Publishers Weekly

We pay tribute to the authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals we have lost this year.

Sales are up, Christian publishers are positioning for growth, and Pat Boone is still a star crooner and author.

Ben Hyman is enthusiastic about leading the historic Jewish imprint, known for a backlist ranging from Kafka to cookbooks.

Among this week's deals, a look at why women are leaving church, a Muslim and a Christian warn about secularism, and a professor addresses Jewish polarization over the Israel/Hamas war.

Religion publishers' forthcoming books offer pathways to a fresh start after the tough times of 2024.

Helped by increased demand for well-crafted books, U.K.–based Folio reported that sales in fiscal 2024 rose 16%, while profits jumped 137%. The U.S. accounted for over 50% of the company’s sales in the year.

Allessi, who has served as VP and publisher of Hachette Audio since 2022, will step into her elevated role on January 2.

The executive director of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses stepped into the void after the abrupt closure of Small Press Distribution in late March, turning her association into a go-to resource for guidance for hundreds of indie presses.

We count down the top 10 bookselling stories of 2024, featuring tales of activism, advocacy, and acquisition.

Greenberg's new book, 'The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism' explores the evolving nature of God's covenant with humanity, theodicy, and the Jewish vision of a perfected world. PW caught up with Greenberg to talk about the book, and the author’s own spiritual evolution.

The founder and CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing has made no secret of his desire to expand in the U.S., and he succeeded extraordinarily in advancing that aim this year.

Lerner Publishing Group is acquiring Soaring Kite Books, a small press founded in 2020 to publish diverse children's books by emerging voices.

The CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency and president of the Association of American Literary Agents is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry.

Online bookstore Allstora, founded by RuPaul, has partnered with actress and trans activist Dylan Mulvaney and Gus Kenworthy, an Olympic medalist in freestyle skiing, to launch two new book clubs, which will distribute 2,500 banned books to LGBTQ+ organizations across the country.

No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to defend the freedom to read than the Penguin Random House SVP.

In a statement released Friday, the Guild reasserted its position that authors should have control over the licensing of AI rights to their work.

Ingram has undergone tremendous change since it was founded in 1970 as a book wholesaler, becoming a thriving $2 billion operation due to its willingness to embrace new opportunities—and to its chairman, John Ingram, for leading it through such a remarkable transformation.

In just over a decade, Entangled Publishing has gone from scrappy digital-first startup to publishing powerhouse after betting big on the burgeoning categories of romantasy and new adult—due in no small part to the vision and ingenuity of its founder.

The commercial fiction imprint, best known for its romance, is encouraging its editors to branch out under publisher Christine Ball and editor-in-chief Claire Zion.

More than three years after she became a target of abuse from book banners, librarian Martha Hickson found herself standing side by side with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on December 9 as he signed the state’s Freedom to Read Act into law.