Harper Holland has acquired lifestyle imprints Altamira, Becht, Dominicus, and Hollandia from Gottmer Uitgevers Groep, effective March 1, 2025. Associated staff will stay on at the imprints. Jan-Joris Keijzer, managing director, HarperCollins Holland says in a release, “The lifestyle imprints Altamira, Becht, Dominicus, and Hollandia have an impressive publishing history, exceptional authors, and great books and have become strong brands in their own right, trusted by generations of readers. We are proud to welcome these brands and their fantastic supporting team members under the umbrella of the HarperCollins publishing group and look forward to shaping the future of the publishing house […]
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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 […]
The New Bestsellers of 2024
Romance, romantasy, and domestic suspense dominated the bestselling books of 2024: Twenty percent of the top 200 print books according to Circana Bookscan–as of December 28–were written by four authors, with 16 spots taken by Sarah J. Maas, 11 by Freida McFadden, 8 by Ana Huang, and 6 by Colleen Hoover. The biggest title of the year was Kristin Hannah’s The Women, which sold 1.49 million copies since publishing in February. Frontlist titles make up 57 of the top 200, or about 29 percent–in line with last year’s list and the broader trend that has backlist comprising about 70 percent […]
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Barnes & Noble Plans to Open Another 60 New Stores In 2025
After opening 57 new stores in 2024, Barnes & Noble hopes to add another 60 new locations in 2025, ceo James Daunt told a friendly reporter at FT. (Some people in the trade believe the quick sale of Sterling Publishing to Hachette Book Group in November was designed to help pay for that store expansion.) The FT doesn’t ask about store totals after incorporating the usual closures. The chain had 610 outlets at the end of 2023, and a representative writes to PL that the company ended 2024 with 653 stores overall, after balancing new locations with closed stores. That […]