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Pulling the Plug
Radish Fiction, the mobile-first serialized publishing platform acquired for a hefty sum in 2021 by Korea’s Kakao Entertainment, will be shut down at the end of this year. Hoping to redirect some online shoppers, a contingent of indie booksellers and allied organizations are countering Amazon’s Prime Day discounts with their own incentives. Random House comics imprints Inklore and Ink Pop have partnered with Webtoon to bring a new batch of its most popular webcomics in romance, fantasy, and other genres to print over the next five years. The Trump administration has announced new tariffs of up to 40% on a growing number of countries, reports CNN. As AI comes for the workplace, the New York Times considers whose jobs—entry-level employees or middle managers—are in the most danger. Meanwhile, New York magazine looks at the toll AI has taken on digital media outlets, whose potential readers are being filtered out by search engines’ AI summaries. A South Georgia librarian was recently fired for displaying a book featuring a transgender character, reports the Georgia Recorder. Bloomberg unpacks the DOJ’s case against PageTurner, the author services company that scammed more than 800 writers out of millions. A new study in InformationToday compares ebook availability, licensing, and pricing in the U.S. and Canada. And the Guardian argues that we should be doing more to preserve the homes of Black literary giants.
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Four Years After Buying It for $440 Million, Kakao to Shutter Radish Fiction
Korea’s Kakao Entertainment acquired mobile-first serialized fiction platform Radish Fiction for $440 million in 2021, but after writing down much of that investment and facing a slowing market, the company plans to close the platform at the end of 2025. more »
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Indie Retailers Offer Anti–Amazon Prime Day Promotions
Prompted by Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale, Bookshop.org, Libro.fm, and the American Booksellers Association are offering incentives and launching campaigns to encourage customers to shop with independent retailers July 8–11. more »
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Random House Teams with Webtoon on Publishing Program
The Random House comics imprints Inklore and Ink Pop announced at Anime Expo this past weekend that they will partner with Webtoon to bring 14 of its most popular webcomics to print over the next five years. more »

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Danny Yanez to Succeed Todd R. Siegal at Franklin & Siegal Associates
Siegal (l.) will retire at the end of 2025 after 39 years of scouting, and Yanez will take over as president and sole proprietor of the agency, which will be renamed Franklin Siegal & Yanez in the new year. more »
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Whitaker House Acquires Million Praying Moms
The 50-year-old Christian publishing ministry arm of the Whitaker Corporation currently partners with Million Praying Moms on its Everyday Prayers book line. With the sale, Nicolet Bell of JourneyWise has been named to head MPM. more »
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Mellon Foundation Appoints Carla Hayden as Senior Fellow
The former Librarian of Congress, who was dismissed by the White House in May, will pursue scholarship, writing, and research projects while also serving as a strategic partner and counsel at the nation’s largest philanthropic supporter of the arts. more »

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Deep Vellum Partners with Johns Hopkins University
The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins will support the Dallas-based publisher to publish and promote one work of literary translation annually with a sustaining grant, translator residency, and public events. more »
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Amberley Acquires Ryland Peters & Small
In the U.K., Amberley Publishing has acquired Ryland Peters & Small, an independent publisher focused on illustrated nonfiction titles across lifestyle categories. more »
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Can E-Readers Still Innovate?: PW Talks with Sol Reader CEO Ben Chelf
Chelf’s startup has designed a $249 wearable e-reader resembling a pair of sunglasses, with e-ink screens in place of lenses, challenging the assumption that digital reading devices can never be more than a one-trick tablet. more »


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Job Moves
  • Hema Sukhram has joined Open Road Integrated Media as senior accountant.
  • Annette Kiesow has joined Random House Children’s Books as photo editor for National Geographic Kids.
  • Jessica Thurber has joined Macmillan Audio as publicist.
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Awards News
  • Silver Falchion Award Finalists: The Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference has announced the finalists across 17 categories for its Silver Falchion Award.
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Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins is the #1 title on PW’s adult hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. See the full list »
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Review of the Day: ‘A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck’ by Sophie Elmhirst
“Journalist Elmhirst debuts with an enthralling story of survival.... It’s an un-put-downable saga of a relationship pushed to the limits.” more »

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Picture of the Day

Brad Thor launched the 24th thriller in his Scot Harvath series, Edge of Honor (Atria), on June 30 at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Photo: Barbara Peters
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