Publishers Weekly

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.

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and the Jed Foundation on the Spotify x JED Impact Award, a program that will award five $10,000 grants to authors of unpublished manuscripts featuring mental health narratives.

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?

Industry organizations and publishers are condemning the detention of two Palestinian booksellers by Israeli police, who raided the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem on February 9, seizing books that they alleged incited terrorism. The booksellers were confined to house arrest this morning.

The new crime fiction imprint, led by senior editor Joe Brosnan, will release its first books this fall. It aims to publish 18-24 titles each year by a mix of established authors and new voices.

The Association of American Publishers, under the auspices of the International Publishers Association, is among 38 international organizations that have released a joint statement calling for oversight and regulation of artificial intelligence development, especially in regard to respect for copyright and IP.

Following a large increase in 2023, Parable's annual survey of 200 Christian retail outlets found 2024 sales fell 1% from the previous year. On the book side, bible sales rose 1% in the year, and sales of devotionals rose 2%.

L.A. indie publisher Unnamed Press has started a poetry line devoted to “collaborative cross-media projects,” and its first releases include books by musician Emma Ruth Rundle and translator Alana Marie Levinson-Labrosse.

A successful holiday season, which included a 30% increase in sales of Kindle devices, led to a record 2024 at Amazon. Revenue hit $638 billion and operating income soared 86%, to $68.6 billion. The company made an extra $1.5 billion in sales on Leap Day alone.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Brandeis University Press will publish 'Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes' by former PW bookselling editor Judith Rosen, which profiles 24 couples who proposed, or held their weddings, at independent bookstores.

An inside look at the publication process for the author and rare book dealer’s latest work of nonfiction.

The forecast for Denver includes a wintry mix of children’s and YA creators, with a flurry of picture books, middle grade reads, and teen novels.

This year’s authors range from debut stars to award-winning industry regulars, writing books in a range of categories and all certain to fly off bookstore shelves.

New bookstores are thriving alongside beloved older stores.

BIPOC booksellers will gather before WI2025 for education and networking opportunities.

ABA celebrates its 125th year as booksellers prepare to convene February 23–26 in Denver for the 20th Winter Institute.

Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller, ‘The Crash,’ tops our trade paperback list. Plus Neko Case plays confessor, brings the flood of emotions in her new memoir, and MSNBC host Chris Hayes sounds the alarm against ‘The Sirens’ Call.’

The Big Five publishers held their usual tight grip on hardcover bestsellers in 2024, with one publisher taking a notable leap forward.

Community outreach is a cornerstone of independent bookselling, but it doesn’t come cheap. Emerson Collective is helping bookstores find better ways to fund it.

Claudia Rankine returns to Graywolf with her genre-busting latest, the creator of a popular animated short takes three graphic novels to Oni, and more in this week’s book deals.