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Entangled Publishing has tapped former Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno for the newly created role of president and COO, overseeing the expansion of the Fourth Wing publisher into a “diversified media platform.” In a leadership transition at OverDrive, current president Marc DeBevoise will step up as CEO of the digital content provider, as longtime CEO and founder Steve Potash takes on the role of chairman of the board. Online bookselling platform Stck is aiming to lay claim to a crowded market by cultivating more direct relationships between publishers and readers. And our Publishing Pride series continues with conversations with All Boys Aren’t Blue author George M. Johnson and Dopamine Books cofounder Michelle Tea. In other news, ElevenLabs has published a new audiobook edition of The Odyssey “read” by the AI-generated voice of Michael Caine, ahead of the release of Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation, per the New York Times. The Black List and Zando’s Evil Twin imprint have teamed up to offer a $25,000 book deal for an unpublished or self-published horror manuscript. In the Guardian, Catriona Menzies-Pike argues that the high volume of books published in Australia harms both authors and readers. And for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, William Ames of the Emerson Collective explores various financial models that can support more resilient and sustainable independent bookstores.
In the newly created dual role, the former Tinder CEO will oversee operations, new products, and brand development as the Fourth Wing publisher “expands beyond publishing into a diversified media platform,” per an announcement. The appointment comes six months after Entangled received an investment from private equity firm the Chernin Group. more »
DeBevoise, who joined the digital content provider as president in March, succeeds founder and longtime CEO Steve Potash in the role. Potash will stay on to facilitate the transition as chairman of the board. more »
Samir Patil, the founder of India’s Scroll.in, believes his book e-commerce platform, Stck.me., can offer publishers and authors an alternative to sites like Amazon, with better margins, more direct reader relationships, and global exposure. more »
The author of All Boys Aren't Blue reflects on how their YA memoir became one of the most banned books in the country, as well as the resilience they see in queer writers fighting the status quo. more »
The cofounder of Los Angeles–based nonprofit press Dopamine Books is focused on elevating literature by and for queer people, despite rising attempts to silence LGBTQ+ voices. more »
In The Jezebel List (Alcove, Aug.), the debut author pairs Christina, a woman healing from religious trauma by working through a checklist of so-called sins, with Danny, the filmmaker documenting the process. more »
The author-illustrator’s new book, The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever (S&S BFYR), tells the darkly humorous tale of a boastful elf tasked with reading a dragon to sleep. We spoke with Sima ahead of their appearance at Children’s Institute on June 28. more »
Job Moves
- Dan Zitt has been promoted to SVP and deputy publisher at Penguin Random House Audio.
- Karen DiMattia has been promoted to SVP of audio production at Penguin Random House Audio.
- Ok Hee Kolwitz has been promoted to VP of audio production operations at Penguin Random House Audio.
- Kelly Gildea has been promoted to creative director for audio production at Penguin Random House Audio.
- Zach Savella Stallard, formerly operations manager at InterVarsity Press, has joined MennoMedia and Herald Press as operations director.
- Emily Hills has been promoted to editorial, design, and production manager at Virginia Tech Publishing & Press.
Awards News
- Rob Franklin Wins Ernest J. Gaines Award: Franklin’s debut novel, Great Black Hope (Summit), is the winner of the annual prize, presented by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to support an emerging African American fiction writer.
- Malka Penn Award Winners Announced: Daniel Nayeri’s middle grade novel The Teacher of Nomad Land and Mavasta Honyouti’s picture book Coming Home, both published by Levine Querido, are the winners of the 2026 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature, presented by UConn’s Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.
Bookstore News
- Massachusetts Indie Launches Book Review: Porter Square Books in Cambridge is publishing reviews penned by the store’s booksellers and writers-in-residence in the Porter Square Review of Books.
- Another Indie Opens in Nashville: Bell Bird Books, which landed this past spring, is now the third indie bookstore serving the Tennessee capital.
- Virginia Gets a New Bookstore: Chapter & Hearth opened last week in Collinsville, offering new, used, and rare books.
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Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future by Rye Barcott is the #1 title on our adult hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. See the full list »
‘A Tender Age’ by Chang-Rae Lee“The Korean American narrator of Lee’s striking latest reflects on a pivotal year of his childhood in the mid-1970s.... Looking back in middle age, J-G considers how lucky he was to avoid jail time, which he attributes partly to his ‘somewhat overcourteous’ demeanor and model minority race.... This one hits hard.” more »
Picture of the Day
On June 22, Lisa Jewell (r.) celebrated the release of her latest novel, It Could Have Been Her (Atria), at Barnes & Noble Union Square in Manhattan, where Jewell was joined in conversation by author Jessica Knoll (l.).
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