RH Buys Monacelli This morning Random House announced the acquisition earlier this month of visual arts book publisher The Monacelli Press. Founded in 1994, Monacelli has published over 250 books on architecture, the fine arts, interior design, landscape architecture, photography, and graphic design. Monacelli will be an independent imprint within Random House, separate from the company’s other divisions, run by publisher and founder Gianfranco Monacelli. The staff will relocate to Random’s Manhattan headquarters, and the company will take over sales and distribution from Penguin as of July 1. Monacelli will report to RH deputy chairman Edward Volini, who says in […]