Astra Books for Young Readers is rebranding its children’s imprint mineditionUS to Minerva. New books published by editorial director Maria Russo will be under the Minerva name. Previously published mineditionUS titles and their reprints will keep that imprint name, and select picture books and board books imported from the European minedition publishing program, which is […]
New Imprints
Meena Harris, HBG Launch Phenomenal Media Books
Hachette Book Group is launching Phenomenal Media Books, to be led by Phenomenal Media founder and ceo Meena Harris. The line will “develop and acquire works from underrepresented voices across multiple genres, fiction and nonfiction, and for audiences of all ages, from children to adults.” Titles will be published in collaboration with Grand Central and […]
Imprints: Mayo Clinic Press Kids, Bonnier’s Black & White Group
Mayo Clinic Press has launched a children’s books imprint, Mayo Clinic Press Kids, “which provides engaging mental and physical wellness content for children.” Books for pre-K through YA are “created in partnership with physicians and practitioners from The Mayo Clinic Children’s Center,” according to a release. Books forthcoming in 2023 include My Life Beyond Depression, Spacecare: […]
Hodder-Williams Launches Bedford Square Publishers, with “Adaptable Publishing Model”
Two UK publishing executives have launched a new publisher and acquired a small press. Bedford Square Publishers is run by former Hodder & Stoughton CEO Jamie Hodder-Williams, who left the company in the spring, and former John Murray sales strategy director Laura Fletcher, and they will publish 30 titles in their first year in “reading […]
Charlesbridge Publishing Acquires Move Books
Charlesbridge Publishing has acquired Move Books, a children’s imprint with a “mission to move more boys to read with high-interest middle-grade fiction.” The deal includes Move backlist titles, which will be distributed under Charlesbridge starting April 2023. Going forward, the company will launch Move founder Eileen Robinson joined Charlesbridge in October as editorial director of […]
Imprints: Entangled’s Red Tower Books
Entangled’s Red Tower Books, a new adult fiction imprint focused on romantic fantasy and science fiction, first appeared in our digital pages almost a month ago with the acquisition of Rebecca Yarros’s new adult fantasy FOURTH WING, but now the company has provided full details. Molly Majumder is editorial director, and the company says the […]