video platform video management video solutions video player ABC News and Hyperion Books have teamed up to create a series of digital videos based on books. The first series of videos is based on content from books by author  … Read More

At a panel this morning at the Digital Book World conference in New York, publishing CEOs discussed the future of publishing. Across the panel, the executives agreed that the digital world offers publishers better insights into the customer point of… Read More

J.R. Martinez, the winner of Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars, recently landed a book deal with Hyperion. According to Publishers Weekly, Sterling Lord Literistic agent Robert Guinsler negotiated the deal with senior editor Christine Pride. After… Read More

Actress Jenny McCarthy landed a deal with Hyperion to publish her next book, Sinner: Confessions of a Recovering Catholic. According to the release, the new book will maintain “the theme of her comedic New York Times bestsellers, from Belly Laughs to Love, Lust & Faking… Read More

To celebrate twenty years of publishing, Hyperion Books is offering twenty backlist eBook titles for $2.99 from October 10th to October 24th. The discounted eBooks come from a wide variety of genres such as memoir, thriller, cooking, academic and inspiration.… Read More

Barbara Jones has been named executive editor at Henry Holt & Company. She will report to editor-in-chief Gillian Blake. Here’s more from the release: “[Jones] was most recently editorial director of Hyperion Books and Voice, where she acquired Jane … Read More

Tomorrow children’s writer Rick Riordan will release the latest title in the Heroes of Olympus series, The Son of Neptune. Hyperion has ordered an initial printing of three million copies. In anticipation of the book, Riordan (pictured) and Disney Publishing hosted a pre-publication party. Despite… Read More

This week, Macmillan is looking for an online marketing manager, while Hachette Book Group needs a new publicity director for its Nashville division. Disney/ABC is seeking a senior production editor for Hyperion and Voice, and Quirk Books is hiring a… Read More

Vroman’s Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Pasadena, will be appearing on season four of the NBC series, Parks and Recreation. According to Jacket Copy, the bookseller will host an author event headlined by Leslie Knope, a parks department bureaucrat played… Read More

Today ABC News introduced an interactive ABC Video Bookstore in the Apple App Store, producing eBooks and enhanced eBooks that draw from the news organization’s extensive archives. Follow this link to see the free iPad app. The store opens with… Read More

Good morning, everyone! It’s time for our mid-week quote. Are you encountering some obstacles in your freelance writing career? Here is a snippet of wisdom from the great Michael Jordan. Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into… Read More

Hyperion Books senior marketing manager Bryan Christian has won the Disney/ABC Television Group Black Achiever in Industry Award. Christian will accept his award in a ceremony at the New York Marriott Marquis tonight as a part of the Harlem YMCA’s 2011… Read More

Sarah Landis has been named senior editor at HarperCollins’ Children’s Books. She will work primarily on teen fiction titles and report to editorial director Farrin Jacobs. Landis served as an editor at Hyperion Books/Voice for almost five years. Prior to this,… Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Whether you celebrate this holiday or not, I wish you a great day.1 Our word for the week is facetious. For those of you who are going out on dates tonight, I wish you more… Read More

Disney-Hyperion has acquired two books from children’s series author Ally Carter (pictured). The publisher acquired the second book in the Heist Society series, Uncommon Criminals–it’s set for a June 21st release. The publisher also acquired the fifth, untitled book in… Read More

Disney Publishing imprint Disney-Hyperion has acquired a four-book science fiction series written by Rachel Cohn. Beta, the first book of the YA series, will be published in fall 2012. Executive editor Emily Meehan negotiated the deal with literary… Read More

The digital age is upon us, and now Disney needs a skilled candidate to take its books to a new level. The company is on the hunt for a senior digital editor to develop digital strategy for the Disney Book… Read More

Glee star Jane Lynch has inked a deal to publish a “funny and inspirational memoir” with Hyperion’s Voice imprint. Mel Berger at William Morris Endeavor represented the book and editorial director Barbara Jones acquired the book in an auction.  Jill … Read More

Hyperion has acquired a memoir by Sissy Spacek, written in “her authentic, big-hearted voice.” The book is scheduled for a 2012 release with the tentative title, Barefoot Stories. Jim Stein of the Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency negotiated… Read More

Two nonfiction editors found more work recently.  Matthew Inman has been named an editor at Hyperion and Brooke Carey has been promoted to an associate editor at Penguin Group (USA)’s Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current imprints. Inman has worked as an… Read More

A number of audiobooks have been nominated for spoken word Grammy Awards (logo via) in both the adult and children’s category. The awards ceremony is scheduled for February 13, 2011. Here’s more about the spoken word category: “For albums containing… Read More

Today’s guest post is by Inara Scott.  Inara is the author of Delcroix Academy: The Candidates, which will be released August 24, 2010, from Disney-Hyperion. Visit her on the web at www.inarascott.net, friend her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter (@inarascott).… Read More

I have had published an epic historical novel which has received rave reviews, enjoyed time on the best seller list and has just been nominated for New Zealand's children’s book awards (in the YA) section.My wonderful NYC agent has been… Read More

Agent Interview by contributor Ricki Schultz. "Agent Advice" is a series of quick interviews with literary and script agents who talk with Guide to Literary Agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anything else. This installment features… Read More

This new series is called "Successful Queries" and I'm posting actual query letters that succeeded in getting writers signed with agents.  In addition to posting the actual query letter, we will also get to hear thoughts from the agent as… Read More