Publishers Weekly

Mint, who was one of Canadian publishing’s best known and colorful figures during his career, died on January 25 following a nearly decade-long battle with dementia.

Granta Trust is launching a new publishing imprint, Granta Magazine Editions, which will put out books by authors previously published by the magazine. The inaugural list includes two translations from German and one from Chinese.

As fans snap up copies of ‘Onyx Storm,’ the #1 (and #2) book in the country, author Rebecca Yarros is regrouping, swiftly. Plus Han Kang’s first novel since her Nobel Prize win, ‘We Do Not Part,’ debuts on our list, and Aurora Ascher has sympathy for the devil.

An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s YA historical mystery.

New books from Mitch Albom, Dan Brown, and Lee Child get set for fall, Norton lands an investigative journalist’s long look at TikTok, and more in this week’s book deals.

In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.

We talked with the Riverhead editor-at-large—who is also on staff at the 'New Yorker'—about the challenges and rewards of bringing Chinese literature in translation to market.

Rucci has been named publisher of Scribner, effective February 24, succeeding Nan Graham, who will remain with the imprint in a new, as-yet-unnamed acquiring editorial role.

The third volume in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series sold nearly 1.1 million copies of the deluxe edition and another 178,000 copies of the standard hardcover.

The new certification, intended to counteract the proliferation of AI-generated books in online marketplaces, involves a public database for authors and publishers to register their books as having been penned by humans and not AI.

Independent bookstores in more than 30 cities across six continents will participate in the first synchronized Global Bookstore Crawl on April 26, coinciding with Independent Bookstore Day in the U.S.

Shapiro, IP children's editorial group manager at Sourcebooks and founding editorial director of the company's Wonderland imprint, died unexpectedly of undisclosed causes this past weekend. The company's top executives paid tribute to her on Wednesday.

On a frigid evening earlier this month, affection and appreciation warmed a children’s bookshop in the Western Massachusetts village of Florence, where 30 local children’s book creators came together to fete High Five Books' owner Lexi Walters Wright.

Citing public funding difficulties and marketplace challenges, the British Columbia independent publisher is winding down operations at its Vancouver office.

This artfully fictionalized graphic history is based on the true story of a groundbreaking educator and a courageous class of Black girls 30 years before the Civil War. A ten-page excerpt.

An order to freeze all federal loans, grants, and other financial assistance has been rescinded for now, but the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and other agencies are preparing for potential cuts to their funding.

The imprint is the fruit of a partnership with the Simons Foundation, where it is an editorially independent subsidiary led by publisher Thomas Lin, founding editor of Pulitzer Prize–winning ‘Quanta Magazine.’

The ISBN services company has rejoined the ISNI International Agency, which provides tools meant to ensure accurate attribution for authors’ and other creatives’ works across the supply chain.

As Los Angeles first responders brought wildfires under control last week, those in literary circles persevered in delivering mutual aid and contributing to fundraisers.

The multitalented cartoonist and writer, known for a caustic wit that earned him an Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and a place in the Comic Book Hall of Fame, died on January 17, just shy of his 96th birthday.