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Category Archives: BenBella News

PRHPS to Distribute BenBella Books

BenBella is excited to announce that we are partnering with a new distributor, Penguin Random House Publisher Services, effective July 1, 2021. PRHPS will be selling and distributing front- and backlist titles for BenBella Books and its imprints, which means that our authors will benefit from the contacts and organization of the largest publishing house in the world while continuing to receive the devoted care and personal attention that BenBella is known for. …

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BenBella Hires Former Rizzoli Associate Publisher to Lead Smart Pop Imprint

BenBella has hired Robb Pearlman as Editor-in-Chief of its pop-culture imprint, Smart Pop Books.
 
Robb joins BenBella from Rizzoli, where he was an Associate Publisher.
 
Over his career, Robb has led the revitalization of publishing and merchandising programs for classic characters including Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, managed book-to-film rights for front and backlist titles, …

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BenBella Hires Former Wiley SVP to Lead New Imprint

Matt Holt has been hired by BenBella Books as Editor in Chief of the new BenBella imprint, Matt Holt Books. Holt was previously Senior Vice President and Executive Publisher at John Wiley & Sons, where he oversaw a team of 85 staff. Over Holt’s 27-year career, he’s acquired over 1,000 titles and published 10,000 titles including: Jon Gordon’s Energy Bus, …

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In the Name of the Children author Jeffrey Rinek on ABC’s “20/20” – Friday, January 25

FBI Agent Jeffrey Rinek, co-author of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent’s Relentless Pursuit of the Nation’s Worst Predators, will be narrating a 2-hour special on ABC’s “20/20” covering the Yosemite Park Murders, “Evil in Eden,” on Friday, January 25. 

In 1999, Agent Rinek managed to obtain a shocking confession from a budding serial killer named Cary Stayner to four horrific slayings known as the Yosemite Park Murders, …

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BenBella Launched a Publishing Podcast!

  

We’re so excited to share a new initiative we recently launched here at BenBella: a podcast! It’s called Building Books and it’s a book publishing podcast for anyone who wants to learn how the process works. Our publisher, Glenn Yeffeth, is the host, and every week he dives into topics in the book publishing world via conversations with industry professionals and authors. …

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BookExpo America 2018 Highlights

Last week, a group of BenBella staff traveled from all over the country (Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, St. Paul, and Kansas City) to attend BookExpo America at the Javits Center in NYC.

BenBella is a remote company, so quality team-building time is rare and valuable. We spent the week catching up with each other on projects and goals, …

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The King of Con visits Dallas

BenBella author Tom Giacomaro paid us a visit at our Dallas office recently. Tom’s book, The King of Con, is the true story of his remarkable life: he’s a smart, streetwise Jersey boy who talked his way to the top and became richer and more successful than his wildest dreams. From working with the mob to working with the FBI, …

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Star-studded launch party for ‘The Improv’

More exciting things to share about The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up, which was released on September 19th: photos from a star-studded launch party! 

The Improv is about the legendary comedy club of the same name opened by Budd Friedman, and features interviews with hosts of famous comedians (and Improv alumni) including Jay Leno, …

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