Carolina Wren Press is acquiring the titles of John F. Blair, Publisher, and will relaunch the combined list in January publishing under the name Blair, distributed by Consortium. (John Blair has been winding down its own distribution arm this summer.) The Durham, NC-based nonprofit will officially change its name to Blair after the acquisition is completed. In Europe, Laurence King Publishing has acquired Dutch design publisher BIS, which will continue to be overseen by managing director Bionda Dias. LKP has also created a new German subsidiary, Laurence King Verlag, which will publish 30 titles a year from their list in German, as well […]