Last week, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex published her first children's book The Bench with Penguin Random House Children's. It picked up reviews from the Evening Standard, the Irish Times, the Telegraph, the Independent and the New York Times, making it one of the most reviewed new titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-13 20:19:26 UTC ]
This August, former Waterstones children's laureate Malorie Blackman will release the conclusion to her Noughts & Crosses series, Endgame (Penguin Random House Children’s UK). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-29 00:40:24 UTC ]
Pulitzer-winning reporter Andrea Elliott sells her debut to Random House, Atria takes three from Armando Lucas Correa, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Random House's Ten Speed Press imprint has established a new imprint, 4 Color Books, with Bryant Terry, the NAACP Image Award and James Beard Award–winning chef and educator. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Karen M. McManus re-ups with Delacorte, Knopf buys Ayobami Adebayo’s sophomore effort, Random House takes on Bob Odenkirk’s memoir, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the splitting of their two imprints in December, Random House Canada publisher Sue Kuruvilla and Knopf Canada Publisher Martha Kanya-Forstner have announced a number of roles for their team members. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Analysis: if Bertelsmann, owner of Penguin Random House, buys US publisher, writers expect smaller deals and less choice for readersUK watchdog investigates Penguin owner’s Simon & Schuster takeoverJokes circulated online when, in 2013, Penguin and Random House merged: would the new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-03-22 23:24:23 UTC ]
Current Events On a visit to an Oklahoma City bookstore, Alex Crayon finds more than books. When I pulled into the snow-covered parking lot of Nappy Roots Books in northeast Oklahoma City, the first thing I noticed were the posters. Handwritten signs... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-02-22 21:59:22 UTC ]
WHAT WOULD YOU DO if the person who hurt you most refused to say they were sorry? Could you forgive anyway? Best-selling author Susan Shapiro explores this universal question in her intriguing, insightful, all-too-relatable new book The Forgiveness Tour, out this past January. In her... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2021-02-21 18:00:04 UTC ]
If you’re on the hunt for new literary rabbit holes, today is your lucky day. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, created by lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower (a former editor of both the OED and Random House Dictionaries) is “a comprehensive quotation-based dictionary of the language of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-27 16:14:09 UTC ]
Jay-Z's entertainment company, Roc Nation, has created an imprint at Random House called Roc Lit 101. The new imprint will be overseen by Chris Jackson, publisher and editor-in-chief of One World, and Roc Nation's executive v-p Jana Fleishman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Canada is splitting the Knopf Random House Canada publishing group into two different imprints: Knopf Canada and Random House Canada. Each imprint has new leadership and will operate independently. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
CEO Kristin Cochrane retains Anne Collins while moving Martha Kanya-Forstner to lead Knopf Canada and bringing in Sue Kuruvilla for RH Canada. The post Year-End Changes: PRH Canada Separates Knopf and Random House appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-09 21:22:13 UTC ]
Can Penguin Random House swallow Simon & Schuster while remaining good citizens? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 00:32:40 UTC ]
ViacomCBS has announced plans to sell Simon & Schuster to publishing giant Penguin Random House LLC for a whopping $2.18 billion next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-11-25 21:02:17 UTC ]
ViacomCBS agreed to sell the 96-year-old company in a deal that potentially creates a megapublisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-11-25 17:08:27 UTC ]
Penguin Random House acquires Simon and Schuster, creating the largest megapublisher in the United States. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-11-25 15:00:18 UTC ]
For book lovers, the announcement may feel like background noise, but the ramifications are huge. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-11-25 12:57:10 UTC ]
Saying that private equity firms had dropped out of the bidding, the 'New York Times' reported this morning that the country's first and second largest trade publishers—Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, respectively—were now the favorites to acquire Simon & Schuster, the country's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Kate McQuaid, currently publicity director at William Heinemann, Windmill and #Merky Books (Penguin Random House UK), is joining independent Rough Trade Books as its first publicist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 23:47:34 UTC ]