Reese Witherspoon chose Celeste Ng's novel Our Missing Hearts as her October book club pick. Ng is the first author to be chosen twice by the book club.
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Leah Wasielewski has been promoted to vp, associate publisher for Harper hardcover imprints, including Harper, Harper Business, Harper Wave, Broadside, and Harper Design.
UID Reorganization Results in Turpin Layoffs
The “managed exit” of Turpin Distribution from UK-distributor United Independent Distributors (which has been owned by Independent Publishers Group since last year) will result in layoffs, UID global ceo Joe Matthews told The Bookseller, though he didn’t give a number. Turpin has about 100 employees. Matthews said that UID would offer Turpin’s clients (which include […]
Bertelsmann Sees Multiple Deals In Trouble
Bertelsmann’s recent international managers’ meeting focused on plans to invest from €5 billion to €7 billion euros across the company by 2025 — but as the FT underscores, right now the company’s ambition to acquire is facing multiple obstacles. Besides the Simon & Schuster acquisition, now in doubt pending the verdict of Judge Florence Pan, […]
AI Proofreading Platform Receives Funding
AI Proofreading app Proofcheck has received venture capital funding from Plug and Play. Proofcheck searches for errors in multiple languages and in a variety of file formats, including PDF, ePUB, and MOBI. According to the Plug and Play website, “The software automates the most common manual QA checks such as typo detection, widow and orphan […]
Distribution: Marble Press
Children’s publisher Marble Press will be sold and distributed worldwide by Baker & Taylor Publisher Services starting January 1, 2023. Marble Press was launched earlier this year and includes three imprints: Marble Books (picture books); Bulooga Books (books for the youngest readers); and Taltos Books (middle grade and young adult books). The publisher is led […]