The NYT celebrates the continuing success of Sourcebooks’ Bloom Books imprint. In 2023 Bloom had already grown to sales of more than $100 million less than three years after its founding, and sales for 2024 are up another 58 percent. “In an era when TikTok can catapult authors to success overnight, Bloom has developed a lucrative formula: courting self-published authors who have a built-in fan base, taking over their print distribution, building up their brand and market share and turning them into mainstream best sellers. That model has propelled the careers of novelists who now rank among the genre’s most […]
New Imprints
Imprints: Sofia Coppola Launches Important Flowers
Sofia Coppola has partnered with UK publisher Mack to launch an imprint called Important Flowers with a visual focus. The first title, a book of photos taken on the set of Coppola’s first film, The Virgin Suicides, will debut in April. The second title, to be released in September, will be a visual history of the Chanel fashion house. Coppola told Vogue, “I just really love putting a layout together. Photo books have always been so important to my creative process, so I thought it could be fun to have a hand in making some more.” Elsewhere, Bonnier Books UK […]
Sourcebooks Audio to Launch In 2025
In January a new Sourcebooks Audio line will release its first titles, initially producing audio versions of mysteries from Poisoned Pen Press and romance novels from Sourcebooks Casablanca, as well as nonfiction from the Callisto imprint. Catherine Bucaria is vp, publisher of Sourcebooks Audio, having previously served as director of audio strategy & acquisitions at Penguin Random House, and Almeda Beynon is director of audio production, after working as executive producer of audio at Harper Collins. The Sourcebook Audio lines will operate as imprints within Penguin Random House Audio. (PRH owns 75 percent of Sourcebooks, though the publisher operates independently.) […]
Harper UK and 4th Estate Launch Monument Books
In the UK, HarperCollins and 4th Estate have partnered with author Reni Eddo-Lodge to launch a new imprint called Monument Books in February 2025. Eddo-Lodge, who is the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, will serve as editor-at-large alongside publishing director Kishani Widyaratna and the 4th Estate team. The imprint will put out three titles a year across nonfiction and select fiction and classics. “We seek to champion distinctive writers from across the world and to help them spark ideas, make change and shape the cultural conversation,” write the publishers in the mission statement. “Our books […]
Bloom Books Expands to Brazil and Germany
Sourcebooks’ fast-growing Bloom Books imprint — which had close to $100 million in gross sales in 2023 — is expanding with two international imprints alongside partner companies at Penguin Random House. In August, the company launched Bloom Germany with the publication of a German-language edition of Sophie Lark’s Kingmakers: Year One, working with Penguin Random House Germany. They expect to publish 14 titles next year. SVP audio, strategic & digital development at Penguin Random House Germany Matthias Aichele says in the announcement, “The positive feedback from our partnership has been overwhelming, and we are thrilled to unveil a lineup of […]
Imprints: Stonefruit Studio
Sourcebooks has formally announced Stonefruit Studio, their new children’s imprint that editorial directors Ben Rosenthal and Mabel Hsu have been working on since joining Sourcebooks, moving over from Katherine Tegen Books. As noted earlier, Stonefruit plans to publish 16-24 titles a year, across all age categories and formats, with the first list appearing in summer 2026. The imprint is under the leadership of Jenne Abramowitz, editorial director for Sourcebooks Fire, Young Readers, and Jabberwocky. Celeste Knudsen will serve as senior Art Director. The inaugural list includes titles by Matthew Burgess and Matthew Forsythe; Jordan Morris and Charlie Mylie; Skylar Hogan; and […]