Deals
PRH buys the latest from Israeli global bestseller Yuval Noah Harari, Karen Tei Yamashita sells a book about Japanese American identity to Graywolf, and more.
Penguin Random House global CEO Nihar Malaviya has announced the acquisition of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari, author of the 2013 global blockbuster Sapiens. Harari negotiated the deal directly through his organization, Sapienship. Random House will publish in the U.S., with Andy Ward editing. PRH will also publish in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, the U.K., and Latin America. The publisher said the book explores how “the flow of information has made, and unmade, our world” from “the Stone Age, through the Bible, to early modern witch hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today.” Nexus is set for a September publication.