Simon & Schuster, Inc. has entered into a sales and distribution agreement with Regan Arts, the new publishing imprint and multimedia venture founded by well-known publisher and media personality Judith Regan. Under the agreement, Simon & Schuster will handle...

Research shows that 80% of publishers believe subscription is inevitable, but responses vary by market sector Today, BISG released a new study on subscription models of selling digital content, now available for immediate purchase here. Digital Books and the New...

The 2014 New England Book Festival's has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The competition will accept entries in non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, young adult, how-to,...

The 2014 Halloween Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the season. The Halloween Book Festival (www.halloweenbookfestival.com) will consider works in science fiction, horror, general fiction, non-fiction,...

The 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the winter. The event will held in November, exact date TBD. The Great Midwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in...

The Southern Festival of Books announces a lineup of bestselling and award-winning authors set to headline the 26th Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Oct. 10-12. The roster includes Ishmael Beah (The Radiance of Tomorrow), Pat Conroy (The Death of Santini: The...

Sarah McGrath, one of the most esteemed editors in publishing, and the current executive editor at Riverhead, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of the Penguin imprint She joined Riverhead in 2006. Among authors whose books she has acquired or edited are Meg...

Romance Writers of America® (RWA), a nonprofit association for romance writers with over 10,000 members worldwide, announced today the release of Novel Engagement™, the first iOS and Android compatible app that will be a comprehensive database and interactive...

Torstar Corporation (TSX:TS.B) announced today that it has received the approval of its Class A shareholders to proceed with the sale of Harlequin Enterprises Limited to 0999531 B.C. Ltd. or another subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. The transaction remains...

Gallery Books has entered into a co-publishing agreement with Omnific Publishing, an independent publisher of romantic fiction.   Under the agreement, which is effective July 7, 2014, the Gallery Books and Pocket Books imprints will co-publish with Omnific a select...