Pope Leo XIV’s first full-length book, PEACE BE WITH YOU! My Words to the Church and to the World, will be published on February 26 by Harper One. The book will feature sermons and addresses given by the Pope since his election in May. The publisher says the book is “a vision for peace, unity, and reconciliation in a fractured world.”
Imprints: Full Set
Eoin Purcell and Blathnaid Healy have launched a new nonfiction publishing house called Full Set. Purcell was previously head of Amazon Publishing Europe. Healy is a former BBC and CNN media executive. The company is headquartered in Dublin but will commission globally. The first list will debut late in 2026. The imprint’s initial focus will be “current affairs and business titles, both full-length and essay-length books with the stated ambition of delivering rewarding reads to audiences in all formats.” Purcell said in a release, “We both strongly believe in the power of great storytelling and will promote authors that embrace nuance, […]
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Raccah on Passion and Innovation
On the Open Book podcast, Sourcebooks founder and ceo Dominique Raccah discusses how her business is built on data analysis. Raccah told host David Steinberger that she attributes the publisher’s success to “math.” “So I’m personally both a passionate reader and a data nerd,” she said. “That mix has shaped Sourcebooks from the very beginning. I read broadly…and the reader in me will ask things like, well, why does this story matter? And on the other hand, the statistician in me wants to know about impact. How do we make books resonate? How do readers discover story? How do we […]