While exhibitors were preparing for the official start of the Frankfurt Book Fair on Wednesday, the opening press conference on Tuesday morning—featuring speeches by German Publishers and Booksellers Association chair Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, Frankfurt Buchmesse director Juergen Boos, and Turkish author Elif Shafak—foreshadowed what will likely be topics of discussion across the event—politics, global conflict, and technology. Schmidt-Frederichs noted that diversity has always been part of the fair, and that it is “an event where clear distinction is made between fact and fiction,” “where debate is cultivated, freedom of opinion is practiced.” While she did not reference the US election or […]
Ken Follett’s CIRCLE OF DAYS to be Published September 2025
Grand Central announced the world English publication date for Ken Follett‘s next book, CIRCLE OF DAYS: September 23, 2025. As previously announced in May, the book explores Stonehenge. Follett writes, “Stonehenge is one of the world’s most iconic and recognizable monuments but, in reality, so little is known about it. How was it built? Why was it built? Who built it? I’ve written before about moments of great human achievement and I’ve always been drawn to stories of ordinary people doing seemingly impossible things, and what could be more extraordinary than the construction of this enormous monument.” Hachette also named […]
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Imprints: Cosmo Reads
Sourcebooks will operate a new Cosmo Reads imprint, in collaboration with Cosmopolitan magazine and Hearst Books. Aiming to launch in summer 2025, they expect to publish four to six titles a year. Kate Roddy and Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks will acquire titles, in partnership with Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Willa Bennett, editor Tamara Fuentes, and others. Promotion strategy “will be shared by Sourcebooks and Cosmopolitan.” Sourcebooks ceo Dominique Raccah says in the announcement, “Cosmopolitan uniquely reaches an insatiable audience that loves books, creating trends and big conversations! We are going to marry that with our audience-centric approach to publishing books that will excite […]
Minority Investor to Become Sole Owner of Germany’s Suhrkamp
German businessman Dirk Möhrle will become the sole owner of 100-year-old publisher Suhrkamp on November 1, increasing the minority 39 percent stake in the company he has held since 2015, buying out the Siegfried and Ulla Unseld Family Foundation and the Ströher family. Jonathan Landgrebe’s position will “remain unaffected by these changes.” He writes: “I continue to take great pleasure in assuming the responsibilities that go along with the rich traditions of this publishing house. And I am happy to say that in Dirk Möhrle, we have someone by our side who has already proven himself to be a reliable, […]