Publishers Weekly

World of Books, a major U.K.–based e-tailer of new and used books with $200 million in annual sales worldwide, has consolidated its U.S. businesses and relaunched its website in the hopes of growing the U.S. into its largest territory within three years.

Beacon Press, founded in 1854, will celebrate its 175th anniversary with a Beacon Classics collection of 60 backlist titles.

Over the course of his first year as joint CEO of Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, Shelley has shaken things up at the Big Five publisher—and the company’s latest sales report proves it.

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales continues Heather Fawcett’s fae-bulous fantasy series set in an alternate early 20th century while Scythe & Sparrow, which rounds out Brynne Weaver’s Ruinous Love trilogy, swoops to the top of our trade paperback list.

Feel-good fiction and self-help nonfiction remain center stage going into the first major rights fair of the year.

The first major rights fair of the year has expanded its programming (and its meeting space) for its March 11–13 run.

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

Summit preempts a debut across four territories, Norton and Graywolf pick up an African epic and Latinx poetry anthology, respectively, and more in this week’s book deals.

Thursday’s top sessions include multiple discussions on encouraging the next generation of publishers, deep dives into AI and sustainability, and more.

Wednesday’s top sessions include conversations on the process of bringing books to screen, the current state of literature in Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, and more.

Tuesday’s top sessions include a keynote address on current business models and future prospects in academic and professional publishing, a conversation between Hachette’s David Shelley and Barnes & Noble’s James Daunt, and more.

Using its I Love Libraries website as a platform, the ALA has launched a public supporter program intended to generate donations and keep library patrons apprised of the organization’s advocacy work and grants.

House File 274 would repeal a section of the Iowa Code that addresses obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions, while Senate File 347 proposes steep fines for sharing allegedly obscene work with minors. American Library Association president-elect Sam Helmick called the legislative pairing “a parfait of awful.”

In recognition of Black History Month, we have gathered a selection of books by Black authors and about Black lives that were published this February and reviewed in PW.

The Booker-shortlisted novelist praises compassion in the work of William Maxwell and the Pulitzer finalist discusses the peerless artistic commitment of Franz Kafka.

PW talks with Rev. Malcolm Foley about how greed is at the heart of racism in 'The Anti-Greed Gospel: Exposing Greed as the True Root of Racism.'

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

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.

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.

The Theological Book Network ships millions of religious studies texts to scholars whose libraries can't afford costly but essential books.