Publisher News

Parnassus bookseller pens op-ed; Hearst to acquire Rodale; S&S and Printers Row announce expanded agreement; DK to implement staffing changes; Fotinos to head new imprint at St. Martin’s; Reading the West nominations now open; Edelweiss to facilitate sending reviews to SIBA

Independent booksellers in the U.S. can take advantage of HarperCollins’ 2017 Holiday Express Shipping Program from Monday, October 30, through Friday, January 12, 2018.

California governor signs collectibles fix into law; Book Riot announces contest; President Bill Clinton to present at National Book Awards; Brian Napack named Wiley CEO; Black Dog & Leventhal founder leaving; Consortium adds five publishers; HMH makes leadership changes; Ingram expands into Spain; Bookselling Without Borders to expand; Lincoln in the Bardo wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

Macmillan Publishers will be implementing expedited shipping for independent retailers’ reorders placed between November 3, 2017, and January 16, 2018.

B&T’s Global Publisher Services adds publishers; Ripped Bodice reports lack of diversity in romance publishing; Ingram adds new publishers to CoreSource; Changes for Media Coalition board of directors; Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature

PubforPR auction; Amazon to pay €250m in back taxes; B&T forms distribution group; PRH acquires Sasquatch Books; S&S signs agreement with Oni Press; DK to sell Rough Guides to APA; Personnel changes at NetGalley; Follett starting school book fair business; Thurber Prize, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Voice of the Heartland Award, Phoenix Award winners announced

Now in its sixth year, the Penguin Random House Two-Day Transit program for independent booksellers runs from October 2, 2017, through March 2, 2018.

NCAC praises school for rejecting censorship; Independent We Stand award nominations open; California collectibles law update; Tuttle to join PGW; Roaring Brook founder to leave; Globe Pequot publisher to retire; New BALLE executive director; NBF’s 5 Under 35, two special National Book Awards, PEN Center USA Literary Award, Business Book of the Year shortlist announced

Following Hurricane Harvey, Children’s Book Council Executive Director Carl Lennertz has been working with Houston’s Blue Willow Bookshop to send publisher members’ book donations to schools and shelters.

Ingram announces staff changes, promotions; Carolina Wren Press acquires John F. Blair; Edelweiss to include logo for books in WNDB app; Frankfurt Book Fair fellows announced; Conroy Legacy Award winner, Heinz Award winners, Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize shortlists announced

The Association of American University Presses has chosen “#LookItUP: Knowledge Matters” as the theme for this year’s University Press Week, to be held November 6–11.

The scholarship, supported by five independent publishers, will send booksellers to the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Turin International Book Fair, and the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 2018.

Ingram’s Perseus Distribution rebranded as Two Rivers Distribution; Esquire’s Mark Warren named Random House executive editor; Scholastic staff changes; HarperCollins announces formation of HarperCollins Hungary; Gabriella Page-Fort named PW Star Watch Superstar; 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize shortlist announced

Sourcebooks, the 10th largest trade book publisher in North America, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a backlist offer created especially for independent booksellers.

The Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, which sponsors attendance to a regional association trade show, has been awarded to nine booksellers.