Publishers Weekly

Among recent book deals are a Muslim-to-Christian conversion memoir, a book to encourage community building, and titles for tots tied to an animated film about Jesus.

Publishers Association of the West held its final annual conference in New Orleans February 11–13 before it joins forces with the Independent Book Publishers Association this July.

The Christian publishing veteran will oversee the group’s WaterBrook, Multnomah, Image, and Forum imprints.

With two booksellers remaining under house arrest in Jerusalem, a coalition of publishers, booksellers, authors, industry professionals, and activists are marking #BooksellingIsNotACrime Day, on February 22, to raise awareness of their plight.

The new imprint will look to acquire horror content that can work as both books and films. Forthcoming projects include the second novel by Marcus Kliewer, whose debut was acquired by Netflix, with Blake Lively set to star and produce.

The Publishers Cooperative aims at leveraging collective buying power and sharing resources. Founding members include AdventureKEEN, C&T Publishing, Gibbs-Smith, Mango Publishing, Mixed Media Resources, Mountaineers Books, Schiffer Publishing, and Ulysses Press.

Former Boom! executives Megan Christopher, Allyson Gronowtiz, and Elyse Raimo have been named to top spots at Oni, among other hires and promotions at a time when some competitors in the comics space are downsizing their workforces.

A new book about the history of women-led small presses shows that women have long been—and still are—at the forefront of the business.

A big-name picture book adaptation of a classic Grimm fairy tale goes to HarperCollins, Margaret Atwood brings a memoir to Doubleday, Sourcebooks picks up the memoir of the daughter of Gisele Pelicot, and more in this week’s book deals.

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

Ali Hazelwood tops our trade paperback list with ‘Deep End,’ a kinky, character-driven new adult romance. Plus TJ Klune reintroduces fans to ‘The Bones Beneath My Skin,’ and Rick Steves and the Points Guy hit the road (but not together).

Chris Gruener and Keith Riegert have launched Stable Book Group. The company brings together four extant independent publishers—She Writes Press, Trafalgar Square Books, Ulysses Press, and VeloPress—with the newly established Galpón Press and Mountain Gazette Books.

Sales at HBG rose 7% last year, marking the strongest performance among Lagardère’s worldwide publishing businesses. The Paris-based publishing giant posted total sales of €2.87 billion, a 2.2% increase over 2023, while profits jumped 35%.

Bay Area indie company Books Inc., which filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, launched a one-month, $100,000 fundraising campaign to support its nonprofit wing, Reading Bridge.

The imprint is a reincarnation of Da Capo Press, the longtime music imprint acquired as part of Hachette Book Group’s 2016 acquisition of the Perseus Book Group. Brant Rumble and Ben Schafer will lead the imprint, which aims to release 12 books a year.

With his Black Privilege Publishing imprint at Atria Books celebrating its fifth anniversary, the radio host and bestselling author talked with PW about his longtime love of reading and what's next for the imprint.

Publishers and comics shops continue to scramble to shift to other distributors and brace themselves for lost income following Diamond Comic Distributors’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in January. Meanwhile, the entire comics business is asking itself: What now?

Spotify has partnered with the Black List and the Jed Foundation on the Spotify x JED Impact Award, a program that will award five $10,000 grants to authors of unpublished manuscripts featuring mental health narratives.

Purple Mountain Press, which has published local and regional books about the natural and cultural history of upstate New York since 1973, is now under the ownership of four locals seeking to revitalize the indie publisher.

Oprah’s Book Club selects an introspective drama set in near-future Montana, Reese's Book Club picks Allegra Goodman's latest novel, and more.