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A solid performance by Scholastic's trade group and international division offset revenue declines in book clubs and book fairs, leaving total sales at the company basically flat in the quarter ended February 29, 2024, with the comparable period a year ago.
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Safiya Sinclair, Lorrie Moore, and Kim Hyseoon were among those to take home National Book Critics Circle Awards on March 21, at the second in-person ceremony held by the organization since the pandemic.
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Picture book author-illustrator Lynne Barasch, who created lively biographies as well as stories inspired by her family life, died on March 7. She was 84.
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Van Delft, the senior v-p of logistics at Penguin Random House, will retire this August, and Tracey Presley has been promoted to senior v-p of global transportation and logistics, effective immediately.
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A shift of focus on libraries to retail channels and an aggressive acquisition of new titles—including, recently, works by John LeCarré and Jon Fosse—led to nearly $30 million in revenue in 2023, a 39% jump for the Ohio-based audiobook publisher.
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Four HarperCollins executives traveled to the Vatican last weekend to present eight different editions of 'Life, My Life Story Through History' by Pope Francis, which was released on March 19 and is being published in all of the publisher's global markets.
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Four HarperCollins executives traveled to the Vatican last weekend to present eight different editions of 'Life: My Story Through History' by Pope Francis, which was released on March 19 and is being published in all of the publisher's global markets.
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RBmedia has appointed Michael Paull, former president of Disney's direct-to-consumer business, as its new chief executive officer, following what the company called “another year of record-breaking growth” in 2023.
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Bestselling author and Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal—credited by many with changing our understanding of both animals and humans through a number of popular, groundbreaking books—died on March 14.
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This year's MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held March 16-17, drew large and enthusiastic crowds to New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion.
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Workers at Shelf Life Books in Richmond, Va., have joined the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 Union, making them the first booksellers in the city to unionize.
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Former nun Catherine Coldstream shares the story of her 12 years at a Carmelite monastery in a debut memoir out this month, 'Cloistered' (St. Martins), which earned a starred review from PW.
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Publishers are tapping into the deep well of hurt, and ultimately, healing with new books from authors who have escaped fundamentalism.
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David C Cook signs Christian music artists Rebecca St. James (Fink) and Cubbie Fink's book on love, faith, and marriage; IVP lands Nijay K. Gupta's look at the role of female prophecy in Scripture; and more.
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Christian publisher David C Cook has announced that veteran marketing leader Brian Mitchell has joined the organization as Chief Marketing Officer.
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A takedown of the white christian nationalism that has infiltrated some corners of American christianity; a new book from the "Pastors Wives Tell All" podcasters; and more new religion books publishing in April.
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Accomplished painter and children's book author-illustrator Leonard Everett Fisher, widely known for his atmospheric, realistic artwork in books focused on American and world history and world mythology, died on March 2 at age 99.
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John Grisham's longtime publisher will return after a buyout to oversee the publishing strategy for the John Grisham brand, "which will now live alongside the sales and corporate marketing teams," PRH CRO Jaci Updike wrote in a memo.
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Sybil Steinberg, a lifelong lover of literature and a 'Publishers Weekly' editor for 25 years, died on March 17. She was 90. Steinberg served as editor of the magazine's Reviews and Author Interview departments until her retirement in 2001.
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At the Salt Lake City–based press, founder Kenechi Uzor aims to “champion African perspectives,” publishing five to 10 English-language originals and works in translation by African authors annually.
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