PRH sells Author Solutions
Penguin Random House (PRH) has sold its self-publishing division Author Solutions to an affiliate of Najafi Companies, an US-based private investment firm, for an undisclosed sum, reports Publishers Weekly. Author...
Penguin to relaunch Book Country, open online bookstore
Penguin will relaunch Book Country, an online community for genre fiction writers, in July, reports the Bookseller. The revamped website, which was first established in 2011, will include a broader range...
Penguin, Author Solutions file motion to dismiss ‘misguided’ lawsuit
In the US, Penguin and its self-publishing subsidiary Author Solutions have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against them in April by three authors, labelling the suit as...
Authors sue self-publishing service Author Solutions, parent company Penguin
In the US, three authors are suing self-publishing service Author Solutions and its parent company Penguin, reports Publishers Weekly. The authors, who are seeking class action status, allege in their...
Law firm investigating Author Solutions for ‘deceptive practices’
A New York law firm has said it is investigating self-publishing platform Author Solutions for ‘deceptive practices’, reports Shelf Awareness. Law firm Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart said on its website that it...
Penguin India launches self-publishing platform with Author Solutions
Penguin India has launched a new self-publishing platform with the Pearson-owned Author Solutions called Partridge Publishing, reports TeleRead. Penguin India president and chief executive Andrew Phillips said in a statement...
New S&S/Author Solutions self-publishing business open to Australian authors
Simon & Schuster has announced that it will work with Author Solutions, the self-publishing business acquired by Penguin in July, to operate a separate publishing business called Archway Publishing. Managing...
Penguin acquires self-publishing service Author Solutions
Pearson has acquired the self-publishing service Author Solutions ‘from Bertram Capital for US$116 million [approximately A$113 million] in cash’, the publisher announced in a statement. The company said that while Author...