Sourcebooks will launch a new children’s book imprint, broadly publishing fiction, nonfiction, and graphic titles across age categories. It will publish 16-24 titles per year. Joining Sourcebooks on April 11 to build the imprint are two editorial staffers from Katherine Tegen Books: Ben Rosenthal, who was editorial director, and Mabel Hsu, who was executive editor. They will report to Sourcebooks editorial director Jenne Abramowitz. Sourcebooks SVP and children’s book publisher Jennifer Gonzalez said in a release, “We are absolutely thrilled to announce the expansion of our publishing program with the introduction of a new imprint, helmed by Ben and Mabel. […]
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Indigo Accepts Buyout Offer
After receiving a buyout offer from majority shareholders Trilogy Retail Holdings and Trilogy Investments in February, the board of Indigo Books & Music unanimously agreed to the sale at a slightly increased price, the company reports. Trilogy currently owns approximately 60.6 percent of shares, and will acquire the remaining at $2.50 (CA) in cash per share. At the beginning of February, Trilogy had offered $2.25 a share. The price gives Indigo an equity value of about $70 million. “The cash premium transaction will provide Minority Shareholders with immediate and certain value that is expected to be higher than that realizable […]
Imprints: Summit Books Australia
After relaunching the imprint in the US at the beginning of the year, Simon & Schuster will introduce Summit Books in Australia and New Zealand. Jane Palfreyman will join as publishing director or May 6, reporting to Simon & Schuster Australia managing director Dan Ruffino. Palfreyman was previously at Allen & Unwin. In a release, Ruffino said, “She is arguably one of Australia’s most successful and influential publishers and I’m looking forward to Jane’s significant contribution to Simon & Schuster Australia’s growth plans over the coming years.”
PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez won the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
New Books Publishing April 2
This week’s fiction releases include new books by Amor Towles, Cixin Liu, and Crystal Hana Kim. Maggie Nelson, Lydia Millet, Ronda Rousey, and Rebel Wilson publish nonfiction works this week, while April’s YA releases include a new novel by Mariko Turk. Also out this week is THE BEAUTY OF FALLING by Claudia de Rham, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer anthology. 31 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-2 15 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-2 20 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/april-2024-children-s-new-releases From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling […]