In ominous signs for Big Five publishers, PRH CEO departs and HarperCollins moves to lay off 5% of its North American workforce
HarperCollins is also facing an ongoing strike by some 250 unionized employees.
DIY veteran Jim Munroe experiments with AI art for a short-run print edition of his latest novel, We Are Raccoons
"That kind of direct connection with readers and creators is probably the majority of why I make art in the first place."
ACP taps Jack Illingworth to succeed outgoing executive director Kate Edwards
Illingworth will take up the reins at the ACP beginning March 1.
Former New York prosecutor under fire from two sides over the contents of his upcoming tell-all
Both author and publisher are defending the contents of the book and publication is scheduled to go ahead as planned.
With “The Heart of a Pig,” novelist and book columnist James Grainger resurrects the serial format
Grainger's horror Substack, The Veil, is parcelling out the longish story in several instalments.
Undertow Publications launches fundraising campaign to keep the journal Weird Horror alive
The goal is to raise $4,800, which will be used to defray production costs and to pay contributors.
The loss of Bookforum makes a tough environment for longform book criticism even tougher
The loss represents another in the death of a thousand cuts that is unfolding in the arena of print journals and magazines.
Thomas Allen & Son, one of Canada’s oldest book distributors, to close in March 2023
"I have already gone through the motions of downsizing a couple of times over the last ten years," says Jim Allen. "This time, there just isn't any way to do it."
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, to leave position by year’s end
PRH president and COO Nihar Malaviya will become interim CEO as of January 2023.
The demise of Astra magazine after only two issues bodes ill for the prospects of lit mags in the future
There are – for the moment, at least – publishers willing to try innovative approaches to keeping literary periodicals alive in one form or another.