Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group is launching a new imprint, Align Insight, “for Christian authors and experts writing to a broad, general-market readership on topics such as self-help, lifestyle, psychology, relationships, memoir, and leadership.” The imprint will publish 8-10 books per year. Acquisitions will led by editorial director Madison Trammel; vp and executive editor Susan Tjaden; associate editor Kim Von Fange; editor Jamie Lapeyrolerie; and associate editor Leslie Calhoun. Its first title, by financial wealth educator and enterpeneur Vanessa Adekoya, will be released in fall 2026. “We are seeing a segment of the market continue to gravitate toward books […]
Archives for October 2025
Reese’s Book Club
People 10/8
Distribution: Three Publishers Join Longleaf Services
Longleaf Services now distributes Aarhus University Press in North America and RIT Press. Longleaf will also start distributing Kent State University Press in early 2026.
People 10/7
B&T Shutting Down Operations
Baker & Taylor will be closing their business, after a planned acquisition of their assets by Readerlink fell through last month. Operations will cease by January 1, according to online posts from former employees. Employees were informed yesterday that their positions will be eliminated. A local newspaper in Illinois reports that 253 of the 318 staffers at the 379,000-square-foot distribution center in Momence were let go immediately, as 62 others will stay on to assist with “wind[ing] down” the business until late December, with the last three employees departing January 3. A report from Illinois’ Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification […]