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Books on Trial: Eight Freedom to Read Cases to Watch
These legal cases may determine which titles are available in public schools and libraries for years to come.
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How Grassroots Activists Are Fighting for the Right to Read
These 10 advocates uphold the freedom to read on their local turf.
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Librarians Without Borders: PW Talks with Kim A. Snyder
The Librarians, Snyder’s documentary on combating book bans that is already a Sundance festival hit, will tour libraries, campuses, and cinemas across the U.S. and around the globe this fall.
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Book Deals: Week of September 15, 2025
Dina Nayeri brings her next novel to Algonquin, Colleen Hoover and John Grisham announce their next projects, and more in this week’s book deals.
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Former Tattered Cover Co-Owners Launch Publishing Venture
Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, previously the co-owners of Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, have launched Left Field Publishing, a hybrid press specializing in books that cross genres and defy categorization.
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Crossed Hearts Aims to Streamline Webcomic Adaptation
The new publisher, which launches its inaugural list this fall, wants to more efficiently bring print editions of Japanese manga, Korean webcomics, and Asian light novels to English-language markets worldwide.
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Copyright Lawsuit
Authors and publishers hope the agreement will send a signal to AI companies to respect copyright and to pay for the use of copyrighted materials in training their large language models.
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Jonathan Karp’s Five-Year Plan
After five years leading Simon & Schuster, the industry veteran is readying to step down and open his own imprint as speculation swirls over who could be tapped to succeed him. His tenure was successful by any measure, but rarely smooth sailing.
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How ‘Good and Evil’ by Samanta Schweblin Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the National Book Award winner’s latest collection of stories.
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Tiny Reparations Books at 5: PW Talks with Phoebe Robinson
Five years and 40 books into her career as a publisher, the multi-hyphenate actor and comedian remains committed to providing a platform for diverse authors at her imprint at Plume.
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PM Press Acquires Just World Books
The radical publisher, whose authors include Noam Chomsky and Jonathan Lethem, will take over the catalog of the indie press, which focuses on war and peace issues in the Middle East, effective immediately.
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Bucknell University Press to Cease Operations
Since Bucknell provost Wendy F. Sternberg announced plans to shutter the university press next summer, AUPresses has reached out to university officials in the hopes of coming up with “a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press.”
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Consortium President Julie Schaper to Step Down
The long-time president of Minneapolis-based Consortium Book Sales & Distribution will retire in June 2026. Schaper has worked for the company since 1994 and has been at the helm since 2001.
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Pace University’s Publishing Program Emphasizes Adaptability
For four decades, Pace’s MS in publishing program has provided an accessible and affordable pathway into the industry. This year, says director Manuela Soares, students are facing a host of new challenges, from the incursion of AI to a tough job market.
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The 2025 Independent Publishing Issue
I know nobody out there is gasping at that revelation. But when I look back at my past year or so of reading, indie press books occupy a pretty big swath of it, probably more so now than ever. I’m not sure if this would have occurred to me if we weren’t doing this issue; something about working on a project dedicated to what’s new, cool, smart, or just plain weird in the independent publishing world, that sort of puts things in a certain frame.
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Gabriela Baeza Ventura Named Director of Arte Público Press
Baeza Ventura succeeds Arte Público founding director Nicolás Kanellos, who has stepped down after more than three decades at the helm of the press.
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HUP Announces Norton Lectures Centenary Editions
Harvard University Press will reissue five titles from its Charles Eliot Norton Lectures series—including transcribed talks by Jorge Luis Borges and Umberto Eco—in hardcover on September 16, featuring new cover designs and forewords.
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Tentative Agreement Reached in Anthropic Copyright Lawsuit
Attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class action copyright lawsuit against Anthropic have reportedly reached a potential settlement with the AI giant over its use of pirated books to train its large language models.
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Layoffs Hit Bloomsbury US Children’s Division
Bloomsbury US has eliminated five positions in its children’s division as part of what the company called “a strategic shift toward publishing a more curated list.”
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Jonathan Karp to Step Down as S&S CEO to Head New Imprint, Simon Six
After five years at the head of Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp has announced his intention to step down as CEO to launch and lead a new imprint, Simon Six. He will continue to serve in his current position as the company conducts a search for his successor.
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