Publishers Weekly

The Amazon Literary Partnership has awarded $1 million in support to 66 literary nonprofits, in addition to awarding grants of $120,000 each to the Academy of American Poets and to the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines.

With a bookstore about to open in New York City's Greenwich Village and a fifth store slated to open next year at the upscale Brookfield Place mall, also in New York City, and another three or four in the works for 2020, Shakespeare & Co. is looking to create a "constellation" of bookstores with cafes and book machines.

Books from religion publishers help those caring for spouses or parents who are ill.

S&S lays down six figures for a YA debut, Dutton buys four new titles, Abrams goes for a graphic depiction of Guantanamo, and more in this week's notable book deals.

Since its launch in 2009, Amazon’s publishing group has developed a backlist of 10,000 titles, and 40 of its authors have reached more than one million readers each.

Unit sales of print books rose 3% for the week ended May 11, 2019, over the comparable week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.

PEN World Voices marks 15 years of hosting literary events with a human rights focus.

Among the week's headlines: Richard Ford is honored by the Library of Congress; Sari Feldman reflects on her career; and the 'random' things you can borrow from a public library.

Melville House’s mass market paperback edition of 'The Mueller Report' sold 13,538 copies in its first week on sale at outlets that report to NPD BookScan, easily making it BookScan’s top-selling mass market paperback last week.

11 hot summer romance novels, picked by Christina Lauren.

This week: a scientist’s race to save her husband from a deadly superbug, plus a shiver-inducing Icelandic thriller.

The World's Only Curious George store has been sold to Astra Titus, a consultant working with the store on a partnership with Reach Out and Read.

D.A.P. has enlisted a wide variety of new partners and representatives to expand its sales and distribution program across the world and extend its global reach.

Simon & Schuster has become the latest publisher to create a new ordering program for independent booksellers following the decision by Baker & Taylor to exit the retail wholesale business.

Books imported from China face a possible 25% tariff if a new round of tariffs proposed by the Trump administration is enacted. A publisher called the potential for such a tariff "a frightening prospect."

Written by Ezra Claytan Daniels ('Upgrade Soul') and drawn by Ben Passmore ('Your Black Friend'), 'BTTM FDRS' is a savvy, albeit grisly, comic urban monster story for the social media generation. This is a 10-page excerpt from 'BTTM FDRS' which will be published in June by Fantagraphics.

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, an international show of indie comics and graphic novels, was held May 11 and 12 at the Toronto Reference Library, and honored acclaimed manga artists Junji Ito and Hiromi Takashima; PW also interviewed Oni Press publisher James Lucas Jones about the recent merger with Lion Forge.

Street Noise Books, a new independent publishing house specializing in graphic memoir and illustrated nonfiction for young adults, will publish its first list in January 2020.

For the sixth year running, author James Patterson has renewed his Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program, pledging $250,000 to be distributed in denominations of $500 to 500 independent booksellers and bookstores.

Henry Holt will publish 'Siege: Trump Under Fire' on June 4.