Publishers

Indian-origin Nihar Malaviya named interim CEO of Penguin Random House

Nihar Malaviya, an Indian-origin publishing executive, has been named interim CEO of New York-based international publishing group Penguin Random House after its current chief executive officer Markus Dohle announced he is stepping down from the role. Malaviya, who has been President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the publisher's American division Penguin Random House US since 2019, will assume the role of Interim CEO of Penguin Random House starting January 1, 2023, the publisher's parent company Bertelsmann said in a statement Friday. Malaviya, who will report to Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe, will join the Bertelsmann's Group Management Committee (GMC), as well as continue to be a member of the Penguin Random House Global Executive Committee. Following Malaviya's appointment, the GMC will comprise 20 top executives of eight different nationalities, the statement said. As interim CEO of Penguin Random House, Malaviya will lead the creation of new competitive advantages that .

Proposed merger of Simon & Schuster with Penguin is officially over

Simon & Schuster's corporate parent has officially ended the agreement for Penguin Random House to purchase the publisher, a proposed sale a federal judge already had blocked last month. Paramount Global also announced Monday that it still plans to sell Simon & Schuster, a nearly century-old company where authors include Stephen King, Colleen Hoover and Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster has had a strong 2022 so far, thanks in part to bestsellers by Hoover and King, who had opposed the merger and even testified on behalf of the government during last summer's antitrust trial. Simon & Schuster remains a non-core asset to Paramount, as was determined in early 2020 when Paramount conducted a strategic review of its assets, Paramount announced. Simon & Schuster is a highly valuable business with a recent record of strong performance, however it is not video-based and therefore does not fit strategically within Paramount's broader portfolio. Penguin Random House owes a $200

A chapter ends: Penguin merger with Simon & Schuster stalled

The win in the book publisher case comes after DoJ's antitrust lawyers lost three challenges in a row, though some of those cases are now being appealed

Self-publishing picks up among children, young adults; few go mainstream

Self-publishing picks up among the young; mainstream book deals remain largely elusive

As Seagull Books turns 40, Naveen Kishore explains the world it encompasses

Breakfast with BS: Meet Naveen Kishore, founder, Seagull Books

Pop star Britney Spears signs $15 million deal for tell-all memoir

Pop star Britney Spears has signed a USD 15 million book deal with publishing house Simon & Schuster for a tell-all memoir. According to Page Six, Simon & Schuster secured the deal for Spears' memoir after a massive bidding war involving multiple publishers. The book deal comes three months after the singer's 13-year conservatorship was terminated by a judge. In her public testimony last year about the conservatorship, Spears told the Los Angeles judge that she had been forced to work by conservators despite begging for breaks, and that she had no control over her finances, was denied her wish to marry her boyfriend, and was barred from removing her birth control despite her wish to have a third child. Spears, 41, has also been vocal about her estrangement from her family, including dad Jamie, mom Lynne and sister Jamie Lynn. She recently publicly condemned Jamie Lynn, who made allegations about the singer's mental health while promoting her own memoir. She described her pop ..

Three publishing strategies to get the book you've authored to the shelves

While the traditional publishing house is still the most popular, don't stress if it junks your work. You have two more ways to see your book morph into paperback or hardcover

Self-publishing is the only way for 97% of authors: CEO of Notion Press

In a Q&A, Naveen Valsakumar dwells on the coming-of-age of self-publishing, his firm's value proposition for budding writers and how he plans to take on the competition from Kindle

Beat poet, publisher, and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101

There's no sustainable biz model for media worldwide: Axate's Dominic Young

Covid has proven the vulnerability of ad revenues. The problem with subscription is that it requires readers to make a commitment, says Young

Netflix-ication of print media? Publishers rediscover the reader

Monetising online readership, a deeper focus on content and getting revenue from the reader are ways to make the business future-proof, they say

Google, group of French publishers sign copyright news payment deal

This paves the way for the internet giant to make digital copyright payments for online news content

Newsprint cost up 20% in last 3 months, publishers seek customs duty waiver

Newsprint cost has jumped in the last three months due to demand-supply imbalance post pandemic

Google to pay publishers in 5 nations $1 bn over 3 years for news content

The internet search giant said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and Australia

Platforms and publishing

In the end, publishers are corporations

Letter to BS: Lockdown has been a dark chapter for publishers, booksellers

It may be correct that the publishers and booksellers may be able to survive by switching over to the format of reading and reaching out to prospective readers

Booksellers, publishers back in business but rules of the game have changed

Halted print sales, soaring online demand hint at future of industry

Letter to BS: Textbook publishers face bleak future as classes go online

Like filmmakers, the publishers have no industry status and they do not get finance

Sonny Mehta, venerable publisher known for spotting great books, dies at 77

He published the work of nine Nobel literature laureates, including Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Remains of the Day' (1989), and of winners of Pulitzer and Booker prizes and National Book Awards

The case for book publishing monopolies

A monopoly is highly volume dependent and volumes need more variety, not less