At Harper Audio, Brad Hill has been promoted to associate publisher. Nathan Rosborough has been promoted to director of production. Suzanne Mitchell has been promoted to creative director. Almeda Beynon has been promoted to executive producer.
Pearson Higher Ed Sales Drop 5%, As Expected
Pearson announced a brief trading update on results for the first quarter of 2023, with overall sales up 2 percent and sales excluding Online Program Management (which is up for sale) and international courseware local publishing (which is being wound down) were 6 percent. “Performance in each of Pearson’s divisions in line with or ahead of our expectations,” the company said in a release. Those expectations were low for Higher Education sales—the only actual publishing division remaining at what has become a testing, workforce skills and English language learning company: The dropped 5 percent, “including the anticipated deferral of Pearson+ sales […]
2023 Women’s Prize Shortlist
The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist was announced.
Odd Dot Partners with Build-A-Bear
Macmillan Children’s imprint Odd Dot will partner with Build-A-Bear to publish board books, picture books, chapter books, and sticker and activity books featuring the brand’s characters, including Honey Girls and Glisten and the Merry Mission, which are also adapted to film. The first titles will be out in spring 2024. Foundation Media Partners orchestrated the deal, and will handle the partnership on Build-A-Bear’s behalf. Publisher Nathalie Le Du will oversee the line for Odd Dot. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Build-A-Bear,” Le Du said in a release. “Their experiential retail locations and hands-on approach to storytelling could not have […]
New Books Publishing April 25
Emily Henry, Adam Sternbergh, and Anne Hillerman publish new fiction this week, while nonfiction includes new work from Lucinda Williams, Claire Dederer, Ava Chin, and Diane Ladd and Laura Dern. Also out this week are MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH MURDER by Colleen Cambridge, WE ARE A HAUNTING by Tyriek White, and THE REDISCOVERY OF AMERICA by Ned Blackhawk, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer anthology. 16 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-25 13 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-25 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our […]
Distribution: Collective Book Studio
The Collective Book Studio will be distributed by Simon & Schuster worldwide starting July 1.