As the year draws to a close, we are running out of new releases. Here are the titles debuting for the rest of the month, including fiction from Katie Holt, Darby Kane, P.J. Nelson, and more, and nonfiction by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele and Olivia Campbell. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-through-december 5 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-through-december 15 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/december-2024-children-s-releases We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out January‘s 80 fiction releases, 38 […]
Archives for December 2024
Vivendi Spin-Off Plan Is Approved, and Lagardere Stake will Trade As Louis Hachette Group
Vivendi shareholders approved the company’s plan to break up the conglomerate into multiple parts, with new stock listings later this month for the Canal+ broadcasting assets, the advertising agency Havas, and a newly-named Louis Hachette Group. That Louis Hachette Group will comprise Vivendi’s controlling 66.5 percent stake in Lagardere (which includes both Lagardere Publishing as well as the big travel retail division), alongside Prisma Media, France’s leading magazine publisher. The Bolloré Group, which currently controls Vivendi, will own roughly 31 percent of the Louis Hachette Group, which will begin trading on the Euronext Growth (Paris) stock exchange on December 16, […]
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Strand Union And Management Reach Tentative Agreement
The Strand Union has reached a tentative agreement with management, ending the strike that began on December 7. The union posted online, “We won a $5.90/hr increase over 4 years, meaning ~30% raises for the membership.” They added, “Strike and picketing is over while the members discuss and vote on the TA. Thank you to everyone who came out to support!” The union was asking for new employees to get $.50 over minimum wage when they are hired and a $.50 raise after 9 months. Additionally, they wanted current employees to get a $2/hr raise in the first year, and […]
Bloom Books Expands to Brazil and Germany
Sourcebooks’ fast-growing Bloom Books imprint — which had close to $100 million in gross sales in 2023 — is expanding with two international imprints alongside partner companies at Penguin Random House. In August, the company launched Bloom Germany with the publication of a German-language edition of Sophie Lark’s Kingmakers: Year One, working with Penguin Random House Germany. They expect to publish 14 titles next year. SVP audio, strategic & digital development at Penguin Random House Germany Matthias Aichele says in the announcement, “The positive feedback from our partnership has been overwhelming, and we are thrilled to unveil a lineup of […]