Publishers Weekly

Spotify Wrapped dropped on December 4, giving subscribers an annual recap of their year in popular culture and providing new tools for tracking listening tastes.

Many writers are open to having their works used to train AI models, provided that they give permission and receive fair compensation and credit, according to a survey of 13,574 members of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society in the U.K.

Effective January 1, Penguin Random House will raise its entry-level salary to $51,000, from $48,000, as well as base salaries across seven other employment levels.

HarperPop “will partner with high-profile brands and personalities to craft unique books for their fans and communities” under a new imprint to be overseen by executives from HarperCollins Children's Books and Morrow’s Dey Street Books imprint.

The bimonthly magazine, which covers and reviews audiobooks, has named its best audiobooks of the year across nine categories.

Yolanda Pierce, a scholar on Black religion, tells PW her new book, ‘The Wounds are the Witness,’ explores how learning about the legacy of harms of slavery and the Jim Crow era can pave a way to a more joyful and just future.

The American Academy of Religion celebrated former AAR president Plaskow's trailblazing scholarship including her 1990 monograph 'Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective,' and presented awards to authors for excellence in the study of religion, history and the arts.

The host of the Faith Adjacent podcast and author of the popular “The Swipe Up” newsletter is now putting it all out there in book form with 'I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God,' publishing in February (Baker Books).

A new picture book, a pair of novels, and two titles by a mental health expert, and more are among this week’s deals.

The annual award, given by Barcelona-based publisher Editorial Anagrama, was shared by two authors this year—Xita Rubert (l.) and Cynthia Rimsky—for only the second time in its history.

The Strand Union resumed contract negotiations with the management at Strand Book Store in New York City on November 27, calling off a planned Black Friday strike. Bargaining is set to continue on December 4.

Bloxson, who was named SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK in April, will now also lead talent development, recruitment, retention, training, office culture, and business processes at HBG while continuing to spearhead DEI efforts.

The film distributor, production company, and streaming service will launch a publishing arm, Mubi Editions, next April, focusing on titles on cinema and the arts.

An inside look at the publication process for the author’s follow-up to ‘Don’t Cry For Me.’

Putnam signs a time-bending new novel by bestselling writing duo—and real-life couple—Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, Crown takes YA author Kelly McWilliams’s adult debut, and more.

After a remarkable half-century, two Twin Cities literary fixtures are focusing on their next 50 years.

This year, established manga publishers jostled on the shelves with prestige graphic novel publishers, prose publishers venturing into comics, and more. The result was a great year for manga. Here are 10 titles you shouldn’t miss.

The annual joint meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion was a forum for hot-button issues and a weekend of opportunities for academic religion publishers.

Edited by Budjette Tan and Charis Loke, ‘Sound: A Comics Anthology’ uses the broad theme of sound as a platform to showcase an appealing and diverse group of South Asian comics creators. An 11-page excerpt.

The 7% increase in the first nine months of 2024 came despite a modest 2.4% increase in September at the publishers who report to AAP's StatShot program. Strong showings in the religion and adult fiction categories drove the nine-month gains.