VP, executive editor Lucia Macro will retire from William Morrow/Avon on June 23.
HBG Increased BIPOC Staff in 2022, Though Leadership Diversity Fell
Hachette Book Group released their fourth annual update on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, with data from 2022. In 2022, 36.4 percent of the company’s workforce was made up of BIPOC employees, an increase in representation in “nearly every publishing group and non-publishing division.” Within that, 4.2 percent of staff are Black, 21.4 percent are Hispanic/Latinx, 7.4 percent are Asian, and 3.1 percent are two or more races. Among new hires, 61 percent identify as BIPOC, up from 54 percent in 2021. Diversity at the VP level was stagnant at 17.9 percent, and declined at the director level to 21.6 […]
Ulysses Acquires VeloPress
Ulysses Press has acquired health and fitness publisher VeloPress from Outside Interactive. VeloPress will operate as a new imprint under Ulysses.
People 4/11
Director of publicity, special projects Carisa Hays is leaving Penguin Random House.
New Books Publishing April 11
Megan Miranda, Anissa Gray, and Charles Frazier publish new novels this week, while nonfiction includes new work from Maggie Smith, Milan Kundera, and Mary Louise Kelly. Also out this week is Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez, which is included in our Buzz Books 2023: Romance collection. 19 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-11 18 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-11 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 […]