Publishers Weekly

Lisa Fields looks at fallen heroes for Multnomah, and WaterBook takes a nine book series from John Mark Comer and the team at Practicing the Way.

A crowd protesting the Giller Foundation’s financial connections with the Israel Defense Forces picketed the gala on November 18, where Michaels was named this year's winner for her novel 'Held.'

Nuanxed is a publishing service that combines the use of AI translation tools with human editing and proofing. The company has produced more than 800 translations and worked with publishers ranging from Blackstone to HarperCollins.

HarperCollins has become the first Big Five publisher to strike an AI licensing deal, which authors and agents appear to be approaching with caution, skepticism, and a measure of hope.

Barnes & Noble acquired Sterling Publishing Co. in 2003, and rebranded it as Union Square in January 2022, at the direction of B&N CEO James Daunt. Emily Meehan will continue to head Union Square, which will become part of HBG's Grand Central Publishing Group.

As of today, subscribers to Amazon Music Unlimited in the U.S., UK, and Canada can now listen to one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog for free.

While many Christmas titles for tots are more jingle bells than Jesus, some publishers are explicit about salvation and the Son of God.

The independent distributor of some 150 publishers will close by the middle of 2025, leaving Independent Publishers Group as the remaining independent distributor of significant size in the United States.

An inside look at the publication process for the scholar and activist’s examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate.

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organized a rally outside the Barnes & Noble flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on November 14 in an effort to push the company into resolving disagreement on wages and reaching a contract with workers by the end of the year.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to sue Penguin Random House and the ‘New York Times’ for $10 billion over allegedly “false and defamatory statements,” according to a letter reviewed by the ‘Columbia Journalism Review.’

Bloomsbury Publishing has restructured its academic division, integrating teams from the recently acquired academic division of Rowman & Littlefield. The reorganization involved some layoffs.

Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance executive director Linda-Marie Barrett announced at the organization's annual meeting that the New Voices New Rooms trade show, held in partnership with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, will head to Atlanta in 2025.

Dallas-based Southern Methodist University's Project Poëtica and Bridwell Press are launching three new lines of poetry projects, each focusing on books by established poets, collaborative projects, and creative or scholarly works on poetics.

The news of the reopened search comes on the one-year anniversary of Leslie Burger taking the helm as interim executive director, on November 15, 2023, and more than a year after executive director Tracie D. Hall abruptly resigned from her position on October 6, 2023.

Editors and agents of color discuss how they advocate for their authors, themselves, and one another.

New books on the list this week include collector’s editions of three previously published YA novels, the first volume of a popular Korean romantasy webnovel, and more.

Lindsay Cronk, Andrea Jamison, and Maria McCauley have been announced as the candidates for the 2026-27 presidency of the American Library Association. Ballot mailing for the ALA election will begin on March 10, 2025.

Red Tower takes prolific romance writer Devney Perry’s spicy new romantasy, S&S lands a memoir by major Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, and more.

North America, especially U.S. airport stores, is becoming a major growth engine for the U.K.-based bookstore chain. Sales in North America rose 9% in fiscal 2024, to £401 million.