Sourcebooks and Hearst Magazines Announce Cosmo Reads, A New Publishing Imprint in Partnership with Cosmopolitan

NEW YORK and NAPERVILLE, Ill., October 11, 2024 - Sourcebooks, the fastest growing book publisher in the United States, and Hearst Books are excited to announce Cosmo Reads, a new imprint in collaboration with Cosmopolitan, the world's largest young women's media brand. The new line will focus on inclusive romantic and pop fiction, and has a targeted launch date of summer 2025, aiming to publish four to six titles per year. Operating within Sourcebooks, the Cosmo Reads imprint will merge the success of the woman-founded independent publisher with Cosmopolitan's global platform of informed, culturally progressive, and empowered readers.

Dominique Raccah, publisher and CEO of Sourcebooks, and Jacqueline Deval, vice president of Hearst Books & Hearst Specials, have inked the deal. The collaborative editorial process will be driven by Sourcebooks Editor Kate Roddy with Executive Editor Deb Werksman acquiring, in partnership with Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief Willa Bennett, Editor Tamara Fuentes, and other members of the Cosmopolitan editorial staff.

"This is such a huge opportunity," says Raccah. "Cosmopolitan uniquely reaches an insatiable audience that loves books, creating trends and big conversations! We are going to marry that with our audience-centric approach to publishing books that will excite and ignite those readers. This is a dream partnership."

Promotion strategy for Cosmo Reads will be shared by Sourcebooks and Cosmopolitan. This approach leverages Sourcebooks' audience of avid readers and Cosmopolitan's print and digital reach, which includes a global presence with 21 editions worldwide and a U.S. audience of more than 50 million.

"We are thrilled to launch our new line of Cosmo-branded fiction with Sourcebooks, captivating readers who love the iconic Cosmopolitan brand and are passionate about fiction," says Deval. "This exciting venture will deliver irresistible stories that resonate with the enthusiastic readers in our audiences worldwide."

Sourcebooks is the largest romance publisher and fifth largest publisher of adult fiction in the U.S. year to date 2024, and home to many of this year's #1 New York Times bestselling authors including Freida McFadden, Ana Huang, and Scarlett St. Clair.

Hearst Books, through its Hearst Home and Hearst Home Kids imprints, publishes nonfiction lifestyle titles for both adults and children, including New York Times best sellers, under the Hearst Magazines brands. The imprints are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Separately, Hearst Books extends its global catalog through strategic book licensing partnerships.

About Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks is a thriving entrepreneurial company that brings extraordinary authors to readers in dynamic, data-driven ways. We create books that transcend categories and defy odds, and we have been honored with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards. We are a company of enthusiastic book lovers passionate about connecting books to readers in new and innovative ways. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more.

About Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan is the largest young women's media brand in the world. More than 50 million American women engage with the brand across print, digital, social, video, smart-home devices and retail-store shelves, making Cosmopolitan more relevant than ever. The 2018 ASME Award winner consistently delivers need-to-know news, smart life advice, deeply reported features, and genuinely delightful content to its vast millennial and Gen Z audience, covering the topics they care about - the way they care about them. Cosmopolitan is published by Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst, a leading global, diversified media, information and services company.

Media Contacts:
Cosmopolitan, Jaime Ellyn Marsanico, [email protected]
Pam Jaffee, Sourcebooks, [email protected]

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