Two UK publishing executives have launched a new publisher and acquired a small press. Bedford Square Publishers is run by former Hodder & Stoughton CEO Jamie Hodder-Williams, who left the company in the spring, and former John Murray sales strategy director Laura Fletcher, and they will publish 30 titles in their first year in “reading group fiction, crime fiction, smart-thinking books and wellness.” (Hodder-Williams registered the company name in March 2022.) Hodder-Williams tells the Bookseller that the company will “offer authors an adaptable publishing model,” which may include profit sharing as well as traditional advance and royalty payments. Bedford Square […]
