New York– Having published more than a dozen of his own books, Whoopi Goldberg Wants to help others do the same.
The Oscar-winning actor and co-host of “The View” has launched imprint WhoopInk, a partnership with Blackstone Publishing that will focus on “bringing fresh, diverse new talent to the market” and works that span across genres. According to Blackstone, Goldberg will be “intimately involved” with the imprint on everything from cover design to promotion.
At least one WhoopInk writer already knows Goldberg well — Rick Bleiweis, a Blackstone executive who signed Goldberg’s “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me” for the publisher. Goldberg plans to publish the next novel in Bleiweis’s “Pignon Scorpion”. & The Barbershop Detectives’ mystery series and is about to release a few books of her own, including a follow-up to “Bits and Pieces,” a bestselling memoir that comes out in paperback this week.
“I am personally looking forward to discovering new writers, working with established writers, and bringing influential voices to this curated imprint,” Goldberg said in a statement on Monday.
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