NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� After having more than a dozen books of her own published, wants to help others do the same.
The Oscar-winning actor and co-host of 鈥淭he View鈥� has launched the imprint WhoopInk, a partnership with Blackstone Publishing that will focus on bringing 鈥渇resh, diverse new talent to the marketplace鈥� and on works spanning across genres. According to Blackstone, Goldberg will be 鈥渋ntimately involved鈥� with the imprint, on everything from cover design to promotion.
At least one WhoopInk author already is well known to Goldberg 鈥� Rick Bleiweiss, a Blackstone executive who signed up Goldberg’s 鈥淏its and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me鈥� for the publisher. Goldberg plans to publish the next novel in Bleiweiss’ 鈥淧ignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives鈥� mystery series and to release some of her own books, including a collaboration with longtime business partner Tom Leonardis and a follow-up to 鈥淏its and Pieces,鈥� a bestselling memoir that comes out in paperback this week.
鈥淚 am personally looking forward to finding new authors, working with established authors, and bringing influential voices into this curated imprint,鈥� Goldberg said in a statement Monday.
Numerous other celebrities have overseen their own imprints in recent years, including and . , and Dua Lipa are among the public figures who have formed their own book clubs.
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