Jim Milliot

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Katharine Trowbridge, who oversaw the U.K.-based Titan Publishing Group’s U.S. publicity effort for 18 years, died on June 28. She was 68. Known professionally as Katharine T. Carroll, Trowbridge began her publicity career with Time Inc. in 1980, spending a decade working across campaigns with Time, Life, People, and Entertainment Weekly.

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... After a long struggle, Barnes & Noble Education has posted an annual profit. Last week, the college bookstore company announced its preliminary results for the fiscal year ended May 2, 2026, and reported that it expects net income to be between $15 million and $18 million, compared to a net loss of $65.8 million in the previous fiscal year.

Simon & Schuster will relaunch its Pocket Books imprint, tapping Anh Schluep as VP, editorial director, and deputy publisher, per an announcement from Jennifer Bergstrom, EVP and publisher of S&S’s Gallery Books imprint. Schluep moves to Pocket from Amazon Publishing, where she was associate publisher of the Montlake, Skyscape, and 47 North imprints, publishing such rising stars as Colleen Hoover, Devney Perry, Jeneva Rose, and Rebecca Yarros.