S&S Australia to Acquire Affirm Press
Simon & Schuster Australia has an agreement to acquire Australian independent publisher Affirm Press. In conjunction with Affirm, S&S plans to grow their local publishing publishing program and expand further into children’s. Affirm will maintain its brand independence, operating as a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster Australia. Employees will be able to enroll in S&S’s ownership program. The deal is “subject to customary closing conditions.” “We are immensely proud to have built Affirm Press to the company it is today,” said Affirm Press ceo and publishing director Martin Hughes in a release, “And excited at the opportunity to become part […]
Imprints: Books That Save Lives
Mango Publishing is launching a new imprint called Books that Save Lives, lead by Mango publisher Brenda Knight. The publisher says the imprint aims “to release at least one life changing book every season.” The first title REASONS TO LIVE: A Guide to Practices that Support Healing Beyond Suicidal Thoughts and Emotional Overwhelm by Juliana Jane Bruno, will release on September 1, 2024, in time for suicide prevention month.
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AAP Annual Stats Show Trade Unit Sales Falling 8.1 Percent in 2023, Balanced By Price Increases
The AAP released their StatShot Annual Report for 2023, now compiled by the same firm that took over the organization’s monthly statistical reports for 2024. In line with that change, the annual data comes from a smaller pool of reporting publishers — 1,275 companies — that looks to align closely with the entities that report monthly data. (Previously, the pool of companies reporting annually was close to 2,300 publishers. The AAP indicates that distributors reported on behalf of fewer distribution clients this year.) As a result of the change in data compiler, the new report carries refreshed data for the past […]