Buyouts at Hachette, HarperCollins
Voluntary resignation packages come in response to negative trends.
PRH Restructures, Readies for Future Competition
PRH officials say the addition of a new adult publishing group is intended to revive competition among its imprints.
Tentative Agreement With HarperCollins Ends UAW Strike
HC and UAW Local 2110 have agreed to unspecified increases to the minimum entry-level salary from a $45k baseline.
Big 5 Starting Salaries Set to Rise
Hachette Book Group and Macmillan are raising entry-level starting salaries.
Executive Departures at Penguin Random House
While PRH is resetting after its merger plans failed, the trade book publisher is not alone among the Big 5 in facing stormy times.
Legal Warning for “People Vs. Trump” Book
Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, and back in the book world news
IPA’s Pansa Keynotes Digital Book World in NYC
IPA President Karine Pansa urged Digital Book World publishing industry attendees to make more books more accessible to more people.
LA Public Library Tops in World for Digital Lending
OverDrive, a digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video titles for public libraries, has reported on its performance last year.
Salary & Job Survey Finds Little Change in Publishing
Median compensation for all respondents was $72,500 in 2021, up from $67,300 in 2020.
A Year’s Worth of Publishing News
For December 16, the final show of the year, CCC’s podcast highlights the biggest stories in the book world for 2022.