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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 23
Best Books 2026: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly: The best books of 2026, picked by the editors of Publishers Weekly. Best books in fiction, mystery, romance ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 23
Gebru, a computer scientist and founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, recounts her experience as a Black woman working in tech ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Oct 22
HarperCollins, Netflix Announce Narnia Publishing Program Tied to Greta Gerwig Film
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 21
Two Former Amazon Execs Launch IP Studio: Macguffin Co. plans to develop franchises with the backing of investors and then run beta testing, says Jeff Belle ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 21
St. Martin’s Publishing Group Launches Puzzle Book Imprint: Tytora, which plans to release 24–30 titles per year starting in fall 2027, will be helmed by Nichole ...
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CBR Oct 21
The 5 Best Cozy Horror Books of 2026: Cursed yarn shops, haunted libraries, misguided vampires, and literal corporate Hell tend the warmer side of horror in this ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 20
Motown Memories: PW Talks with Louvain Demps : In ‘One Step Away: My Story of the Andantes, Motown, and the Women Behind the Sound of Young America’ (Harper, Dec ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 20
The audiobook company’s adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel features an A-list cast, Dolby Atmos sound design, and an original choral score ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Oct 19
This Week’s Bestsellers: October 19, 2026: The #1 book in the country is Freida McFadden’s spooky season thriller The Witch. Plus Veronica Roth reimagines her ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 19
When Horror Met Rom-Com: These meet-cutes-to-die-for pair the life-or-death stakes of horror with rom-com’s lighthearted tone and tropes.
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 13
As PW’s editors put together our lists of this year’s gift-worthy titles for adults, teens, and kids, a few common threads emerged ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Oct 09
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: New Layout, Lighter Traffic, and, Of Course, Lots of Deals
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 08
Academic Publishing Veteran Sandy Crooms Dies at 66: The former University of Pittsburgh Press editorial director, who also held roles at the Ohio State ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 08
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: Jill Lepore Urges Publishers to Declare their Independence from Big Tech
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 08
The idea that AI will take all publishing jobs is “rubbish,” said Bloomsbury founder Nigel Newton as part of a panel on the topic during the Frankfurt Book ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Oct 07
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: Hot Commodities: U.S. and U.K. Rights pros and a translator share the Buzziest books and more ahead of this years fair
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 06
Canada’s Valsoft Acquires Firebrand Group: As a result of the deal, the two major digital platforms that distribute ARCs—NetGalley and Edelweiss—will now be ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 05
FOIA for the Win: In search of banned books, Annie’s Foundation deploys the Freedom of Information Act.
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PublishersWeekly.com Oct 01
At People of Publishing, Agents Grapple With the Ethics of Making a Living: At People of Publishing,the business of being a literary agent is changing along with ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 29
Globe Pequot Buys C&T Publishing: The acquisition of one the leading independent publishers of quilting, sewing, and craft books is part of Globe Pequot’s ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 29
Quarto Group Taps IBPA’s Andrea Fleck-Nisbet to Lead U.S. Division: The CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association has been appointed president of Quarto ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 29
Ben Sevier Named HBG CEO as David Shelley Moves Up at Hachette Livre: Among a host of changes, Sevier, currently president and publisher of Grand Central ...
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OpinionPublishing a Book Is Easy. Getting It Noticed Is Much Harder | Opinion: Self-publishing has lowered barriers to entry, but a crowded market means authors face a ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 25
Elsewhere Editions is currently publishing the first North American English-language edition of Argentine creator Quino’s popular yet subversive Mafalda comics ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Sep 25
Ukraine’s Publishing Industry Nears Breaking Point Amid War: Russian airstrikes have destroyed millions of books in Ukrainian warehouses and bookstores ...
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This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly: Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 12, compiled from data from independent and ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 16
Literary agent Mary Evans has died at 74. After working at several publishers early in her career, Evans joined the Virginia Barber Literary Agency before ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Sep 14
How ‘Fair Ones’ by Lydia Millet Got Made: An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest novel.
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 14
InterVarsity Press Names Greg Jao President and Publisher: Jao succeeds Terumi Echols, who retires on October 1, in leading the Christian publishing house as it ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 14
See what we published in this week’s print issue of Publishers Weekly, including our AI in publishing feature and more. Publishers Weekly Digital Library
PublishersWeekly.com Sep 14
This Week’s Bestsellers: September 14, 2026: Rachel Gillig’s gothic romantasy The Knave and the Moon is the #1 book in the country. Plus the much buzzed-about ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 14
Ingram Finds Success in AI Rollout: 15 months on, the new technology is already changing the way the company does business
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 14
Publishing’s AI Reckoning: The industry is learning to live with the disruptive technology, for better and for worse.
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 11
Literary agent Neil Blair has launched High Line Publishing Studio, a new transatlantic publisher focused on books by Jewish and Israeli writers as well as ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Sep 10
After Years of Boom and Bust, Is Manga Finally Here to Stay?: Sales of Asian comics soared in the U.S. during the pandemic, then fell off, and are now up again ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 08
Fred Ciporen, Former Publisher of ‘PW’ and ‘LJ,’ Dies at 87: Under Ciporen, Publishers Weekly shifted its focus from the dealings of publishers to the importance ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 03
U.K.’s SPCK Group Acquires Eerdmans: The two Christian publishing houses announced the sale along with leadership changes, including the retirement of longtime ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 03
Integration Charges, Soft Learning Segment Lead to Declines at Wiley: Costs associated with Wiley’s purchase of Emerald Publishing and weakness in its learning ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 02
PRH Taps Amazon Publisher for Audio Division: Chris Werner, who formerly oversaw Amazon’s audiobooks program, including Brilliance Publishing ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 01
Keeperton Taps Kate Roddy as Senior Acquisitions Editor: Roddy previously helped launch Sourcebooks’ Cosmo Reads imprint, as well as Abrams’s first commercial ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Sep 01
Independent Publishers Caucus Marks a Decade of Advocacy: Since launching in 2016, the organization has grown its ranks and built programs for presses ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 28
Google's new AI tool, Expert Intelligence, lets readers query e-books bought from the Google Play store, along with other features ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Aug 27
Publishing’s ‘Hot Labor Summer’: With a string of recent union victories, book workers are addressing what some see as subpar labor conditions in the industry.
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 26
Indie Booksellers Prepare to Attend Regional Associations’ Trade Shows: Approximately 1,500 booksellers around the U.S. are expected to attend this fall’s ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 25
A New (Shorter) Chapter for Middle Grade: Publishers are hoping to hook new readers with lower page counts and more visual formats.
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Nolan’s film could make The Odyssey the most sought-after book in the US: The nearly 2,700-year-old epic poem is flying off shelves at bookstores and libraries ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 04
U.K. Publishing Veteran Derek Johns Dies at 78: Johns—who over the course of his career was a bookseller, editor, publisher, and literary agent—died on July 25 ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 04
After stepping away from the Brooklyn-based literary imprint of PowerHouse Books last year, Naomi Falk, Chris Molnar, and Nicodemus Nicoludis have launched a ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Aug 03
How ‘Birth of a Culture’ by Grandmaster Flash Got Made: An inside look at the publication process for the hip-hop legend’s latest book
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 03
This Week’s Bestsellers: August 3, 2026: Emily Wilson’s backlist translation of Homer’s Odyssey is the #2 book in the country. Plus Colson Whitehead concludes ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Aug 03
The academic publisher joins Rockefeller University Press and Springer Publishing in working with the AI-licensing platform to make its catalog available to ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Jul 31
AI May Be Making Publishing Easier, But It’s Still Not Easy: At an online summit cohosted by industry platform Publishing Signal, participants agreed that AI is ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 30
S&S CEO Greg Greeley Reviews His First 100 Days: In a wide-ranging interview with Open Road CEO David Steinberger, Greeley discussed some of his operating ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 29
HBG Posts 1.3% Sales Increase in First Half of 2026: Hachette Book Group CEO David Shelley called the company’s performance, which was aided by solid sales of ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 28
Mia’s Cheetah by Amelia Bothe: An interminable car trip becomes a portal to the extraordinary in this lush picture book from Bothe (Ellie Has a Secret), which .. ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 27
New Christianbook Owners Promise Fixes at the Company Are Underway : The troubled online and catalog retailer’s new parent company says it has no debt and is ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 27
Major AALA Ethics Update Allows Agents to Offer Paid Editorial, Publicity Services
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 24
New S&S UK Imprint Targets Self-Published Authors: S&S UK publishing director Victoria Pepe will head up Simon Stream, a digital-focused fiction imprint that ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 23
Oslo’s Only English-Language Bookstore Expands into Publishing: Prismatic Pages founder and expat Indigo Trigg-Hauger says Norwegian publishers rarely publish in ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 22
Publishers Weekly is seeking a Business Editor and Reporter!!
This would include producing both online and print articles focusing on the business side of the ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Jul 21
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has given her final approval to the $1.5 billion settlement in the class action lawsuit brought against Anthropic for engaging in ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Jul 20
Forefront Keeps Pushing Forward: A year after teaming with partners to form the Unified Publishing Group, Forefront's Jonathan Merkh sees a bright future for ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 20
Christian Ward Signs Exclusive Deal with Oni Press for Three New Creator-Owned Comics
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 16
David Walter, the former executive director of client services at Circana BookScan, has announced bookinsights.ai — Business Intelligence for Publishers , a new venture to help publishers interpret and ... Show more
David Walter Launches Book Data Consulting Service
David Walter Launches Book Data Consulting Service
Book Publishers Sue Google Over AI Training, Escalating a Legal Standoff: Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier allege that Gemini was built on pirated books ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 15
“I think jokes are a really fun way to connect with people,” author-illustrator Lian Cho tells PW via Zoom from her home in Taichung, Taiwan ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Jul 14
Don Ellis, Longtime Figure in Bay Area Publishing, Dies at 84: Ellis started the Berkeley-based Creative Arts Books in 1976, publishing such authors as Lawrence ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 13
This past spring, we conducted a critics’ poll on the most essential books published in the U.S. since 1776. The results gave us a clear top 15 ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Jul 09
In honor of America’s 250th birthday, we polled PW’s staffers and freelance reviewers, as well as members of the National Book Critics Circle ... Show more
PublishersWeekly.com Jul 08
IPA Honors Brazilian Publisher Alfredo Weiszflog, AI Firms Shimmr and Ailaysa: The International Publishers Association recognized Weiszflog for his role in ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jul 08
IPA Congress 2026 Ends on an Optimistic Note: In his closing keynote at the International Publishers Association’s biennial conference ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 29
Publishing Pride 2026: Roz Hernandez: The comedian and author of Peeing in an Empty Bottle talks about being inspired by John Waters and the memoirs of trans ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 29
Publishers Are Riding the Red Wave: As American politics have drifted rightward, the Big Five have followed. Now, each has at least one imprint for conservative ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 26
Shona Burns Promoted to SVP at Andrews McMeel: In the newly created role of SVP of publishing operations, Burns, who has been with the company since 2022 ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 26
Beth Conte Appointed VP of Marketing Production at PRH: Conte, who most recently served as director of marketing production for Random House Children’s Books ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 25
Publishing Pride 2026: Andrew Joseph White: The Compound Fracture author worked through his trans identity through writing about monsters ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 25
Publishing Pride 2026: Aiden Thomas: Aiden Thomas reflects on the current landscape of queer publishing, books that made them feel seen ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 24
Publishing Pride 2026: Andrew Sean Greer: The Villa Coco author, who won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Less, reflects on the LGBTQ+ writers ...
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PublishersWeekly.com Jun 24
Union Square, Hello Sunshine’s Sunnie Launch Publishing Program: Through the partnership, the Gen Z–focused arm of Reese Witherspoon’s media and lifestyle brand ...
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