Healthcare industry publisher HMP has reached an agreement to acquire the Institute for the Advancement of Behavioral Healthcare (IABHC), including a pair of trade magazines and a suite of annual events, from Vendome Group for an undisclosed sum, the Malvern, Pa.-based company announced Monday. HMP's third acquisition in 18 months as part of a pivot toward an events-focused strategy under CEO Jeff Hennessy, the deal includes the quarterly magazines Addiction Professional and Behavioral Healthcare Executive, as well as three national conferences—the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, the National Conference on Alcohol & Addition, and the National Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit—and eight smaller regional summits. "We are in the midst of an alarming public health crisis with devastating consequences," said Hennessy in a statement, "and we believe this agreement represents a real opportunity for HMP to contribute to one of the most important solutions for this crisis." Doug Edwards—who has been with IABHC for 18 years and previously served as editor-in-chief and publisher of the two magazines before rising to IABHC director in 2016—will remain with the group as part of HMP, as will eight other members of the IABHC team. On top last year's acquisitions of the monthly EMS World and the affiliated EMS World Expo, from SouthComm, and medical events organizer Imedex, private equity-backed HMP says its portfolio now comprises some 275 events ranging from regional... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate is to publish a set of stories from US writer John Edgar Wideman, 40 years after the author released his first collection. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:47:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Aster, part of Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired The Insomnia Diaries: How I Learned to Sleep Again by journalist Miranda Levy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:19:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#memoir
Korean internet giant Naver is to buy Wattpad for stock and cash, valuing the company at over $600m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 10:34:27 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
In an open letter, more than 250 authors, agents, booksellers, and publishers urged publishers not to sign book deals with members of the Trump Administration or anyone "who incited, suborned, instigated, or otherwise supported the January 6, 2021, coup attempt." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#trump administration
#open letter
Veteran publishers' rep John Mesjak, who entered into a partnership with Abraham Associates founder Stu Abraham almost 10 years ago, has become the head of the Midwestern independent publishers rep group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
en titles from illustrator Robert Ingpen now form the basis of a new UK children's book publishing imprint, Welbeck Children's Classics. The post UK: Welbeck Acquires Australian Illustrator Robert Ingpen’s Backlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-14 17:48:52 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#children's book
#welbeck children
#post uk
#uk children
Claire Blunt has been chief financial, operations and data officer for Hearst Europe. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-01-14 13:39:31 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#hearst
#advertising chief
Penguin Random House has named David Drake, Scott Shannon, Kara Welsh, and Chris Jackson to new roles with expanded responsibilities, among others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#penguin random house
#chris jackson
#kara welsh
Maud Sepult will be promoted to group rights director at Simon & Schuster UK when Stephanie Purcell moves to Bloomsbury next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 01:49:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bloomsbury
University of East Anglia publisher Boiler House Press is to publish Ben Pester’s debut short story collection Am I in the Right Place? Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 04:00:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#short stories
Scholastic UK has acquired Escape the Rooms, the "dazzling" children’s book debut from actor Stephen Mangan, illustrated by his sister Anita Mangan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 03:30:19 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#scholastic
#children’s book
#book debut
#scholastic uk
Cultural communications agency Midas has acquired literary agency The bks Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 23:35:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#literary agency
#bks agency
Daunt Books Publishing has acquired Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe, a work of creative non-fiction about memorial and remembrance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 23:40:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#books publishing
#creative non-fiction
With all major categories posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 8.2% in 2020 over 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
With all major categories posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 8.2% in 2020 over 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Bookouture has acquired four memoirs and its first true crime story for its new non-fiction imprint, Thread. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 19:04:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#true crime
Chicago Review Press, a publishing subsidiary of the distributor IPG, has reached an agreement to acquire 126 select backlist titles, as well as a handful of forthcoming books, from Fulcrum Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#forthcoming books
AT&T’s WarnerMedia has brought on a startup to help it get HBO Max into more places. The entertainment arm of the Dallas company has acquired Canada-based You.i TV, a provider of cross-platform development tools for television and media companies, according to a statement. Terms were not... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-12-23 22:03:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#time warner
#$35 million
#media companies
#entertainment arm
#hbo max
Short Books will publish a "trailblazing" book about glucose and its effects from biologist and entrepreneur Jessie Inchauspe, founder of the Glucose Goddess Instagram account. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-23 09:19:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#short books
Indie publisher Everything with Words has acquired a "beautifully written and compelling" children's series by Richard Lambert. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 20:33:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#indie publisher
#beautifully written