministries; Storyteller’s Forge; and Doran Press. Columbia University Press and Ediciones Uniandes have partnered on distribution. Ediciones Uniandes will now distribute select Columbia University Press books in Latin America and Columbia University Press will distribute select Spanish-language titles from Ediciones Uniandes in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Forthcoming: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Better Every Day’
Penguin Press will publish Arnold Schwarzenegger’s BETTER EVERY DAY: AN ACTION PLAN FOR A FULL LIFE on January 12, 2027. The publisher calls it “a candid and practical guide to building a flywheel for endless growth and deepening purpose” and a follow-up to his #1 New York Times bestseller Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. Scott Moyers will edit the book, which was represented by Byrd Leavell at UTA.