Behind the Cover: BookTok’s Favorite Book Designer
Designer Elisha Zepeda has become a TikTok star for sharing his book cover design process. Are publishers paying attention? more...Book Deals: Week of July 22, 2024
One Signal takes Timnit Gebru’s AI clarion call, HarperVia picks up enigmatic YouTuber Uketsu’s Japanese horror debut, and more. more...
With Fantasy on Fire, Print Book Sales Are Catching Up to 2023
Books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, among the bestselling books of 2024 so far, sparked a huge increase in the adult fantasy category and helped keep print sales roughly flat with the first half of 2023. more...Peter Jovanovich, Influential Educational Publisher, Dies at 75
Son of one of the founders of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, the scion carved out his own publishing career, leading three of the country's largest educational publishers over a 32-year span. more...and more.
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Publisher NewsThorndike Brings Spanish-language Large Print to Young Readers
Reps say Spanish-language large print books are a great way for young English-language learners to improve their reading skills while staying connected to their cultural backgrounds and enjoying the same works as their English-speaking peers.
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Publisher News
This Week’s Bestellers: July 29, 2024
J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ generates renewed interest post–Republican Convention, landing at the top of our list. Plus ‘A Discovery of Witches’ author Deborah Harkness returns with ‘The Black Bird Oracle,’ and the Warriors middle grade fantasy series gets the graphic novel treatment.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of July 29, 2024
Saturday Books takes YA author and illustrator Isabel Ibañez’s adult fiction debut, Atria signs a self-published romantasy series, and more
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Publisher News
How ‘White Robes and Broken Badges’ by Joe Moore Got Made
An inside look at the journalist’s memoir about infiltrating the KKK.
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Audio Books
Spotify Adds 1,000 Audiobooks from 100 Publishers Distributed by Ingram
Spotify will now offer more than 1,000 audiobooks from some 100 publishers distributed by Ingram Content Group, including Europa Editions, Milkweed Editions, G&D Media, Bard Press, and New Society Publishers, among others.
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PW Picks
8 New Books On the Lives of Working Class Americans
With J.D. Vance as the 2024 Republican vice-presidential candidate and 'Hillbilly Elegy' back on the bestseller list, the plight of America's working class is once again the subject of intense media scrutiny. Here are eight recent books worth reading on the subject.
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PW Picks
6 Major Post-Roe Books on Abortion and American History
With Vice President Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee, the first presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade may be the second in U.S. history with a woman atop a major party ballot. These six books, published post-Dobbs, provide insight into an issue certain to shape the upcoming election.
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Libraries
Sam Helmick Named ALA President for 2025-2026
Helmick, who is community and access services coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, steps in after Ray Pun, who won the election for ALA president in March, announced last month that he was stepping down for health reasons.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 26, 2024
Among the week's headlines: Kamala Harris addresses book banning at a campaign event; a community in Michigan seeks to remove its library board over their refusal to ban books; and NBC News has a chilling look at an officer's bid to charge three Texas school librarians for sharing inappropriate books.
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Publisher News
Colin Kaepernick Launches AI-Based Self-Publishing Platform
The former NFL quarterback turned civil rights activist, who founded his own publishing company in 2020, has launched Lumi, an AI-based platform providing authors and other creatives with another alternative to traditional publishing.
