New Imprints

Harper Collins will launch Harper Pop, an imprint “focused on licensed publications, popular culture, and trend-driven publishing for both adults and children” in winter 2025. Overseeing the imprint will be Dave Linker, editorial director; Erica Sussman, vp, publisher at HarperCollins Children’s; and Carrie Thornton, svp, publisher of Dey Street Books. The new imprint will include brands like Dungeon & Dragons, The Elf on a Shelf, FGTeeV, My Little Pony, The Simpsons, and more. Liate Stehlik, president and publisher of the Morrow Group and Harper Children’s said in a release, “Consolidating the creative energy and marketing expertise of the Children’s and […]

Global film distributor and streaming service Mubi will launch a publishing arm called Mubi Editions in April 2025. The publisher will be “dedicated to cinema and the arts” and will put out 2-3 books a year “across a range of formats and genres.” It will be distributed in the US and Canada by Distributed Art Publishers and worldwide by Thames & Hudson. The imprint plans four main series: “Projections, books dedicated to the world of film culture and history; Auteurs, books and art objects made in close collaboration with renowned artists and filmmakers; Internegatives, republications of rare, out-of-print, or newly […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]