News for Authors

Penguin Random House Ships 1 Million+ Books A Day

by Penguin Random House U. S.|February, 2024

The nerve center and heart of Penguin Random House’s gold-standard supply chain, its Operations Centers, had an exciting and enormously productive and collaborative 2023. We collectively shipped more than 430 million books, receiving and shipping more than 11,000 truckloads across thousands of unique ISBNs. Getting books onto the shelves of bookstores around the world and into the hands of readers is what we do best—and we could not have done it without the help and skill sets of our more than 2,600 in-house associates.

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Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2023

January, 2024

As we ring in the new year, it’s a great time to look back on the many successes our talented authors achieved in 2023. We are excited to work closely with many of you in 2024, and to celebrate more coming accomplishments!

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How to Prepare for a School Visit

November, 2023

School visits are a memorable way for students to learn about the power of writing stories. They are helpful for teachers because they support literacy instruction, and they are awesome for authors and illustrators because you can interact with readers. But planning a school visit can be daunting. Focus on preparation and personalization. Kids remember the special stuff that happens at school. Be sparkly!

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Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2021

by Penguin Random House U. S.|January, 2022

As we ring in the new year, it’s a great time to look back on the many successes our talented authors achieved in 2021. We are excited to work closely with many of you in 2022, and to celebrate more coming accomplishments!

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Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2020

by The Author Newsletter Team|January, 2021

Despite the countless challenges we all faced in 2020, Penguin Random House continues to celebrate honors and accolades for our books and authors. Let’s take a moment to look back on the many successes our talented authors achieved. Read more

Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2019

January, 2020

As we ring in the new year (and new decade!), it’s a great time to look back on the many successes our talented authors achieved in 2019. We are excited to work closely with many of you in 2020, and to celebrate more coming accomplishments! Read more

Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2018

by The Author Newsletter Team|January, 2019

As we ring in the new year, we look back on the many successes achieved by our talented authors in 2018. We look forward to working closely with many of you in 2019, and to celebrating more achievements to come! Read more

Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2017

by The Author Newsletter Team|January, 2018

As we ring in the New Year, we look back on the many successes achieved by our talented authors in 2017. We look forward to working closely with many of you in 2018, and to celebrating more achievements to come! Read more

Penguin Random House Publishing Highlights: 2016

by The Author Newsletter Team|January, 2017

As we ring in 2017, we look back on the previous year, which was filled with success for many of our talented authors. We look forward to working closely with many of you in 2017, and to celebrating many more successes! Read more