Gallery Books Group is launching 13A, a new imprint “dedicated to publishing renowned, relevant, Black voices in culture and politics.” Named for the amendment that abolished slavery, the imprint will launches in July with a revised edition of Patti LaBelle’s cookbook, LABELLE CUISINE, with original titles to follow in 2022. Charles M. Suitt will serve as publisher. Suitt was a co-founder Karen Hunter Publishing, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
New Imprints
Initiatives
Wattpad has paired with AST in Russia for a co-branded AST Wattpad line publishing some of the site’s top Russian-language stories. AST will also publish Wattpad Books titles in Russian, and will translate some popular Wattpad stories into Russian.
Imprints: Quarto and Bonnier UK’s New Lines
As previewed previously, Quarto will launch a new children’s imprint, Happy Yak, led by associate publisher Rhiannon Findlay. First titles will debut this summer, and the list will include board books, picture books, and more for children up to seven. The Bonnier Books UK music imprint led by Pete Selby will be called Nine Eight Books and launches in November with THE A-Z OF QUEEN by music journalist and author Mark Blake. Selby says in the announcement, “Our aim is to publish books which will not only appeal to music afficionado’s [sic] and fans but also curious readers who simply love […]
Imprints: Burke and Hartson Create All Seasons Press
Louise Burke and Kate Hartson have launched a new publishing company, All Seasons Press, “to publish the best writers, politicians and pundits in the conservative movement.” The first list, debuting this fall, will feature RUSH ON THE RADIO, by Rush Limbaugh show producer James Golden; THE CHIEF’S CHIEF by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff for Donald Trump; and IN TRUMP TIME: MY JOURNAL OF AMERICA’S PLAGUE YEAR by Peter Navarro. Founder and publisher Burke was previously president and publisher of the Gallery Publishing Group at Simon & Schuster, where she co-founded the Threshold Editions imprint and tried to publish […]
Imprints
Astra Publishing House is launching an imprint dedicated to publishing illustrated books for children, to be led by Jill Davis. She was most recently executive editor at Harper Children’s. She will report to coo Ben Schrank and president Leying Jiang. Davis says, “My focus at Astra will be developing authors and illustrators from all over and helping them create unforgettable stories with sparkle, soul, and lots of surprises. The majority of my list will be illustrated books for ages 0–12, with an occasional teen title.”
Branding
As of July 7, HarperCollins will institute interim changes on new books from former Houghton Mifflin Harcourt lines as they “continue to work to integrate the companies.” Frontlist and reprinted adult books going to press that were published by HMH will use the Mariner name and colophon, and children’s books will use the Clarion name and branding. These changes will apply to audio as well. HMH Productions has been renamed HarperCollins Productions. The terms of the acquisition of HMH Books & Media do not allow HarperCollins to use the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt name or branding on a on-going basis.