Hearst said Tuesday it will flip its recently acquired Rodale book division to Penguin Random House.
The deal puts under one publisher Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth,” Rodale’s 2006 book, and Penguin’s Tom Clancy, Anne Rice and Dean Koontz franchises.
Also included is the current Rodale best-seller, “Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck,” and about 100 other front-list titles as well as 2,000 back-list titles including Jessica Alba’s “The Honest Life” and “The South Beach Diet.”
But sources say they don’t expect any of the remaining 20 or so book people to be making the move, which means Editorial Director Jennifer Levesque and Publisher Gail Gonzales may be job hunting. Neither could be reached for comment.
Leave a Reply