As part of their Activation service to promote frontlist titles to their subscribers, Open Road Integrated Media will launch the Fall Hardcover Discovery Initiative for hardcover middle grade and young adult titles. Participating publishers can choose up to five titles to be featured on the company’s websites and newsletters. The initiative is a response to Barnes & Noble’s decision to reduce stock of MG hardcovers. “With changes in the retail and media landscape, it has never been more challenging to publish a new middle grade or YA hardcover,” ceo David Steinberger said. “The Fall Hardcover Discovery Initiative will provide middle grade […]
Archives for September 2022
Fight for Control of Booktopia Continues as Directors Resign
Four independent directors on the board of Australian retailer Booktopia announced their resignations yesterday, after former ceo and continuing shareholder Tony Nash called a meeting to remove two of them. In a release, the company says that the board has been negotiating the “board composition” with Nash since he made the announcement in August. “The two priorities for these discussions have been having a quality independent board and ensuring a good transition and stability for the company. As nothing has been able to be resolved, the four independent directors have therefore decided to resign,” it continues. Su-Ming Wong’s resignation was […]
Distribution: Dark Horse Comics, Callisto Media, S&S
In an expansion of their current agreement, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute Dark Horse Comics‘ front- and backlist comic books, graphic novels, and manga to the Direct Market comic shops worldwide starting June 1, 2023. PRHPS currently sells and distributes Dark Horse’s trade books to bookstores. Simon & Schuster will take over distribution of Callisto Media as of March 1, 2023, moving from Ingram Publisher Services. Callisto will be one of the first client publishers to be distributed out of S&S’s new distribution facility in Jackson, TN. Simon & Schuster says it is already operating in […]
Judge Florence Pan Elevated to Higher Court
As expected, the Senate confirmed the elevation of Judge Florence Pan — who is currently deciding the PRH-SS antitrust trial — to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. It has not yet been announced when Judge Pan will assume her new role, or what effect the news will have on the timing of her antitrust trial ruling. The DC appeals court is considered the second most important court in the country because of its decisions on government cases, and this marks the second time she has taken a seat vacated by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown […]
People 9/20
Jonathan M. Walker has been named to the new position of vp, diversity, equity and inclusion at the AAP, reporting to president and ceo Maria A. Pallante. He was previously a dean at George Washington University.
Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize
Pojangmacha People by Jung Hae Chae won the 2022 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize.