Acquisitions: The Taunton Press
The Taunton Press has been acquired by “enthusiast media company” Active Interest Media. AIM president at ceo Andrew Clurman said in a release, “AIM and Taunton are closely aligned on several important fronts. While the symmetry of many of our core markets is obvious; woodworking, gardening, and homebuilding; there are many other similarities. Strategically, like AIM, Taunton has been aggressively pursuing the creation of new digital products, memberships, and online learning to better serve their audiences. Most importantly, Taunton shares with AIM a commitment to growing and promoting both the communities we serve, and our fantastic teams dedicated to that […]
Scholastic to Include Diverse Books in Spring Book Fairs
Scholastic announced an update to its Book Fairs policy, after separating out books with BIPOC and queer characters and creators from elementary school fairs in a purported effort to protect teachers and librarians who are dealing with legislation that bans such titles. Scholastic apologized and reversed course in October, announcing that they would discontinue the share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice a la carte collection but without additional details about the future of the program. “From our experience in the fall, we have learned that separating out titles or highlighting titles that might make teachers and librarians vulnerable to serious […]
New Books Publishing December 5
Barbara Taylor Bradford and Robin Cook publish new fiction this week, while nonfiction includes work by Douglas Preston and Liz Cheney. In children’s, Renée Ahdieh and Alice Oseman publish new YA novels this month. Also out this week is Melissa Rivero’s FLORES AND MISS PAULA, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter anthology. 21 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-december-5 14 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-december-5 10 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/december-2023-children-s-new-releases From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see […]