Arcadia Publishing Acquires Dry Climate Studios
The purchase of children's publisher Dry Climate, best known for its alphabetical books spotlighting cities, states, and regions across the U.S., is the latest in a string of acquisitions made by the regional books publisher Arcadia. more...Book Deals: Week of May 13, 2024
Atria lands a memoir by ‘Ted Lasso’ costar Brendan Hunt, Viking takes Lindsay Owens’s exploration of price gouging, and more. more...
The Cases Against Book Bans
After a string of wins, potentially significant developments now loom in several key book-banning lawsuits. PW rounded up the status of some of the more closely watched book banning cases. more...Librarians, Advocates Sue to Block Restrictive New Alabama Library Policies
The suit comes amid a months-long drama which saw allies of a right-wing group take over the library board and abruptly fire the library director. “This is about who should get to decide what books our kids get to read—parents or politicians,” said Angie Hayden of Read Freely Alabama, one of the lead plaintiffs, in a statement. more...and more.
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BooksellingThis Week’s Bestsellers: May 20, 2024
‘Long Island,’ Colm Toíbín’s sequel to 2009’s ‘Brooklyn,’ lands at #5 on our hardcover list. Plus Entangled Publishing debuts some deluxe models, and a new cast of celebrity memoirs walk the bestseller carpet.
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Publisher News
Endnotes: ‘Love & Whiskey’ by Fawn Weaver
An inside look at the publication process for bestselling author’s latest book.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of May 20, 2024
Dey Street lands Jason Fagone’s AI love story, Vintage takes Amy Vincent’s Jane Austen collab, and more.
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Shows & Events
PEN America Holds Annual Gala Following Months of Turmoil
Free expression nonprofit PEN America held its annual Literary Gala yesterday at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. A small group of protesters critical of the organization's response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza passed out mock programs outside.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: May 17, 2024
Among the week's headlines: ALA reports that library advocates stepped up for federal library funding; Alabama passes new rules for public libraries; and librarians in Montana pulled off an ice cold protest against the state library commission.
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Financial Reporting
Publishing Industry Sales Were Flat in the First Quarter of 2024
Trade publishing sales saw declines in the first quarter, precipitated by drops in the adult nonfiction and children's/YA categories, although audio continues to be a bright spot.
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Business Deals
Abrams Buys Taunton Books
Following its acquisition of Taunton Press in December, the enthusiast magazine publisher Active Interest Media has sold the Taunton Books imprint to Abrams.
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Comics
TokyoPop Moves Its Distribution to Penguin Random House
Beginning January 1, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute the entire TokyoPop frontlist and backlist across all sales channels worldwide.
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Bookselling
Print Book Sales Fell 4% in April as Nonfiction Struggles
The decline was due in part to an earlier Easter this year, as well as the continued soft sales in the nonfiction category, according to Circana BookScan.
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Religion
Black 'Nones' Find a Humanist 'Religion'
More Black Americans are choosing nonbelief as their "religion" and Humanism as their new identification, says Anthony Pinn, author of 'The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers' (Beacon, May 22). PW caught up with Pinn to talk about Humanism as religion and why it appeals to many as a safer space than the Black church.
