New Imprints

Zando has partnered with restauranteur and author Ayesha Curry to launch the imprint Sweet July Books, which “will feature warm, timely books focused on family, female empowerment, faith, and food” with a “commitment to uplifting underrepresented voices.” A release states, “In particular, Ayesha will spotlight writers seeking to revitalize the ‘self-help’ genre through the inclusive lens of womanhood and motherhood, as well as inspiring fiction for children and adults.” As with Zando’s other celebrity imprints, Curry “will be heavily involved in the publishing process, from a book’s selection and acquisition to its release and beyond, leveraging the existing Sweet July […]

Tom Doherty Associates has rebranded itself  Tor Publishing Group, effective immediately. President and publisher Devi Pillai said in the announcement: “Although the Tor name has always been associated with science fiction and fantasy, our list has included titles beyond that genre since our inception. With this name change and continued growth, the Tor name will now stand for quality in various types of genre publishing, with each imprint representing a distinct voice.”

Toronto writer Rebecca Eckler is launching RE:books, a new imprint focused on female voices across all genres that aims to make reading “less snobby.” Eckler has a newsletter of the same name with 35,000 subscribers. The imprint will launch with seven titles, which will not be bound by a traditional release schedule. Eckler said, “I’m just going to release books when they’re … ready. And whenever I want to. There’s many, many other places that people buy books that are not in your traditional bookstore.” The first title, Danielle Kaplan’s memoir I Married a Thrill-Seeker, will be published on November […]

Dialogue Books, which is currently an imprint of Little, Brown UK, will expand and break out as standalone division at Hachette UK. Publisher and founder Sharmaine Lovegrove will lead the expansion. She has been promoted to managing director, and will join the company’s board, both effective when she returns from maternity leave on September 1. The unit aims to publish 80 books a year by 2026, a significant increase. According to the announcement, the new version of the line will include two imprints: the upmarket literary fiction and non-fiction Dialogue Books, as well “a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint focusing on commercial and […]

Entertainment company New Regency has partnered with Insight Editions on a new division that will produce book tie-ins to New Regency’s film and TV properties. The first titles will be “high-end, large-format art books and collectibles presenting never-before-seen images and behind-the-scenes stories” from Fight Club, Heat, The Revenant, and the upcoming film Amsterdam, a release states. “I am extremely proud of our library of critically acclaimed films and New Regency Publishing is a next logical step in our evolution,” New Regency’s chairman and ceo Yariv Milchan said. “It’s exciting to partner with [Insight founder and ceo] Raoul Goff and the […]

Harper Children’s and Clarion Books have launched Allida Books, led by Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park and Clarion vp, editorial director Anne Hoppe. The imprint, “named for the Korean word that means to inform, announce, or make known,” will launch in early 2023 and has the mission “to encourage marginalized writers and artists to explore the stories they are most passionate about and to craft narratives that defy expectations,” a release states. “I want Allida to be creator-centered, because I feel strongly that when artists are supported in making work from their deepest passions, kids get better books,” Park […]