From acquisitions to new publishing job opportunities, here’s what’s new in writing industries this week!
Ernest Cline and President Barack Obama top fiction bestseller lists
- This week Ernest Cline’s Ready Player Two and the former US president’s memoir, A Promised Land, topped bestseller lists (The New York Times, USA Today)
Encantos and Macmillan Publishers join forces in “strategic publishing relationship”
- Encantos, an edtech company, and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group entered a strategic publishing relationship that covers all facets of Encantos’ publishing business (BusinessWire)
Princeton University Press announces new “Diversify” Publishing Fellowship
- On Demember 8, Princeton University Press announced its new fellowship program, which seeks to directly address the lack of diversity in the publishing industry (PrincetonUPress)
Colin Dickerman named vice president and editorial director of Grand Central Publishing
- Dickerman was formerly the vice president and executive editor of Farrar, Straus and Girous, a division of Macmillian Publishers, and will be joining Grand Central Publishing, a division of the Hachette Book Group, effective January 19, 2021 (Publishers Weekly)
Barnes & Noble sees a massive dip in sales amid the pandemic
- As independent booksellers see surges in sales and support, Barnes & Noble Education shared that it saw a 22 percent decline in general retail sales and a 79 percent drop in net income at Barnes & Noble Education (Publishers Weekly)
Hello Sunshine acquires Sara Rea’s SKR Productions
- Reese Witherspoon’s media brand continues to expand as it acquires Sara Rea’s SKR Productions, a women-run production company that writes and produces diverse and inclusive programming (The Hollywood Reporter)