Bonnier Books UK has launched Heligo Books, “an original and inclusive publisher of business books.” Rik Ubhi will lead the imprint as editorial director, with the first list publishing in 2022 and titles already acquired from Jewel Burks Solomon, Rupal Patel, and Simon Lancaster. A release said, “The imprint will publish a broad range of content from blue-chip business royalty to Gen Z entrepreneurs aimed at curious readers, business leaders and everyone inbetween – targeting audiences and age groups typically underserved by the genre.”
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Knopf Cooks Launches
Effective immediately, Knopf is launching “an expansion of [their] publishing program” with Knopf Cooks, led by Lexy Bloom, who serves as editorial director. (Bloom already works with the Julia Child Foundation to manage Child’s backlist.) The line will have a dedicated editorial, publicity, and marketing team. Tom Pold has been promoted to senior editor, reporting to Bloom. Sara Eagle is promoted to associate director of marketing. Senior publicist Sarah New will continue to work on the cookbooks, as well as titles for Knopf and Pantheon.
Imprints: Gagosian To Launch Picture Books with Cline
The Gagosian gallery in New York is launching an imprint in December in collaboration with author Emma Cline that will pair authors with visual artists on individual books. The series’ inaugural titles will be Ottessa Moshfegh’s MY NEW NOVEL, alongside artwork by Issy Wood, and Percival Everett’s GRAND CANYON, INC., featured with art by Richard Prince. Future authors will include Mary Gaitskill and Elif Batuman. Peter Mendelsund will design the books. Larry Gagosian said, “My gallery has long published books on artists by celebrated writers and thinkers. When Emma Cline approached me about creating an imprint that would invite artists […]
Imprints: Anna Todd’s Wattpad Line
AFTER author Anna Todd has launched an imprint, Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books. The imprint is the first to launch under the Wattpad Webtoon Book Group and will publish Todd’s books going forward, starting with three titles in 2022, as well as “books by established and emerging writers of commercial fiction.” A release states that “Todd will be involved in every aspect of publication for books published by Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, from acquisition to launch and promotion” in partnership with consulting publisher Anne Messitte (she’s also consulting publisher at Zibby Books). Messitte will “guide publishing strategy for the […]
Imprints: Bonnier Books UK Adds “Mission-Oriented” Line
Bonnier Books UK will launch Footnote Press in early 2022, “an independently run, disruptive publisher” planning on 10 to 15 books a year of “stimulating and politically-engaged fiction and non-fiction.” Former co-owner and business development director at the radical publishing collective Zed Books Vidisha Biswas is managing director, reporting to ceo Perminder Mann. Video games and esports industry veteran Sujoy Roy is a co-founder, “using his digital skills to drive customer conversion and retention, and exploring new ways of aiding discoverability through gamification.” Mann says in the announcement: “I was blown away by Vidisha and Sujoy’s vision for Footnote Press, […]
Inaugural Marysue Rucci Books List Announced
Marysue Rucci’s eponymous imprint with Scribner will launch in summer 2022 with four titles — Mother Noise: A Memoir by Cindy House and The Foundling by Ann Leary, both out in May, and Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark and The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda, both publishing in July. Additional forthcoming titles include The Queen from Another Country by Alice Hoffman, Rouge by Mona Awad, and two new novels by Laura Dave. “It’s a thrill and honor to launch my imprint at Scribner, with its illustrious history, extraordinary team, and commitment to publishing enduring works,” Rucci said. “As evidenced […]