News Juno Editor/Paula Guran on 21 Jan 2009 01:04 am
A New Era for Juno
POCKET BOOKS IN CO-PUBLISHING AGREEMENT WITH JUNO BOOKS
TO PUBLISH CONTEMPORARY FANTASY FICTION
New York, New York (January 19, 2009) – Louise Burke, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Pocket Books, has announced a new co-publishing agreement with Juno Books, best known for contemporary fantasy novels that emphasize strong female protagonists in richly imagined contexts. Juno will become an imprint of Pocket Books, publishing one title per month with the first release, AMAZON INK by Lori Devoti, slated for June 2009.
Juno Books began its publishing program in Fall 2006 and quickly became noted in the fantasy fiction genre for such breakout successes as Carole Nelson Douglas and Stacia Kane and garnering critical acclaim for many of their titles.
“Pocket Books and Juno Books are a great fit,” said Louise Burke. “We’ve seen great growth in this category, are delighted to now have a dedicated line, and look forward to helping to cultivate a wider audience for Juno’s terrific roster of authors.”
Juno Books Editor Paula Guran said: “I’m tremendously excited about the opportunity to help take Juno to the next level through our association with Pocket Books. Both Juno and fantasy readers in general will gain immensely by sales and marketing reach of Pocket Books and Simon & Schuster, while still getting the best of our editorial sensibility.”
Pocket Books Senior Editor Jennifer Heddle will work in concert with Juno Books Editor Paula Guran.
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No further comment for now. I’m just glad I can FINALLY post this. I am not good at keeping secrets.
on 21 Jan 2009 at 9:03 am 1.Tia Nevitt said …
Wow; that’s big news. Huge news! I’ll put up a post about this tonight.
on 21 Jan 2009 at 12:42 pm 2.Chris Howard said …
Awesome news, Paula! Congratulations!
Chris
on 21 Jan 2009 at 2:32 pm 3.Cheryl said …
Way to go, Paula! Congratulations!!!
on 21 Jan 2009 at 2:36 pm 4.Jean Marie said …
Yaaaaayyyyy!
This is fabulous! Fabulous for you, fabulous for the books and fabulous for the industry. Cheers, congratulations and lots of cyber-confetti, Jean Marie
on 21 Jan 2009 at 6:51 pm 5.Christine d'Abo said …
Congratulations to Juno and all the authors!!! This is fantastic news.
on 22 Jan 2009 at 5:05 am 6.Angie said …
How exciting! Thanks for sharing the good news. Will be sure to follow.
on 22 Jan 2009 at 10:29 am 7.Niall said …
Is the deal US-only, or will S&S be publishing Juno titles in the UK as well?
on 22 Jan 2009 at 10:48 am 8.Caridad Pineiro said …
Woo hoo! Saw your books at RT and loved the covers and the stories seemed great. Picked some up and loved them. Congrats.
on 22 Jan 2009 at 12:03 pm 9.Juno Editor/Paula Guran said …
Thanks, everyone. Niall, I would guess that would impinge, at least in part, on what rights a book’s contract grants the publisher.
on 22 Jan 2009 at 5:44 pm 10.Timothy Lantz said …
Congrats Paula!
on 22 Jan 2009 at 7:03 pm 11.Saskia said …
Your hard work and vision have been justly rewarded! I’m delighted to hear this news, Paula. Many congrats!
on 23 Jan 2009 at 2:30 pm 12.Dru Pagliassotti said …
Congratulations! That’s fantastic! Juno Books has really done a great job publishing high-quality books in what’s become a very popular genre, and I’m glad the larger industry has recognized that.
As you work things out, would you keep us posted on whether you’re going entirely to contemporary urban fantasy or still planning to publish any alt-world fantasy?
on 24 Jan 2009 at 12:07 am 13.Mel Odom said …
Congratulations! I just heard about the deal. With all the bad news going around in publishing, it’s nice to know good things are still taking shape.
Mel
on 24 Jan 2009 at 10:27 am 14.Tracy Sharp said …
Wow. This is excellent news. I’ll post about this on my blog as well. Congrats! What a rapid rise this publisher has had! Excellent work!
I look forward to your upcoming releases.
on 24 Jan 2009 at 6:50 pm 15.Karen Duvall said …
Fantastic news! What a great opportunity for everyone. My agent will be contacting you soon!
on 26 Jan 2009 at 5:36 pm 16.FantasyLiterature.net said …
Paula,
Congratulations. We look forward to more great things from Juno!
FantasyLiterature.net
on 26 Jan 2009 at 5:46 pm 17.Juno is now an imprint of Simon Schuster / Pocket Books | FanLit News (The blog for the FantasyLiterature.net website) said …
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