Publishers Weekly

At the 29th annual Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association and held in Los Angeles on March 4, winners across 27 categories were announced. The night's biggest honor, Audiobook of the Year, went to 'Surrender,' written and narrated by Bono.

Books-A-Million has expanded its same-day delivery services to its entire national chain, which comprises 231 stores across 32 states, with Walmart providing the logistics through its GoLocal delivery service platform.

Singh, an agent at Ayesha Pande Literary and the former editorial director at Other Press, has worn many hats in her 30-year career in publishing. Now, at the helm of the Anjali Singh Agency, she's starting yet another professional chapter.

Allstora, an e-commerce platform with a wholesale membership model, promises to split profits with authors and offer books at steep discounts.

About 200 friends attended a memorial service on Thursday evening at New York’s Metropolitan Club to celebrate the memory of the influential publisher and noted opera buff, who died last October.

Among the week's headlines: Georgia moves a step closer to banning the ALA; a library e-book bill is back in Connecticut; and librarian TikTok star Mychal Threets, who went viral for sharing 'library joy,' has left his job.

Spotify has added a new option that gives users 15 hours to listen to audiobooks for $9.99—a dollar less than a Premium subscription, which offers the same 15 hours per month, plus ad-free music, for $10.99.

We take a look at the publication process for the ‘Cultish’ author’s latest book.

Hafsah Faizal whirls onto our children’s fiction list at #8 with the YA vampire fantasy ‘A Tempest of Tea.’ Plus Jennifer L. Armentrout takes readers deeper into the world of her Blood and Ash series, and ‘The Woman in the Window’ author A.J. Finn’s story continues.

Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner signs a five-book deal with William Morrow, Amistad takes a book about a true American power couple, and more.

Summit publisher Judy Clain’s inaugural acquisition, a debut novel titled ‘Great Black Hope’ by Rob Franklin, bodes well for the storied imprint’s relaunch. Clain, previously editor-in-chief of Little, Brown, called Franklin “the writer we dreamed of publishing” at Summit.

Rebecca Rego Barry, author of 'The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells,' on researching the prolific mystery author—whose name, which once regularly graced the pages of the 'New York Times' and this very magazine, has been all but forgotten.

This week, four authors of acclaimed debut novels—Xochitl Gonzalez, Rachel Lyon, Lucas Rijneveld, and Adelle Waldman—return for their sophomore efforts.

Four new books out this week zero in on various aspects of American life that women quietly helped pioneer, from fashion photography and spycraft to car culture and crosswords.

Portland, Ore.’s Microcosm Publishing is rolling out WorkingLit, a cloud-based system intended to help small independent publishers streamline their product databases, manage orders, complete accounting and invoicing tasks, and calculate royalties.

The biennial Novel Prize comes with a $10,000 purse and simultaneous publication in North America, by New Directions; the U.K. and Ireland, by Fitzcarraldo; and Australia and New Zealand, by Giramondo. In a twist, this year, the three publishers crowned two winners.

Atria Books will launch a new imprint, Primero Sueño Press, dedicated to publishing Latinx/Latine/Hispanic authors in both English and Spanish. Michelle Herrera Mulligan, v-p and associate publisher at Atria, will lead the imprint.

Revenue at Hachette’s U.S. division fell 6.8% last year and was the weakest performer in Lagardère's publishing group, where total sales increased 2.2%, to €2.81 billion, and profits slipped by €1 million, to €301 million.

Updated terms of service for Spotifiy's indie author audiobook distribution platform Findaway Voices appeared to give Spotify broad powers to reuse content. An outcry forced a revision of terms, but clarification is still needed, say authors and affiliates.

The third edition of the survey found the industry to be slightly more diverse in terms of its racial and gender makeup than it was four years ago.