Publishers Weekly

In response to president-elect Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, Mariel Dawson, VP of marketing at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, posted a pro-Trump graphic on a personal account, raising concerns of bias among Macmillan authors and readers and prompting a response from the company.

Led by digital audiobooks, sales at HarperCollins rose 4% in the quarter ended September 30 over the comparable period a year ago, and profits jumped 25%. 'Hillbilly Elegy' by J.D. Vance sold 1.5 million copies in the quarter.

Fans will love these deep dives into 'Ted Lasso,' Taylor Swift, and 'Gilmore Girls.'

Never shy about expressing his opinions, Shatzkin was a favorite of the publishing media, and on his long-running blog, the 'Shatzkin Files,' he regularly offered his opinions on the state of publishing.

The Texas Book Festival returns to downtown Austin November 16-17, featuring more than 280 authors across some 220 sessions, including Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell.

This year’s report, based on 632 responses to our annual survey, reveals the beginnings of a generational shift in publishing, and continuing unease about AI.

Books by Taylor Jenkins Swift and Travis Baldree return to our lists in new, deluxe editions, and Joseph Nguyen’s self-published hit ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ gets an update and a traditional release. Plus ‘Throne of Secrets’ joins Kerri Maniscalco’s King of Sin series.

Books by Taylor Jenkins Swift and Travis Baldree return to our lists in new, deluxe editions, and Joseph Nguyen’s self-published hit ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ gets an update and a traditional release. Plus ‘Throne of Secrets’ joins Kerri Maniscalco’s King of Sin series.

Urano will publish two English-language books by bestselling Venezuelan author Nacarid Portal, Little, Brown takes a heartbreaking book that weaves a paleoclimatologist’s personal loss with climate change, and more.

Books by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Travis Baldree return to our lists in new, deluxe editions, and Joseph Nguyen’s self-published hit ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ gets an update and a traditional release. Plus ‘Throne of Secrets’ joins Kerri Maniscalco’s King of Sin series.

Supported by new platforms and forums, indie authors today are behind some of the hottest literary trends

Supported by new platforms and forums, indie authors today are behind some of the hottest literary trends.

An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest book.

The division of Hachette Book Group will add two new imprints to its portfolio following the promotion of Lara Heimert to president and publisher: Basic Venture, a new business and economics imprint, and Basic Liberty, a new conservative imprint.

In a letter to members following the 2024 election, American Booksellers Association CEO Allison Hill voiced concerns about the future of the government's lawsuit against Amazon and the possibility of “new unconstitutional legislation and book bans” under a second Trump administration.

The last few years have been difficult for libraries and librarians. And following the 2024 presidential election, the future for the profession just got a lot murkier, according to the customary election night wrap-up from nonpartisan library political action committee EveryLibrary.

The book retailer plans to open 12 new stores in November as part of its goal of opening 60 outlets this year.

Though implementation of the new rules aimed at fighting deforestation has been delayed, speakers at the meeting urged printers and publishers to keep working to ensure that their companies are in compliance when the regulations kick in at the end of 2025.

Following the publication of two articles critical of several titles in the Black Classic Press backlist, the National Book Foundation confirmed that it will move forward with honoring its founder, W. Paul Coates, with its lifetime achievement award at this year’s National Book Awards ceremony.

Is technology a religion, a godlike system promising salvation and threatening of damnation? Yes, says Greg Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, in his new book 'Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation' (MIT, out now).