Publishers Weekly

Wiley Sees Light at the End of the Tunnel

3 weeks 1 day ago
Wiley’s ongoing restructuring and streamlining efforts began to bear some fruit in the quarter ended January 31, 2024, prompting the company to raise its earning forecast for the fiscal year ending April 30. CEO Matthew Kissner said that the company expects continued “material performance and profit improvement in fiscal 2025 and 2026."

Three Publishing Veterans Form a New House, Authors Equity

3 weeks 3 days ago
Madeline McIntosh, Nina von Moltke, and Don Weisberg—most recently at Penguin Random House US and Macmillan, respectively—have joined forces to form a new publishing company. As its name implies, the publisher will operate outside of traditional publishing business models.

Obituary: Kate Banks

3 weeks 3 days ago
Prolific children's book author Kate Banks, known for prose praised as lyrical, clever, and graceful, died February 24 in Switzerland, following a long illness; she was 64.

Court Orders Amazon E-book Monopoly Lawsuit to Proceed

3 weeks 4 days ago
A federal judge has held that “monopolization” claims against Amazon can move forward, finding that lawyers for a potential consumer class have plausibly alleged that Amazon’s conduct in the e-book market has led to “reduced competition” and “higher e-book prices."

This Week’s Bestsellers: March 4, 2024

4 weeks ago
Hafsah Faizal whirls onto our children’s fiction list at #8 with the YA vampire fantasy ‘A Tempest of Tea.’ Plus Jennifer L. Armentrout takes readers deeper into the world of her Blood and Ash series, and ‘The Woman in the Window’ author A.J. Finn’s story continues.