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The former staff of Archway Editions has launch a new imprint, Enigma Editions. The imprint’s debut list will launch in spring 2027 and be distributed by MIT Press. They write: “Enigma Editions publishes vital and substantial literature beyond trend or status quo. Independently owned and operated, Enigma will expand and refine the mission of its staff’s previous imprint, Archway Editions, with finely-produced volumes, a genre-blind list, and devoted editor and author relationships.”

Last year, the Archway team including Chris Molnar,  Nicodemus Nicoludis, Naomi Falk, and Mia Risher all left the imprint, after its publisher powerHouse Books went on hiatus.

Juliane Pautrot has been promoted to associate publicist. She is moving from Pantheon and will report to Emily Reardon.

Mark Ryan has launched a subsidiary rights agency for self-published authors who want to license secondary rights while keeping their primary publishing rights.

Rizzoli Libri has appointed Eccles Fisher Associates as their US scout.

Independent bookstore Bell Bird Books in Nashville, which opened in June, canceled their August event with White. Blonde. Jew.: A Call to End Extremism, Speak Up and Reclaim Center author Alyssa Rosenheck after receiving backlash on social media, the Tennessean reports.

Store owner Mary Ann Weprin explained her decision on social media. “This was never about an author, her Jewish identity, or the subject of her book….My concern was whether my small neighborhood bookstore could responsibly host an event that appeared likely to require heightened security. As a small business owner, I felt a responsibility to consider the safety of my staff, customers, guests, and the community,” she wrote.

Weprin stated that the store “will always carry” the book.