Publishers Weekly

Young booksellers inject their ideals into business models

Leigh Bardugo’s ‘The Familiar,’ a standalone fantasy novel, is the #3 book in the country. Plus Anne Lamott returns with ‘Somehow,’ a meditation on matters of the heart, and Elsie Silver launches a new romance series with ‘Wild Love.’

This year’s winner was nominated for the award an impressive eight times and praised for her encyclopedic knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and diligence.

A life in independent publishing requires moxie, malleability, and, of course, money. Just ask these presses, all of which were founded within the past decade.

After a record-breaking 2023, the publisher of Rebecca Yarros’s blockbusters, 'Fourth Wing' and 'Iron Flame,' looks to keep flying high in 2024.

This year’s top honor goes to a 128-year-old store that is beloved by its community, plays host to vibrant literary events for authors large and small, and serves as an anchor business for the Village of La Jolla, Calif.

An inside look at the publication process for the author’s debut novel.

The bookstore proprietors of today are putting inclusivity first, building communities, and opening up shop in unexpected places.

This spring has come with its fair share of excellent debut novels. Here are three more, for your reading pleasure.

Summit takes ‘McSweeney’s’ publisher Amanda Uhle’s searing family memoir, Delacorte lands Elle Kennedy’s debut YA thriller, and more.

Among the week's headlines: a new report reinforces the value of school libraries; PEN America finds school book bans still surging; and an epic battle over the public library in Superman's hometown of Metropolis (...Illinois).

The heads of the Independent Book Publishers Association, Independent Publishers Caucus, and PubWest share their insights on the challenges and opportunities in independent publishing today.

A trio of new contemporary romance offerings from Black authors beckon readers to settings as far-flung as small-town West Virginia and Panama City.

The heads of the IBPA, IPC, and PubWest share insights on the challenges and opportunities for independent publishing.

The bookstore proprietors of today are putting inclusivity first, building communities, and opening up shop in unexpected places.

Literary Arts, the Oregon nonprofit responsible for the Portland Book Festival, Portland Arts and Lectures, Oregon Book Awards, and other community programming, plans to move into a new headquarters in fall 2024.

The winners of the 36th annual Triangle Awards, which honor the year’s best LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature published in 2023, were honored at a celebration held at the New School in New York City on April 17.

In the past decade, Writer’s Block, which sells new books for both adults and children, has become a literary hub of the Greater Orlando metro area.

The Professional Booksellers School has educated nearly 1,000 booksellers since it was launched in 2021, and has recently rolled out new self-study courses as well as “Bookstore Year One,” a year-long program designed to provide mentorship for new bookstore owners.

Davis, her husband Julius Tennon, and publisher Lavaille Lavette are launching JVL Media, a new publisher and packager focused on diverse and underrepresented voices.