Freida McFadden Re-ups with Sourcebooks
Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks’ Poisoned Pen Press took world English print rights to three hardcover fiction titles by McFadden in an exclusive submission by Christina Hogrebe of Jane Rotrosen Agency. more...Book Club Picks for January 2026
Reese’s Book Club selects the sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me, Read with Jenna spotlights Stefan Merrill Block’s debut memoir, and more. more...
Print Book Sales Rose Slightly in 2025
A mild rebound in children’s book sales helped to offset softness on the adult side, resulting in a 0.3% increase in unit sales of print books in 2025 over 2024. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins was last year’s top-selling title. more...
Bible Sales Break Records in U.S., U.K.
In 2025, sales of the Christian scripture hit a 21-year high in the U.S., according to Circana BookScan, with 19 million units sold. Meanwhile, in the U.K., sales were at “their highest point on record,” per SPCK Group CEO Sam Richardson. more...and more.
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Publisher NewsPublishers Seek to Join Class Action Against Google
Two members of the Association of American Publishers, Cengage and Hachette Book Group, have asked a court to allow them to join an ongoing class action lawsuit first brought over Google’s AI product Gemini by illustrators and authors in 2023.
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Publisher News
Ingram Lets Publishers Opt Out of Book Sales to Tech Firms
In a note sent last week to client publishers, Ingram Content Group warned of the “growing trend” of AI companies purchasing and scanning print books to train their large language models, and said publishers could opt out of selling to these companies.
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Financial Reporting
James Daunt Sees a Bright Future for B&N
With more than 700 outlets now open across the country, the Barnes & Noble CEO opines on the lifecycle of hardcovers, his commitment to stocking books from publishers of all sizes, and what lies ahead for the bookselling chain.
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Comics
Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics: PW Talks with the Curators of ‘¡Wepa!’
A new bilingual exhibition at the New York Public Library, co-curated by Paloma Celis Carbajal and Charles Cuykendall Carter, shines a spotlight on the manifold—and often overlooked—contributions of Puerto Rican comics creators.
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Publisher News
Oni Press Taps Kickstarter Exec to Lead Business Strategy
Sam Kusek, who most recently served as the platform’s senior outreach lead, will oversee the independent comics publisher’s crowdfunding campaigns, as well as its extensive roster of licensing deals.
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Publisher News
S&S Alum Colin Shields Joins Lonely Planet
Shields, most recently VP and executive director of global digital and international sales at Simon & Schuster, has been appointed by the guidebook publisher to the newly created role of senior director of sales and marketing for North America.
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Libraries
IMLS Opens to FY26 Grant Applications
After almost a year in existential limbo, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has opened its discretionary grant funding cycle for fiscal year 2026, allowing institutions to submit project proposals.
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Publisher News
Kara Welsh Departs, Scott Shannon Up at Random House Publishing Group
Welsh, who has served as president of Ballantine Books Group since 2021, will leave RHPG after 25 years, effective March 31. Former Random House Worlds president Shannon has been named president of Ballantine Bantam Dell.
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Publisher News
Independent Publishers Caucus Launches Bestseller List with ABA
The Independent Press Top 40 is a new weekly bestseller list that ranks the most popular fiction and nonfiction titles from indie publishers, as sold by American Booksellers Association member stores.
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Business Deals
Open Road Buys RosettaBooks
Open Road Integrated Media’s acquisition of the e-book publisher includes a catalog of more than 700 well-known backlist titles such as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend.
