Scott Pack leaves HarperCollins for new venture

The Friday Project publisher Scott Pack is leaving HarperCollins to start a new business venture. Pack, who ran the Friday Project imprint as well as online author community Authonomy, will be leaving at the end of December. The Friday Project imprint, which was acquired by HarperCollins in April 2008 with a remit to publish innovative titles in experimental ways, will now be wound down, publishing titles currently on the schedule but with no further acquisitions. Authonomy will continue as before, being formally relaunched in the New Year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Awards: HarperCollins India Wins Top ‘Publishing Next’ 2021 Industry Honor

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Zestworld Launches Digital Comics Venture with $9 Million in Funding

Zestworld announced it has raised $9.37 million in new funding to create a digital comics publishing and distribution platform for a newly assembled stable of veteran popular comics creators. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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HarperCollins releases its first ethnicity pay gap report

HarperCollins has released its first ethnicity pay gap report alongside its annual one for gender pay, announcing it will now use diverse, balanced shortlists for senior roles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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