Books
RB buys GraphicAudio
RBmedia, the world’s largest producer of audiobooks, has acquired GraphicAudio, a division of Cutting Corp., for an undisclosed…
Simon & Schuster for sale
Simon & Schuster, the 96-year-old, $800m-revenue US book publisher – whose authors have included Stephen King, Tom Wolfe,…
Hachette buys Disney books
Hachette Book Group (HBG) has acquired over 1,000 children’s titles from the Disney Book Group, in the US,…
Mango buys Yellow Pear…
Florida-based book publisher Mango Publishing has bought Yellow Pear Press, of California, including its offshoot Bonhomie Press. Yellow…
Pearson exits PRH books
German publishing house Bertelsmann is to complete the acquisition of Penguin Random House (PRH) by buying the remaining…
Lutheran books deal
1517 Media, the US based Christian publishing and media company linked to the evangelical Lutheran Church of America,…
Storytel buys Finnish publisher
Swedish audiobook company Storytel has acquired the 147-year-old family-owned Finnish publisher Gummerus, which publishes 200 titles a year.…
CRP buys Amberjack books
Chicago Review Press (CRP) has bought Amberjack Publishing, an Idaho based company with a catalogue of 63 titles…
Elsevier sells out of Portugal
Books. Elsevier, science and health publisher (and part of RELX), has completed a deal to sell its Portuguese book…