Tag Archives: Random House

Multiple sales for Kelly Link

Kelly Link sold rights to her new collection in the US and the UK, as well as a new novel in the US, and reprint rights to an earlier collection... Read more [...]

Random House’s Hydra imprint announces debut titles

Random House's digital-only sf imprint announces its first three acquisitions... Read more [...]

Prometheus Books enters sales and distribution agreement with Random House Publisher Services

Following 44 independent years, Prometheus Books has signed a distribution agreement with Random House Publisher Services. Prometheus is the parent company of Pyr SF... Read more [...]

The Random House Publishing Group Announces New Digital-only Imprints

Random House is developing three new electronic-only imprints to bolster their already-extant romance line: one for mystery, one for New Adult, and HYDRA, focusing on sci-fi and fantasy... Read more [...]

Bertelsmann and Pearson confirm they are mering, to form megapublisher Penguin Random House

Bertelsmann is merging its Random House publishing unit with Pearson's Penguin (assuming regulatory approval) late next year, making far and away the world's largest single publishing company... Read more [...]

Statement on media coverage regarding Penguin

Publishing conglomerates Penguin and Random House are discussing possibly combining the companies... Read more [...]

Columbia University Libraries Acquires Ballantine Book Archive

Betty Ballantine has donated a nearly complete run of Penguin, Ballantine, and Bantam books to Columbia University... Read more [...]

Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis to write book on graphic novels for Random House

Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis is writing a not-really-how-to book for Random House, to be called Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Graphic Novels... Read more [...]

Michael R. Underwood sells first two books to Pocket, via Book Country

Michael R. Underwood's Geekomancy, pitched as Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Clerks, sold to Pocket after a preview at online writing community Book Country... Read more [...]

Kickstarting Ian Randal Strock’s Ranking the Powers Behind the Oval Office

SFScope editor Ian Randal Strock is also a Presidential historian, and looking for help to get his next book out to the public... Read more [...]

New audiobook recording of George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows now available from Random House, narrated by Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice has rerecorded A Feast for Crows, the fourth in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice, bringing his trademark voice creation skills... Read more [...]

Book Four of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance, goes on sale November 8

The concluding volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle quadrology, Inheritance, will be published November 8... Read more [...]

Read Game of Thrones and The Magician King with Author/Expert Notes

Digital reading company Subtext is offering a free app to readers of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones and Lev Grossman's The Magician King which include expert notes and behind-the-scenes commentary... Read more [...]

Bertelsmann completely leaving book club market

Bertelsmann is selling off the remainder of its book club business, which was once the global leader... Read more [...]

Random House’s Word & Film aims to connect books, movies, and tv

Random House's new web site will give moviegoers and book lovers information, sneak peeks, and more on books coming to the screens large and small... Read more [...]