Freedom to Read Advocates Look to Expand Efforts Beyond the Courtroom
As a key lawsuit in Llano County is set to be heard by the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, freedom to read advocates consider their next moves. more...Book Deals: Week of September 16, 2024
A viral self-published romantasy series heads to Canary Street, a former Crown editor sells her debut to Pamela Dorman Books, Little, Brown says “yes, chef” to the host of 'Top Chef,' and more. more...
Algonquin Publisher Betsy Gleick, Other Staff Laid Off in HBG's Workman Reorg
The layoffs of Gleick, associate publisher Michael McKenzie, and "other staff" constitute what Little, Brown president and publisher Sally Kim called "the final part of the Workman reorganization." The Algonquin imprint was moved into Little, Brown in July. more...
International Audiobook Publishers See More Growth Ahead
The inaugural International Summit of Audio Publishers held September 10 in New York City drew 137 participants who discussed current market conditions, the impact of AI, and what is coming next for the booming industry. more...
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Financial ReportingPublishing Sales Saw Solid Six-Month Gains, Per AAP
According to AAP's StatShot program, industry sales were up 5.6% in the first half of 2024. Sales of adult titles rose 6.7%, but sales in the children's and young adult segment fell 2.7%.
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Bookselling
California Booksellers Join Forces in Pasadena
Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to the regional trade show.
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Publisher News
Academic Publishers Hit with Antitrust Suit over Peer Review
The suit accuses six major publishers of establishing a cartel through its international trade association, STM, and using the peer review process to "unlawfully divert billions of taxpayer dollars every year from science to the Publisher Defendants.”
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Religion
Jewish Holiday Books for Children
For Jewish publishers, fall brings a wave of titles highlighting holidays from somber to joyful.
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Manufacturing
How to Get Ready for EUDR
With new European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) set to kick in for large companies on December 31, 2024, and for smaller organizations June 30, 2025, industry associations in the U.S. and U.K. are alerting members about how to prepare for the new rules.
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Religion
Kar-Ben's New Publisher Is on a Mission
Fran Greenman-Schmitz joins the the storied 50-year-old Jewish house with a singular focus: to see more proudly Jewish books in the marketplace.
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Bookselling
NEIBA's Fall Conference Attracts 600 People to Boston
This year's New England Independent Booksellers Association conference, held September 11–13, brought together booksellers, publishers, and authors and highlighted such industry trends as the rising price of books and strong sales of horror and fantasy titles.
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Religion
ACFW Announces 2024 Carol Award Winners
The winners were celebrated at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference gala earlier this month. The award recognize the best Christian fiction published in the previous calendar year.
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Religion
Religion Book Deals: September 18, 2024
IVP takes National Book Award-nominee Mitali Perkins's book to help kids pray the Beatitudes, WaterBrook takes mother and son duo Amber and Ollie Lia's book of devotions aimed at pre-teens and teens, and more.
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Religion
Can 'Empathy' be Saved? How Conservative Firebrand Allie Beth Stuckey Merges Politics, Policy, and Theology
In an August profile, 'The Atlantic' dubbed Allie Beth Stuckey "the new Phyllis Schlafly," a reference to the late far-right firebrand who drove the Equal Rights Amendment to defeat. PW talked with Stuckey about her book, 'Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion.'
