Reagan Arthur is returning to Hachette Book Group on September 23 as svp, publisher, where she will launch a new imprint within the Grand Central Publishing group that will be “broad in scope, publishing literary and commercial authors, but with a focused list of four to six titles per year.” Arthur left Knopf in May due to a group restructure. In her new role, she will collaborate with Hachette UK sister imprint Sceptre, working with executive publisher Federico Andornino to co-publish select titles. She will also “edit key authors across HBG’s publishing divisions” and reports to ceo David Shelley. Additionally, […]
New Imprints
Imprints: 23rd Street Books
Macmillan announced that it will launch a new imprint, 23rd Street Books, publishing graphic novels for adults and led by the team behind First Second Books. Mark Siegel will serve as vice president, executive editorial & creative director for both First Second and 23rd St. Editorial director Calista Brill, will work closely with Siegel on both imprints. The imprint plans to “deliver graphic novels that span styles and genres, from the hilarious to the serious, from the escapist to the realest, from high-octane fiction in every genre to groundbreaking nonfiction—with a trademark commitment to aesthetics and editorial excellence.” First titles […]
Imprints: Flight Books
In the UK, Ebury has partnered with entrepreneur Steven Bartlett and his media, marketing, and investment company Flight Group on a new imprint called Flight Books. The Bookseller writes that the imprint will publish guests from Bartlett’s podcast “The Diary Of A CEO.” First titles will include a memoir from ultra-marathon athlete Russ Cook and a book by Codie Sanchez, founder and chief executive of Contrarian Thinking. Joel Rickett, managing director of Ebury and Quadrille, said: “Steven is the ultimate connector and talent-spotter, and we’re loving the way he’s discovering potential authors to build the list. The opportunity is to […]
Pave Publishing House Launches, Partners with S&S
Media company Pave Studios will launch a book publishing venture, Pave Publishing House, which “will work with emerging and established creators as well as existing authors.” “Pave Publishing House is putting storytellers at the forefront with our innovative business model because we understand that when creators succeed, everyone succeeds,” founder Max Cutler said in a release. “By meeting creators’ audiences where they are, we’re reimagining distribution and capitalizing on the massive podcast audience where monetization is limited to drive more revenue back to creators.” In a co-publishing agreement with the Simon & Schuster imprint for Pave branded titles, “the two […]
Saturday Books On The New “New Adult”
VP, editorial director Sara Goodman shared more details about Saturday Books, the new “New Adult” imprint from St. Martin’s Press that sits alongside YA imprint Wednesday Books. The imprint seems to be a way of reclaiming and redefining the term “New Adult,” which came to describe steamy romances about–and with the intended audience of–people in their early 20’s. The moniker has fallen out of favor in the industry in recent years: In 2013 at the category’s height, PM recorded 51 New Adult deals; in 2023 that number dropped to 7. Though the current success of authors who cross age categories […]
Tara Weikum Becomes Publisher at New Harper Children’s Imprint
Harper Children’s will create a new to-be-named imprint, with Tara Weikum serving as vice president, publisher. The imprint will launch in winter 2025 and will publish “fiction that sits at the corner of commercial and literary for middle grade and teen readers.” Also working on the imprint are Sarah Homer, who has been promoted to editor, and executive editors Kristin Rens and Amy Cloud.