Acquisitions: Lee & Low Acquires Cinco Puntos
Lee & Low Books has acquired the assets of Cinco Puntos Press, comprising approximately 130 titles, and will become the publisher and primary distributor of their titles, which were previously distributed by Consortium. The acquisition adds the first adult titles to Lee & Low’s list. Cinco Puntos titles will remain under their own imprint, with the possibility of acquiring new titles under the imprint. Lee & Low will also reissue some out of print Cinco Puntos books. In a]the release, Lee & Low publisher Jason Low said, “We have always held the books that Cinco Puntos Press published in high […]
Barnes & Noble Children’s & Young Adult Book Awards
People 6/22
Distribution
Bard Press will be distributed by Two Rivers starting September 2021.
Nikole Hannah-Jones Kicks Off ALA Annual
In the opening general session of the ALA annual meeting, journalist and author of THE 1619 PROJECT, A NEW ORIGIN STORY Nikole Hannah-Jones discussed the origins of and responses to the project and the upcoming book. In conversation with publisher and eic of One World Chris Jackson, she made no mention of her tenure rejection at UNC, but focused instead on the original New York Times Magazine piece and how it challenges education and patriotism. The origins began when as a teenager in Iowa, she took the one Black studies class that was offered at her high school, the first […]