Comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios has an agreement to be acquired by Penguin Random House. Under the deal, expected to close this summer, Boom! Studios will join the Random House Worlds portfolio of imprints. PRH says Boom! “will retain their editorial and publishing independence,” reporting to Scott Shannon, who oversaw the deal for PRH. Keith Clayton, vp publisher, Random House Worlds, and Bill Takes, evp of business strategy, Random House Publishing Group, “will work alongside Shannon and the Boom! Studios team to help manage and integrate the new imprint.” Boom! titles will continue to be distributed by Simon […]
Acquisitions: RBmedia to Acquire Dreamscape Media
RBmedia has an agreement to acquire audiobook publisher Dreamscape Media, which includes Dreamscape Publishing and Dreamscape Select. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024. Dreamscape produces and distributes audiobooks in 60 countries, and also provides services to self-published authors looking to create audiobooks. Founded in 2010, Dreamscape has a catalog of over 7,000 audiobooks. The company said previously it had sales of $30 million in 2023, up from $23.5 million in 2022. RBmedia ceo Michael Paull said in a release, “The acquisition of Dreamscape will give RBmedia additional depth in key genres and enable us […]
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New Books Publishing July 9
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Emily Giffin, James Patterson and J. D. Barker, and Yasmin Zaher, while Gretchen Whitmer, Sarah Gerard, and Emily Van Duyne publish nonfiction works. Also publishing this week is This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer sampler. 37 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-july-9? 9 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-9? From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months […]