Publishers Weekly

Tiny Reparations Books signs two by National Book Award nominee LaToya Watkins, Tia Williams reups with Grand Central, and more.

Among the week's headlines: The American Library Association announces five new "Core Values" for librarianship; a candidate for Missouri secretary of state campaigns by burning library books with a flamethrower; and OCLC is suing a shadow archive site.

Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired Hawkins's next thriller, 'The Blue Hour,' which is slated for this fall. Her previous books, including the 2015 novel 'The Girl on the Train,' were published by Riverhead.

Chi, chairman of Elsevier and director of corporate affairs for the RELX Group, has served on the AAP board since 2007, and previously served as its chair from 2016 to 2017.

Arcadia's purchase of the Cleveland-based house gives the publisher of books about local history and interest a larger footprint in the Midwest. Belt founder Anne Trubek will continue to head the publisher.

A 29% increase in sales of digital audio, coupled with lower costs, resulted in a 67% increase in profits at the publisher in the quarter ended December 31, 2023, over the comparable period a year ago. Total sales were up 4%.

Three Black women novelists make their debut with tales of inheritance, friendship, and alternate futures.

These new books center the efforts of Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, and Hubert Humphrey to better the lives of the underprivileged and underrepresented.

Barnes & Noble and Jenna Bush Hager pick Kiley Reid's sophomore novel, 'Good Morning America' and 'Nerdette' spotlight Dolly Alderton's latest, and more of this month's selections from the nation's biggest book clubs.

Two writers known for their bold explorations of personal experience on two of the authors that have shaped their work.

The Cartoon Network series 'The Powerpuff Girls' is in the midst of a year-long 25th-anniversary celebration, and Random House Children's Books is bringing three new titles to the party.

Read on for news about Simon Spotlight's tie-in titles for 'Not Quite Narwhal,' HarperCollins's first title for VeeFriends, Dark Horse's new Ghostbusters series, TV and licensing plans for Judy Moody, and more.

The illustrated book publisher will launch a new series of small-format titles, gift program, and book design prize, alongside unique branding, to commemorate its 75th anniversary.

A February 7 group reading at City Lights Books amplified the voice of Gazan poet Mosab Abu Toha and benefited the Middle East Children's Alliance.

The biggest independent book distributor in the U.S. sees opportunities in 2024 both here and in the U.K., where it has finally stabilized the United International Distribution business it bought in 2021—and where a 2023 change in Amazon's sourcing requirements has left a hole CEO Joe Matthews says he hopes IPG can fill.

Annoreno, who has been with Penguin Random House for more than 35 years and oversaw the company's Westminster, Md.–based distribution operation, will retire on October 1, with Tina Ruppert tapped to succeed him.

Melville has served as president and publisher of the company's publishing division for the better part of the past two decades, where she has overseen a period of significant growth.

A Yale psychiatrist's new book argues that God guided evolution and that the urge to form relationships with each other and a higher power is genetically encoded.

Lucy Yu, owner of the New York City bookstore that shuttered its Mulberry Street location last summer after a devastating fire, spoke with PW about the past year, crowdfunfing, and the importance of community in bookselling.

IVP lands Natasha Smith’s book of hope and healing for the grieving Black woman; Our Daily Bread signs Bible study expert Mariel Davenport to a three-book deal; and more.