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Melville House to Crash Paperback Edition of Jack Smith’s Report on Trump
The indie publisher hopes to get ‘The Jack Smith Report: Report on Efforts to Interfere With the Lawful Transfer of Power Following the 2020 Presidential Election by Donald Trump and Others’ into bookstores “shortly after” Trump is inaugurated on Monday, January 20.
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Book Community Offers Mutual Aid, Solidarity During L.A. Fires
Booksellers, publishers, and other literary institutions in Los Angeles and beyond are working to provide material support and share timely information amid ongoing wildfires, power outages, and water rationing.
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Holland's TDM Publishing Launches Nostalgia Series in the U.S.
Dutch publisher TDM Publishing will bring its bestselling My First 18 Years series to the U.S. market in October 2025. The series has sold 900,000 copies worldwide since its debut in Holland in 2022.
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'Joyland' Launches Book Publishing Arm
Online literary journal 'Joyland' has relaunched as Joyland Publishing, an independent nonprofit publisher of fiction. Under the new umbrella are a reimagined 'Joyland' magazine and Joyland Editions, a small press that will put out two novellas a year.
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Print Book Sales Saw a Small Sales Increase in 2024
After two years of declines, unit sales inched up last year.
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How 'Something Rotten' by Andrew Lipstein Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the latest novel from the author of 'The Vegan.'
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Ulysses Press, Spot Gloss Media Form Bluestone Books
The owners of the independent publisher Ulysses Press and the creative content studio Spot Gloss Media have banded together to create Bluestone Books. The new company will release its first titles this summer and plans to do 25-30 books annually.
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Picador to Reissue Trio of Andrea Dworkin Titles
The paperback publisher will reintroduce three of Dworkin's best-known works of radical feminist critique—all out of print for at least two decades—to readers on February 25.
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Wiley Gives Its Trade Program a Shot in the Arm
A year ago, Wiley began increasing its investment in its trade publishing business and acquisitions. Those efforts are now paying off, as title output and sales have both posted solid gains.
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Storehouse Voices, a New Imprint at Crown, Aims to Empower Black Authors
The imprint, a collaboration between the Crown Publishing Group and merchandising company Storehouse In A Box, will include an online platform for prospective authors to share and submit work. Storehouse In A Box president and CEO Tamira Chapman (pictured) will serve as publisher.
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S&S Launches Audio Imprint Simon Maverick, Helmed by Jason Pinter
Simon & Schuster has announced a new audio-first imprint, Simon Maverick, focused on self-published authors. Former Polis Books publisher Jason Pinter is the imprint’s VP and editorial director.
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Jenna Bush Hager Teams with Random House for Joint Venture
The 'Today' show cohost and creator of the Read with Jenna book club has reached an agreement with the Random House Publishing Group through which books signed by Hager will be released by different RHPG imprints, beginning in October. Hager Bush told 'PW' that stepping into the role of publisher "has upped my reading even more."
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Park & Fine, Brower Merge
Park & Fine Literary and Media and Brower Literary & Management have merged to form Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management. Celeste Fine and Kimberly Brower will act as co-CEOs of the new agency, which will represent authors across all genres.
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Behind PW's 2025 Magazine Redesign: Bookish but Not Old
The 'Publishers Weekly' print magazine just got its first complete redesign in 20 years. Here's how it came together.
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How 'Save Me, Stranger' by Erika Krouse Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest story collection.
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Book Deals: Week of January 6, 2025
Reagan Arthur picks up a memoir of solo travel, a pair of French sister-authors sell the story of their famous grandmother to Europa Editions, and more in this week’s book deals.
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The Top 10 Book Business News Stories of 2024
Major contractions in the independent book distribution space, an explosion of artificial intelligence tools and businesses, and turmoil over freedom of expression in multiple sectors defined the book business landscape throughout the year.
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Four Decades of Book Publishing History...in Poetry
Since 1985, literary agent Richard Curtis has irregularly chronicled the state of trade book publishing in verse in the pages of 'Publishers Weekly.' In honor of his final year-end poem, we've republished them all here.
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Ana Maria Allessi Promoted to President, Publisher of Hachette Audio
Allessi, who has served as VP and publisher of Hachette Audio since 2022, will step into her elevated role on January 2.
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Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Soaring Kite Books
Lerner Publishing Group is acquiring Soaring Kite Books, a small press founded in 2020 to publish diverse children's books by emerging voices.
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