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 keeping its name, will be published as minedition in the US. “We looked for a name that was a nod to its forebear, honoring the distinguished minedition tradition that Michael Neugebauer and his team in Europe and Hong Kong built, and that also reflected the […]
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 Little, Brown Children’s (the latter of which has published children’s books by Harris). Besides Harris, acquisitions and editorial decisions will be made by Phenomenal Media head of content & entertainment Juliet Liu; Little, Brown Children’s vp & editorial director Farrin Jacobs (for young adult/children’s projects); […]
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: Medicine in Microgravity, and Period.: The Quick, All-Inclusive Guide for Every Uterus. In the UK, the expanded Black & White Publishing Group led by Tim Whiting adds two veterans: Susanna Abbott joins as publishing director, for lifestyle non-fiction (she was formerly publishing director at Vermilion) […]
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 group fiction, crime fiction, smart-thinking books and wellness.” (Hodder-Williams registered the company name in March 2022.) Hodder-Williams tells the Bookseller that the company will “offer authors an adaptable publishing model,” which may include profit sharing as well as traditional advance and royalty payments. Bedford Square […]
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 Charlesbridge Moves, a new middle-grade imprint that will launch in 2024. Robinson will also edit board books and picture books for the Charlesbridge list as executive dditor. She said, “Charlesbridge Moves will excite middle-grade and chapter-book readers with adventure, mystery, and fun, giving them the […]
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 line “will champion feminist and empowered perspectives in the fantasy and science fiction space, while also enfolding in…romance.”