MCD, an imprint of Farrar, Straus, will launch AUWA Books with author, musician, and filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Questlove will lead AUWA Books as publisher and editor in chief, with his manager Alexis Rosenzweig as svp and editorial director, plus executive editors Malaika Adero and Ben Greenman. The imprint’s first book will be a memoir by Sly Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), out on October 17 and co-written with Greenman. Forthcoming books include Questlove’s own Hip-Hop Is History, also co-written with Greenman (2024); a book by TikTok and podcasting personality Drew Afualo (2024); Josh Luber’s Building the […]
Archives for March 2023
People 3/21
Jane O’Connor, vice president and editor-at-large, Grosset and Dunlap, will retire this April.
Pearson Sells Money-Losing Online Learning Business for Future Consideration
Pearson announced an agreement to sell their international online program management business, Pearson Online Learning Services (POLS), to private equity firm Regent. There is no cash payment; Pearson will receive a portion of the business’s positive adjusted EBITDA over the next six years. The business, which had been pending sale under “strategic review,” lost £26 million pounds ($32 million) on an adjusted operating basis in 2022, on sales of £155 million. (Overall, the business lost £52 million, including restructuring, intangible and finance charges.)
New Books Publishing March 21
Jinwoo Chong, Catherine Lacey, and Jacqueline Winspear publish new novels this week, while nonfiction releases include work by Matthew Desmond. 18 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-21 9 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-21 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable titles at least 3 months prior to pub date and limit […]
A Skeptical Judge Presses Internet Archive to Cite Cases That Support Their Copying
Judge John Koeltl held a lengthy hearing Monday afternoon on motions for summary judgment from both sides in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by four major publishers against the Internet Archive for “willful mass copyright infringement.” With extensive papers already filed with the court since the case was filed in June 2020, it seemed likely that the hearing held by telephone will be all the judge requires in order to reach a final ruling on the case. The plaintiffs’ case is pretty straight-forward and aligns with how the copyright laws are written and have been interpreted across many cases, in […]
People 3/20
Executive editor and vice president Rachel Klayman is leaving Crown, after 20 years with the company.