Publishers Weekly

Four of the Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3 expressing “deep concern” for the nation’s libraries following a week of unprecedented turmoil orchestrated by the Trump administration at the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border, published by University of California Press, took home the top prize at the Association of American Publishers’ 2025 PROSE Awards.

The paperback arm of Farrar, Straus and Giroux will reissue all 75 novels in Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret series, published between 1931 and 1972, as well as 30 of his standalone psychological novels.

The currently untitled book, by actor and professional wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and journalist Nick Bilton, will chronicle “the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of Hawaii’s most notorious crime syndicate.”

Big sales numbers for Onyx Storm and Sunrise on the Reaping couldn’t offset the impact of last year's early Easter, resulting in a small decline in unit sales of print books in the first quarter of 2025 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan.

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on 90-day administrative leave on March 31. A letter sent to acting director Keith Sonderling three days later by the institute’s 19-member advisory board identified some big questions.

MediaScout, which the Ingram Content Group introduced at last year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, is designed to facilitate book-to-screen adaptations for some 2.5 million titles.

Chris Jackson, publisher and editor-in-chief at the Penguin Random House imprint, has picked up three books by Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry. The first, Shot Ready, hits shelves on September 9.

The nonprofit behind National Novel Writing Month, the annual novel-writing challenge launched in 1999, has announced that it will cease operations due to financial challenges.

BookNet Canada’s latest report on print sales in the country in 2024 found that retail sales fell 1.9% and units slipped 3.7%. Pilkey’s Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder was the top-selling English-language print book in Canada last year.

A longtime leader at Waterbrook & Multnomah, Barker will leave the company effective April 15, with recently hired editorial director Madison Trammel taking oversight of adult fiction and nonfiction editorial at the division.

Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31.

Picture books on God’s love for kids, a guide to Judaism, and devotionals tailored to specific audiences are among the titles involved in recent deals.

McKinstry, who worked as a bookseller at a number of prominent indies in London, Denver, New York City, and Seattle, as well as a communications manager for the American Booksellers Association, died in Seattle on March 8.

French author Marion Brunet is the winner of the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize. The award was announced live from Stockholm on April 1 and broadcast simultaneously at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31.

Two music lovers bring a contemporary spin—and sound—to the Haggadah, the handbook that guides a Passover Seder, with The Rock ‘n’ Roll Haggadah (Simon Element, out now).

These new titles for Pesach give young ones a taste of the holiday’s history and traditions, from tales of adventure to a board book shaped like a Seder plate.

Authors challenge misconceptions about the sacred text and apply biblical perspectives to abortion, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and other contemporary issues in four new works.

Picture books on God’s love for kids, a guide to Judaism, and devotionals tailored to specific audiences are among the titles involved in recent deals.