Posted March 24, 2023

In trade books, backlist sales particularly declined, but were lifted somewhat by new graphic novels including Cat Kid Comic Club, Wings of Fire, and The Babysitters Club. A new Dogman book is expected to help in the fourth quarter. Release

Posted March 17, 2023

After finding last month that AI-generated artwork in a graphic novel did not qualify for copyright protection, the US Copyright Office has now published a more extensive paper, “Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence.” The key point is their reiteration of the view that, “It is well-established that copyright can protect only material that is the product of human creativity.

Posted January 19, 2023

Tina Donnelley has been promoted to assistant managing editor. Tokyopop Marc Visnick has been promoted to coo and publisher of the manga and graphic novel company. Kids Can Press Allison King has returned in the newly created role of global manager, educational sales & rights. She was previously senior account executive, brand partnerships at Wattpad, and also formerly held a one-year contract position at Kids Can Press as US & international accounts manager.

Posted January 11, 2023

YA fiction sales, usually quite steady, fell 13 percent. Graphic novel sales remained historically high, but still slid 10 percent following big gains in 2021.

Posted December 8, 2022

Memoir & Autobiography Jennette McCurdy, I’m Glad My Mom Died Best History & Biography Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History Best Graphic Novels & Comics Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) Best Poetry Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry Best Debut Novel Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry Best Young Adult Fiction Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3) Best Young Adult Fantasy &

Posted November 18, 2022

Whether told through traditional prose, verse, or graphic novel elements, our books grow and sustain an appetite for reading, especially with boys and reluctant readers.”

Posted November 16, 2022

He discussed the history of comics being banned and how it ties to the censoring of Maus and other graphic novels, and hopes that Maus remains a cautionary tale, even if the conversation around such atrocities against marginalized communities has been “never again and again and again.”

Posted October 21, 2022

Megan Tingley, president & publisher, Little, Brown Children’s said, “Under the expert guidance of Andrea Colvin, LBYR’s graphic novel publishing has grown exponentially, right alongside the industry’s explosive growth. The time is right to recognize this exceptional and robust program with its own name.”

Posted October 20, 2022

Jesseca Salky, owner of literary agency, Salky Literary Management and partner at Lyons & Salky Law, said, “I think it’s a gray area, in the same way graphic novels or podcasts have been in the past five years.” She said the reserved rights clause may apply, calling it “a catch all for authors” and “the go-to clause for all new formats.

Posted October 17, 2022

3 million units compared to 2021. In addition to romance, graphic novels and fantasy also performed well. Adult nonfiction and children’s print books both declined 9 percent, so results for individual publishers varied widely based on product mix. Also affecting publisher performance, NPD says that total dollars may be stronger than unit sales.

Posted September 30, 2022

Penguin Random House will distribute the books in North America. The two companies have been working together on comics, graphic novels and art books since 2018. Four titles are already in progress, with the first, Suborbital 7 by John Shirley, publishing in March. The companies plan to publish two or three novels a year.

Posted September 21, 2022

an expansion of their current agreement, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute Dark Horse Comics‘ front- and backlist comic books, graphic novels, and manga to the Direct Market comic shops worldwide starting June 1, 2023. PRHPS currently sells and distributes Dark Horse’s trade books to bookstores. Simon & Schuster will take over distribution of Callisto Media as of March 1, 2023, moving from Ingram Publisher Services.

Posted September 8, 2022

Ten Speed Press Vedika Khanna will join as a senior editor dedicated to graphic novels. Candlewick Alex Robertson has been promoted to associate editor. Rita Csizmadia has been promoted to senior designer. Charlotte Roth has been promoted to account manager. The Quarto Group Giuliana Caranante will join as director, publicity & marketing, for the company’s US business at the end of September.

Posted September 6, 2022

(Tor) Best Novella A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom) Best Series Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom) Best Graphic Story or Comic Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC) Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books) Astounding Award for Best New Writer Shelley Parker-Chan See the full list of winners here.

Posted July 12, 2022

The Bright Agency Arabella Stein will lead a new Bright Literary division representing fiction, children’s books, YA, general non-fiction and graphic novels. Katie Blagden was promoted to associate agent in the division. Random House Children's Paula Baver, previously an adult and children’s designer at Princeton Architectural Press, has joined as a designer.

Posted July 1, 2022

Abrams Abby Muller has joined as an editor. She was formerly at Algonquin. EEP Universe Megan Logan has joined as senior editor, developing new graphic novel and prose fiction projects in middle grade, YA, and adult markets. Writers House Kate Boggs has been promoted to director, global licensing & audio rights. Alessandra Birch has been promoted to director, global licensing & UK rights.

Posted June 24, 2022

” Other upcoming titles are the debut YA novel-in-verse An Impossible Thing to Say by playwright and rapper Arya Shahi, and the middle grade graphic novel Secrets, by Cindy Chang.

Posted June 16, 2022

Katya Balen won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for October, October and Danica Novgorodoff won the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal for her graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynolds’s Long Way Down. Yoto Carnegie Medal October, October Katya Balen Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal Long Way Down Danica Novgorodoff, Jason Reynolds

Posted June 8, 2022

Marvel Publishing will expand their relationship with PRHPS as well, to include collected editions and graphic novels to be distributed to trade bookstore retailers and wholesalers. (Marvel first started working with PRHPS in 2021 for distribution of comics to the direct market.) Disney Publishing leaves behind a longstanding relationship with Hachette Book Group, which has distributed their books since 2013 (and did so up until 2007 as well, before Disney spent six years

Posted April 25, 2022

Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose Deborah Levy, Real Estate (Bloomsbury) Current Interest Adam Schiff, Midnight in Washington (Random House) Graphic Novel/Comics R. Kikuo Johnson, “No One Else” (Fantagraphics) History Ada Ferrer, Cuba (Scribner) Mystery/Thriller Megan Abbott, The Turnout (Putnam) Poetry Diane Seuss, frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press) Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Zen Cho, Spirits Abroad