Publishers Weekly

The authors of the 2005 picture book ‘And Tango Makes Three’ argue that the book’s removal from school library shelves is rooted in unconstitutional, anti-LGBTQ+ “viewpoint discrimination.” County officials insist that it is “government speech.”

Spotify for Authors, an analytics and promotion platform for the company's audiobook division, will offer demographic data about listeners, author profile pages, and redemption codes for reviewers, among other features.

Tregarthen spent more than 29 years as Disney Publishing, where she was known for her leadership skills and creative Disney-themed Halloween costumes. She also held production roles at Paragon House and Watson Guptill. She died of cancer on October 31.

After word spread that Costco was planning to sell books in only the final three months of each year beginning in 2025, various sources now say the mass merchandiser has committed to keeping bookstore sections year-round in 100 of its more than 600 locations.

Despite ongoing consolidation in the global book market, PW’s annual ranking of the world’s largest publishers has seen little change since last year, including in the top slot.

An inside look at the publication process for the author’s second novel.

Martha Stewart’s 100th book, ‘Martha: The Cookbook,’ is #1 on our hardcover nonfiction list and #5 in the country. Plus Fox News personality and secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth returns to our lists, and tie-ins to the movie musical adaptation of ‘Wicked’ prove popular.

Hogarth signs a debut novel by Woody Brown, the first nonspeaking graduate of UCLA, and Atria takes a steamy sports romance trilogy by Melanie Iglesias Perez.

Ever since Plaskow' trailblazing monograph 'Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective' was published in 1990 year—boldly asserting that the Torah was written by men for men and it was time to claim women's place at the mountain—Plaskow has almost always been described as the "pioneering Jewish Feminist theologian."

The survey captured a range of trends in patron engagement from 115 ULC member libraries, "representing nearly 2,300 locations and serving over 87.5 million people” for 2023.

A compensation survey by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Gotham Ghostwriters found that 50% of ghostwriter respondents charged $10,000 to $20,000 for their last nonfiction proposal, and 25% charging at least $100,000 for their last nonfiction manuscript.

The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominees discuss the wry maturity and singular strangeness of two writers whose work inspired their own.

Attorneys for the state of Florida have asked a federal judge to toss a closely watched lawsuit filed by six major publishers, the Authors Guild, students and parents, and several bestselling authors over HB 1069, a newly enacted state law that critics say is fueling a surge in unconstitutional book bans in school libraries.

Minnesota's first Black woman–owned indie bookstore has changed hands five months after founder Dionne Sims announced that she intended to sell. The new owner is Terresa Moses, a University of Minnesota professor, artist, and community activist.

Montreal-based software company Valsoft Corporation has acquired Above the Treeline, Inc., developer of Edelweiss, the digital workflow platform for booksellers and publishers. The move follows Valsoft's majority stake purchase in publishing software Klopotek in August 2023.

Montreal-based software company Valsoft Corporation has acquired Above the Treeline, Inc., developer of Edelweiss, the digital workflow platform for booksellers and publishers. The move follows Valsoft's majority stake purchase in publishing software Klopotek in August 2023.

8080 Books plans to "publish original research, ideas and insights at the intersection of science, technology and business." Its inaugural title, 'No Prize for Pessimism' by Microsoft deputy chief technology officer Sam Schillace, was published on November 12.

The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced that executive director Carry Obry has stepped down from her position, effective immediately. Operations manager Grace Hagen will serve as interim ED while the board searches for a permanent replacement.

DC Comics has launched DC GO, a new collection of vertical-scroll webtoons on its digital subscription service, DC Universe Infinite. The line includes new webtoons featuring DC characters and existing comics reformatted for continuous-scroll reading.

Members of the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Publishers Association of the West have voted unanimously to combine into a single entity. The new arrangement will go into effect on July 1, 2025.