Johnny Depp starting publishing imprint, releasing Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie books

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Johnny Depp is getting serious about the book business.

HarperCollins Publishers announced Monday the movie star and musician will help run an imprint that will be a home for “authentic, outspoken and visionary” books.

Depp is starting off big: a compilation of Bob Dylan facts and stories, based in part on exclusive interviews with the songwriter himself. The interviews were done by bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley, who also will help Depp publish a recently discovered novel written by folk musician Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967.

The imprint will share its name with Depp’s production company: Infinitum Nihil, meaning “Nothing is forever.”