Anime and manga brand Tokyopop has partnered with Mattel to develop manga-style graphic novels for children ages 8-12 based on Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Barbie brands. First titles, including “a western-style manga graphic novel series inspired by Hot Wheels and new stories featuring characters from Barbie,” will launch in 2026. Marc Visnick, Tokyopop coo and publisher, says in a release, “Hot Wheels and Barbie are two of the world’s most adored toy and entertainment brands and we are excited to partner with Mattel to develop and publish new original manga-style graphic novels. Tokyopop’s catalog is renowned for bestselling titles featuring notable […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Jenna Bush Hager Launches Imprint with Random House
Jenna Bush Hager’s media company Thousand Voices has partnered with Random House Publishing Group to publish emerging authors across the group’s imprints. Hager will be involved in the acquisition, cover design, marketing, and sales plans, and she will participate in the books’ promotion “through joint appearances, partnerships, and publicity.” The imprint is completely separate from her book club (“they will not be book club choices”). Thousand Voices x RHPG has acquired six books so far and will launch with CONFORM by Ariel Sullivan, publishing by Ballantine in October 2025. (Bush Hager says the title is the first in a “a […]
New Books Publishing January 7
This week’s fiction releases include Adam Haslett, Alafair Burke, and a never-before-published novel by Zora Neale Hurston, while new nonfiction includes work from Rachel Hollis and Martha Beck. January’s children’s releases include books by Brigid Kemmerer and Gayle Forman. Also publishing this week are new titles by Karissa Chen, Jane Yang, and Fiona Davis, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler. 21 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-7 8 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-7 30 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/january-2025-children-s-releases From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our […]
News Updates: Kiran Desai’s Novel, Obama’s Reading, Mel Robbins’ Latest, and A BN Picket
Kiran Desai‘s long-awaited novel THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY will be published on September 23, 2025 by PRH’s Hogarth imprint. The deal for the book was first announced in fall 2010, a year after Desai won the Booker Prize for THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS. At the time, the book was expected for publication in 2013. It was acquired for Knopf, by the late Sonny Mehta and former editorial director Robin Desser. David Ebershoff edited for Hogarth, and the novel weighs in at 656 pages. Separately, former president Barack Obama announced his 10 favorite books of 2024. On Tuesday, December […]
Forthcoming: THE FIRST GENTLEMAN by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
Knopf and Little, Brown will jointly publish THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, a new novel by Bill Clinton and James Patterson on June 2, 2025. Knopf evp, publisher and editor-in-chief Jordan Pavlin and HBG ceo David Shelley acquired North American and translation rights, and Venetia Butterfield at Penguin Random House UK separately acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, sold by Robert Barnett and Deneen Howell of Williams & Connolly. Pavlin and Shelley will edit. The duo has published two previous books together, The President Is Missing (2018) and The President’s Daughter (2021). The new book will be a stand-alone novel that “follows the […]
New Books Publishing December 10
As the year draws to a close, we are running out of new releases. Here are the titles debuting for the rest of the month, including fiction from Katie Holt, Darby Kane, P.J. Nelson, and more, and nonfiction by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele and Olivia Campbell. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-through-december 5 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-through-december 15 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/december-2024-children-s-releases We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out January‘s 80 fiction releases, 38 […]