Traci N. Todd will join Little Bee Books as publisher.
Archives for October 2021
For your calendars: A Pre-Frankfurt Session with Our next Discuss guest, Wednesday, October 6
Join Lyndsey Blessing, co-director of foreign rights for Inkwell Management, at Publishers Marketplace’s online Discuss forum, this Wednesday, October 6 at noon Eastern. Before she joined Inkwell in 2009, Lyndsey worked as a scout, so her knowledge of the international publishing world is extensive. She will answer all your questions about foreign rights, translation, and more as most people prepare for another season of virtual Frankfurt. No need to sign up in advance, simply log on to PM, then use this link to get to Discuss.
Politikens Expands Into Norway With Acquisition
Danish publisher JP/Politikens has acquired a 70 percent stake in Norwegian nonfiction publishers Kagge and J.M. Stenersens, which together comprise Norway’s fifth largest publishing group. Politikens says the acquisition “fulfills its ambition to create a significant Scandinavian publishing group with strong, independent publishers in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.” They established Polaris in Sweden in 2017, and acquired Swedish nonfiction publishing house Roos & Tegnér in early 2021. Kagge and J.M. Stenersens will continue to function as independent publishers and Jorunn Sandsmark will remain publishing director. Kagge founder Erling Kagge continues as publisher, board member, and co-owner with the remaining 30 percent […]