Publishers Weekly

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

It’s old home week all over the bestsellers lists, with authors Jeneva Rose, Tahereh Mafi, Ali Novak, and Lyla Sage returning to fan-favorite stories, whether months, years, or more than a decade later.

Miller, who began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency and became a founding member of the Trident Media Group in 2000, died on April 23.

Bertrand, director of Georgetown University Press since 2018 and former associate publishing director at Princeton University Press, died on April 20 following a brief and sudden illness.

Contributions from Union Square & Co., acquired in November, helped first quarter sales at Hachette Book Group rise 8.9% over a year ago. Parent company Lagardère reported that total publishing revenue was €623 million, up 8%.

A coalition of organizations—including the Authors Guild, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and EveryLibrary—has formally opposed Florida House Bill 1539, which would require school districts to remove any book deemed “harmful to minors” within five days of a challenge.

Above the Treeline, the developer of the digital platform Edelweiss, laid off 15% of its Edelweiss workforce last week. The move comes six months after Above the Treeline's acquisition by Montreal-based software company Valsoft Corporation.

Attorneys for Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling and his codefendants have responded to a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees in support of the beleaguered IMLS.

A new report by the Reading Agency, a London-based literacy nonprofit, found that 46% of U.K. adults say they struggle to focus on reading due to distractions around them. Meanwhile, 43% of respondents ages 16-34 say they struggle to finish books they’ve started reading.

Following a decision in late March that reinstated a preliminary injunction against an Iowa law that puts restrictions on what books can be carried by libraries, attorneys for the state are seeking a new appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Ahead of an April 22 Supreme Court hearing, a coalition of publishing parties filed an amicus brief supporting the Montgomery, Md., school district at the center of a lawsuit filed by parents, which claims that instruction involving books with LGBTQ+ themes violates their religious beliefs.

With May 4 looming as the date when Institute of Museum and Library Services staff placed on administrative leave could permanently lose their jobs, two pending lawsuits opposing the executive order to gut the agency moved forward last week.

Scores of books by Francis, as well as about his life and papacy, portray the pope, who died on April 21, as compassionate and controversial, pastoral and provocative.

The winners of the 37th annual Triangle Awards, which honor the year’s best LGBTQ literature published in 2024, were honored at a celebration held at the New School in New York City on April 17.

The coding system was intended to help book-focused businesses categorize their collections. But some indie booksellers say that, as far as their businesses are concerned, BISAC has lost the plot.

A bumper crop of recent books across a wide variety of categories finds inspiration in that sense of community only independent bookstores can bring.

The nominees for this year’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year have much in common: dedication, experience, expertise, a focus on building community through books, and an abiding love of the written word.

FSG pulls in a hot history of the artificial intelligence industry, two major names in music sell two new books, and more in this week’s book deals.

An inside look at the publication process for the International Booker Prize and National Book Award finalist’s latest novel.