Publishers Weekly

'The PLAIN Janes' by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg is the story of teenage misfit artist Jane Beckels, who is forced to leave fictional Metro City—a clear stand-in for New York—after a terrorist attack. She bands together with a group of girls (also named Jane) in her new town to create an anonymous guerilla art collective: People Loving Art In Neighborhoods—The PLAIN Janes. This is an 11-page excerpt.

Joel Christian Gill's new graphic memoir 'Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence' is the story of his arduous triumph over a personal history of violence, bullying and sexual abuse. The book will be published this month by Oni Press.

Jeanine Cummins, the author of 'American Dirt,' a novel about the immigration experience that is both being celebrated and denigrated in media outlets and on social media, spoke to a packed room of bookseller at WI15.

Stan Gundry, publisher of Zondervan Academic with 40 years of experience at the company this year, reflects on the growth of academic publishing as well as his pivotal role within it.

A book on mindfulness for Christians, pastor Craig Groeschel’s take on praying, and a biography of a modern Zionism’s leader are among the religion and spirituality books publishing in February.

Devotionals by Shannon Roberts, Bob Goff, and Sarah Young are among the top five bestselling books on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list, while Francine Rivers’ 29-year-old romance novel ‘Redeeming Love’ takes #2 in Religion Fiction.

Tyndale nabs four books by novelist Lynn Austin; Jennifer Fulwiler returns to Zondervan, and more.

The first book by OprahMag.com’s resident astrologer, Chani Nicholas, has sold over 14,500 print units in its first week on the market, becoming the #7 book in the country overall.

As part of a restructuring of the American subsidiaries of Kodansha, a major Japanese manga and prose publisher, Alvin Lu, formerly general manager of Kodansha Advanced Media, has been named president and CEO of Kodansha USA Publishing.

Ron Shoop, a former sales representative for Penguin Random House in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 20 years, died January 16. He was 74.

The Independent Publishers Caucus advocacy group met in Baltimore yesterday to discuss topics ranging from audiobook sales and HR issues to how they can participate in Bookshop, the new online bookstore.

Harvard Business School professor Ryan Raffaelli gave the keynote speech at Winter Institute 15, identifying the fostering of community as the key to the resurgence in indie bookselling.

Timed to the 211th birthday of namesake Edgar Allan Poe, the Mystery Writers of America has announced its nominees for the 2020 Edgar Awards.

The American Booksellers Association hosted a symposium in Washington, D.C., featuring a quartet of speakers addressing the perils of Amazon’s dominance in online retailing and what might be done to level the playing field.

OR Books cofounder John Oakes is stepping down as copublisher of the left-leaning independent publishing house in May.

ReadTribe, the name of a new venture matching readers with book clubs, has become ReadClubHub, after a controversy erupted over the use of the word 'tribe' for marketing purposes, with some calling it racist.

Novelist Ann Napolitano has the #6 book in the country with ‘Dear Edward,’ January’s Read with Jenna pick. Plus ‘You Were Born for This’ by astrologer Chani Nicholas debuts at #7 in the country, and YA thriller author Karen M. McManus returns with ‘One of Us Is Next.'

Getting on the bestseller list in 2019 wasn't a problem for the year's hottest titles—but staying on it was.

Print Unit Sales Up 2.5% in First Full Week of January

Upping its efforts to become a multichannel publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media is throwing its energy behind big-name franchises and licensing.