Microsoft has launched 8080 Books, an imprint that will “publish original research, ideas, and insights at the intersection of science, technology, and business, and in doing so, help advance the discourse and debate,” according to the charter on their website. “Our initial focus for titles includes: technology and the future; business process and productivity, and societal priorities in law, ethics, and policy.” Named for an early microprocessor, 8080 Books aims to publish print and ebooks faster than traditional publishers. According to Geekwire the company is working with Ingram for POD and distribution. Microsoft vp of communications strategy Steve Clayton will […]
New Imprints
Imprints: Sourcebooks Pairs with Author Jeffrey Mason
Sourcebooks announced a joint venture imprint partnership with another successful self-published author, pairing with Jeffrey Mason, creator of the line of Hear Your Story guided storytelling journals. This year alone Mason’s books have sold well over 700,000 copies in the US as tracked by Circana Bookscan, and Sourcebooks says his line has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. The agreement covers world rights and audio. Sourcebooks editor Ariel Curry is working on the line. Starting in 2018, Mason created the series “as a response to his father’s battle with Alzheimer’s,” beginning with Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story and […]
HBG Employees Write Letter Protesting New Basic Liberty Imprint
Employees of Hachette Book Group wrote a letter to management protesting the publisher’s new conservative imprint Basic Liberty and the hiring of former Heritage Foundation fellow Thomas Spence. (The letter was posted on the Instagram account xoxopublishinggg.) The employees write: “As employees of HBG, we stand together in firm disapprobation of The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, and any conservative movement of thought that strips away sacred rights and the humanity of people. We disavow David Shelley’s unsympathetic and insensitive remarks, and maintain that the dignity, rights, and freedoms of all people should be upheld by everyone, especially those in positions […]
Basic Books Launches Two New Imprints
At the Basic Books Group, publisher Lara Heimert has been promoted from svp to president and is launching two new imprints, Basic Venture, a business and economics imprint, and Basic Liberty, which will publish conservative books. Both will publish their first lists in summer 2025. Basic Venture will be led by editorial director Colleen Lawrie and executive editor Emily Taber , who move over from Public Affairs, building on that line’s “two decades…of business publishing.” (A new editorial director will be hired for Public Affairs.) In addition to publishing “leading experts” they will focus on “helping individuals and organizations who […]
PRH Launches Christian Publishing Group
Penguin Random House has launched the Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, through which it “aims to significantly expand readership, strengthen connections with audiences, and deepen its range of books and content offerings for the Christian readership.” The new standalone entity comprises Waterbrook, Multnomah, Image, and Forum, the imprints that were housed in the Crown Publishing Group until it was disbanded in 2018, when they were moved over to the Random House Publishing Group. Campbell Wharton, who has been deputy publisher for the lines, takes over as svp, publisher of the new group. He will report to cfo Manuel Sansigre. Longtime […]
Forthcoming: Maria Shriver’s I AM MARIA, John Green’s EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS
On April 1, Maria Shriver‘s The Open Field imprint will publish her own book, I AM MARIA: My Poems and Reflections on Healing, Heartbreak, and Hope. According to a release, the book “combines Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry and reminds readers there is strength, love, and hope on the other side of our hardest days.” Penguin Life, Viking, and Penguin Books president and publisher Brian Tart said, “Maria Shriver has written a book that will inspire readers everywhere to look beyond others’ expectations and labels to find their true selves. After years of searching, she accomplished […]