Becoming Editor Starts Own Independent Publishing Firm
Molly Stern edited Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, when she was at Crown and also worked with Sarah Jessica Parker to launch her imprint. Now Stern has founded her own independent publishing firm, Zando, with the first list of releases scheduled for fall 2021.
Obama & Bill Gates Rec’d Book Retold As Graphic Novel
If you’re a follower of book recommendations by readers like Barack Obama and Bill Gates, you’ve probably heard of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Book by Yuval Noah Harari. Now the book, based on Harari’s lectures at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will get a graphic novel treatment: Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1).
Gideon the Ninth Author Signs 5 Book Deal
For fans of Tamsyn Muir’s trilogy of books–which begins with Gideon the Ninth and will complete next year–there’s much to celebrate as Muir has signed a five-book deal with Tordotcom Publishing. The six-figure deal includes three novellas and two novels.