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Study Finds Uptick in Publishing Diversity
In a long piece for The Atlanic, Dan Sinykin and Richard Jean So present the results of a DEI study centered on books published by Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan over the last four years. Hachette was excluded from So’s previous study, so it was excluded this time as well for consistency. The study found significant gains in the number of novels published by non-white authors: Between 2019 and 2023, novels by non-white authors rose from 9% to 16%, and novels by Black authors rose from 4% to 9%. The data set for these results is […]
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Sean deLone has been promoted to editor at Atria.
Booktopia Suspends Trading of Its Shares
Struggling Australian online bookseller Booktopia looks to have reached a troubling new stage. Late last week they suspended trading of the company’s stock — which is worth only five cents a share — pending an announcement. But the follow-up announcement earlier this week simply said that trading in their shares would remain suspended, “pending the release of an announcement regarding further outcomes from the previously announced strategic review including its progress in seeking additional funding.” Co-founder, board member and once-again executive Tony Nash told The Guardian Australia, “We’re in motion at the moment, so [an announcement] will be probably more […]
ABLA Second Chance Inbox
Andrea Brown Literary Agency has introduced a Second Chance Inbox for projects that certain agents at the agency have already passed on. They write on their website, “If a creator would like another opportunity to have their project considered by ABLA after their first choice agent passes, we invite you to submit your work to the Second Chance Inbox. All our agents have access to this inbox and will regularly look through it to discover new material! If an agent finds something they are interested in, they will reach out to that creator directly.” ABLA agents themselves will not add projects […]
Tara Weikum Becomes Publisher at New Harper Children’s Imprint
Harper Children’s will create a new to-be-named imprint, with Tara Weikum serving as vice president, publisher. The imprint will launch in winter 2025 and will publish “fiction that sits at the corner of commercial and literary for middle grade and teen readers.” Also working on the imprint are Sarah Homer, who has been promoted to editor, and executive editors Kristin Rens and Amy Cloud.