Publishers Weekly

Berkley takes Libby Page’s bookish love story, Pam Dorman Books takes a new entry in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, and more.

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial has promoted Larry Downs to VP and publisher of its religious division, which has seen significant growth in sales of Bibles and related titles in the U.S. and Latin America.

More than three years after she became a target of abuse from book banners, librarian Martha Hickson found herself standing side by side with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on December 9 as he signed the state’s Freedom to Read Act into law.

The Strand Book Store reached a contract agreement with its staff union on December 10, putting an end to a strike that stretched through the better part of three days. The contract, which was ratified on December 12, secures an additional $0.50 an hour above minimum wage for base level pay, among other changes.

Atwell, who joined Feminist Press at CUNY in early 2022, will depart in February. The press's board of directors has begun a nationwide search for her replacement.

The new program, Sourcebooks Audio, produced in partnership with Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, aims to put out more than 40 titles next year.

Rose (a.k.a. Melisse Shapiro), an early advocate for self-publishing as well a bestselling author and book marketer, died unexpectedly on December 10.

For the second year in a row, the top spot on our annual graphic novel critics poll is shared by two titles which, while distinctive in style, share remarkably similar themes, delving into the inheritance of trauma across generations and the fraught dynamics of mothers and daughters.

The independent comics festival, which runs December 14-15 this year, returns live and in-person to the City of Angels for the first time since 2019.

Another big year in the comics business saw traditional book publishers continue to increase their investment in the medium as publishers of all shapes and sizes doubled down on manga and webcomics in print.

Johnson, who served nearly half a century as president of Bethany House Publishers, is widely credited with helping establish Christian fiction as a powerful publishing category.

Penguin Random House will distribute all titles published by Boom! Studios, which it acquired this August, starting next July, taking over distribution to the bookstore trade from Simon & Schuster and to the direct market from Diamond Comic Distributors.

Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a December 10 media conference, adding that the company is looking into how it might use various AI-driven products to enhance its business.

Sourcebooks is moving more directly into international markets with its fast-growing Bloom Books, launching imprints in multiple international markets to publish translations of the imprint’s romance titles by entrepreneurial authors.

The CEO, who took the reins at Abrams two years ago, has amped up digital marketing initiatives at the publisher while doubling down on publishing into such trends as books-as-objects and manga.

The cartoonist and filmmaker’s first graphic novel in more than a decade is a dazzling post-apocalyptic sci-fi epic.

We asked booksellers to share the titles that have become their holiday highlights, from seasonal picture books to middle grade and YA favorites, and more.

Rebellion Developments began life as a video game production studio, but over the past 25 years, it has become a force in the U.K. publishing industry, developing robust businesses around valuable IPs including Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper.

Constantinou, a longtime leader in library innovation, has been appointed as the new executive director of the Whiting Foundation.

A sales increase in its First Day program and more cost cuts led to net income doubling at Barnes & Noble Education in the quarter ended in October 2024.