Liveright has removed Kerri K. Greenidge‘s 2022 book The Grimkes from its website following a Tufts University review that turned up multiple factual errors and issues with citation. Greenidge, who was a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts, has left the university. The book had received the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize from the American Historical Association, among other honors. Tufts launched a peer review by external scholars after receiving complaints about errors in the book. The NYT writes, “Several other scholars, who described themselves as skeptical of some of Greenidge’s assertions […]
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Primary Wave Music Partners With Richard Hurowitz On Backlist Venture
Primary Wave Music, a music publisher that acquires and sells the catalogs of musicians, has partnered with entrepreneur Richard Hurowitz on a company called Atticus Works, which will buy up and repackage backlist titles for a new audience. Primary Wave has invested $100 million, and says they will go higher if needed. The WSJ reports that Hurowitz hopes to acquire “literary fiction, sci-fi and mystery, as well as narrative nonfiction, children’s books and plays” with his “dream roster” including Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, Stephen King, Arthur Miller, Robert Caro and Dr. Seuss. Hurowitz attempted to buy Simon & Schuster in […]
Red Hen Press Crowdfunds After Building Damage, Lost Donors
Independent publisher Red Hen Press has launched a Go Fund Me to raise money for continued operations. The press has a funding gap of approximately $500,000, they note on the site, due to building damage from the windstorm that created the Eaton fire, a flood, and the theft of copper from their AC units. They also lost grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and three other donors that accounted for “nearly 20% of our annual support.” Without additional funding, the press will “be forced to make critical decisions about Red Hen’s future by July 1,” the press writes. […]
Harper Trade Reorganizes Into Seven Groups
Harper Collins will reorganize its US trade division into seven groups—Avon, Dey Street, Harper, Harper Collins Children’s, Harper One, Mariner, and Morrow. “This new alignment will allow each group to operate with greater autonomy, deeper category expertise, and a strategic focus on author development, positioning the imprints for continued growth,” ceo and president of the trade division Liate Stehlik said in a release. The change pulls Dey Street and Avon out of Morrow and into their own groups. Dey Street will be led by Carrie Thornton. As previously reported, May Chen and Tessa Woodward lead the new Avon group and […]
Literary Arts Fund Names First Recipients of $7.7 Million In Grants
The Literary Arts Fund announced the first 40 literary arts organizations and publishers to receive $7.7 million in unrestricted general operating grants. The recipients “organize local book festivals, present readings and conversations with authors, host writing workshops, offer writers’ retreats and residencies, and are responsible for a vast amount of poetry and works in translation published each year.” Over half of the recipients have annual budgets of under $1 million. The full list is posted here. The fund’s next grant opportunity—supporting new, one-time innovative projects—opens on June 8, when they will post guidelines for applying. Announced last October, the fund […]
Perminder Mann On Creating a Culture at S&S UK & International
On the Open Book podcast, Simon & Schuster UK and International ceo Perminder Mann discusses her background in a working-class British Punjabi family, her winding career path, and her dedication to “flexibility, inclusion, and representation, not as buzzwords, but as lived experience.” When Mann became ceo at Bonnier Books UK, she implemented policies for flexible work, equal parental leave, pregnancy loss, and “clear commitments to inclusion and representation. And I did that not because it looks good on paper, but from my own personal experience.” “I believe people do their best work when they feel they belong,” she said. “I […]