Women-Run Publishing
Girls may run the world, according to Beyoncé, but women run publishing. Making up well over 50% of the book business’s workforce, women have been moving from the steno pool to the corner office for decades. While there’s still a long way to go, the women found in the following pages—publishers, CEOs, founders—are leading the charge. (Sponsored) more...and more.
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Hardie Grant Rebrands as Quadrille Following PRH UK Acquisition
Following Penguin Random House UK's October acquisition of Hardie Grant UK and Quadrille in October, all Hardie Grant titles will now be published as Quadrille going forward.
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How ‘Middle of the Night’ by Riley Sager Got Made
An inside look at the bestselling author’s latest novel.
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Human-AI Partnerships Will Make Publishing Workers More Productive, and Innovative
The journey is just beginning, but we can already see that publishing workflows are especially ripe for AI integration that enables the automation of rote tasks, and AI-driven support for more humans making more complex decisions and judgments.
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A24 Partners with Mack on Its Publishing Program
A24, the New York–based film and TV company, and Mack, the London-based publisher of art and photography books and critical studies, have partnered to distribute A24’s books worldwide, and to publish new books in the future.
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Reagan Arthur, Lisa Lucas Depart KDPG in Another 'Restructure'
Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas have both left the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group after four years, in a surprise move that KDPG president and publisher Maya Mavjee called "necessary for our future growth."
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Atria to Relaunch Washington Square Press Imprint
Washington Square Press, which has for years served as a home for many of Atria's trade paperback reprints, will relaunch as a frontlist hardcover imprint in spring 2025. Helmed by Atria VP and editorial director Lindsay Sagnette, the reimagined imprint will focus on literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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How ‘Love & Whiskey’ by Fawn Weaver Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for bestselling author’s latest book.
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Endnotes: ‘I Was a Teenage Slasher’ by Stephen Graham Jones
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest novel.
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The Cases Against Book Bans
After a string of wins, potentially significant developments now loom in several key book-banning lawsuits. PW rounded up the status of some of the more closely watched book banning cases.
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Ben Sevier Up at Hachette Book Group as Hachette UK Gets Restructured
To help achieve Hachette's corporate goal of creating a unified English-language publishing structure, CEO David Shelley has promoted Ben Sevier to head the Grand Central Publishing Group, combined the U.K. and U.S. distribution businesses under one leader, and divided Hachette UK into three groups.
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