Penguin Workshop will launch Tinker, a new publishing program, starting with six titles in spring 2027. Publisher Daniel Moreton and editorial director Nick Magliato will lead the line, with art direction by Lynn Portnoff. Tinker will publish “commercial design-forward board and picture books ‘built for play’ for readers ages 0-10,” featuring everything from “accordion die-cuts to pop-up alphabet books—to books that transform into steering wheels, where the book itself becomes the toy.”
New imprint
Harper Studio Has Signed 17 Books
They just haven’t announced any of them yet. Portfolio’s blog says 16 are non-fiction, and the other one is what Bob Miller calls a “fable.” That’s more by happenstance than by design, said Miller: Successfully launching a novel by an unknown author takes a bigger marketing push. (HarperStudio will try to save money by focusing its marketing efforts on web outreach, although Miller said its titles will get more sustained support than is now usual). That said, he said, they are hoping to do more fiction down the road.Portfolio
Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center Starts Lulu.com "Imprint"
The university has announced ECW Press, an academic imprint designed to experiment with “flexibility in publishing without the limitations encountered by traditional publishing.” They note in the release that “all ETC Press publications will be released under a Creative Commons license, and will also have associated websites to encourage and enable a community of collaborative authorship and discussion.” Lulu.com is their technology partner, providing print-on-demand along with downloads. The press can be found at http://etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/Release