When Penguin Random House announced last week that it had acquired world publication rights to two books by the former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama, the news led to intense speculation within the publishing world. Which of the company’s many imprints would release the books, and who would edit them? Are the Obamas both writing memoirs? And did the company really pay, as The Financial Times reported, some $65 million for the books?

Now at least a few of those details have emerged (though the company has not commented on the $65 million question). On Tuesday, Crown, a Penguin Random House imprint, announced that it will publish the Obamas’ books in the United States and Canada. No additional news about the books’ titles, publication dates and scope were released, and the terms of the deal, which was negotiated by Robert Barnett and Deneen Howell of Williams & Connolly, were not disclosed.

“Crown is honored to continue its publishing relationship with President Obama and Mrs. Obama, both of whom are transformative figures in today’s world,” Maya Mavjee, the president and publisher of Crown Publishing Group, said in a statement. “They will write deeply inspiring and illuminating books that draw upon their rich personal experience and dedicated public service.”

Crown is in many ways a natural publisher for the Obamas. The imprint published Mr. Obama’s best sellers “Dreams From My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope,” as well as “American Grown,” Mrs. Obama’s best-selling 2012 book about the White House kitchen garden.