Half Price Books Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
Half Price Books, a Texas-based company, has firmly established itself as the nation’s third-largest bookstore chain with 121 stores. more...Book Deals: Week of August 8, 2022
Little, Brown buys a memoir from MacArthur fellow Nicole R. Fleetwood, Spiegel & Grau takes on a debut novel, and more. more...
DOJ v. PRH: All Our Coverage
Everything you need to know about the Department of Justice's bid to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster. more...Brian Murray on HarperCollins’s Fiscal 2022
After the release of HarperCollins’s year-end results, the CEO talks rising costs, supply chain issues, and Amazon Prime’s Tolkien adaptation. more...and more.
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BooksellingJune Bookstore Sales Fell 8.2%
After months of steady increases compared to the pandemic-induced slump in 2021, bookstore sales declined 8.2% in June, falling to $605 million from $659 million a year ago.
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Bookselling
A Publisher's Tour of Texas Bookstores
After limiting his trips to independent bookstores during the pandemic, Europa Editions's editor-in-chief Michael Reynolds recently concluded a whirlwind tour of stores in the Lone Star State.
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Publisher News
DOJ v. PRH: All Our Coverage
Everything you need to know about the Department of Justice's bid to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster.
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Religion
Obituary: Frederick Buechner
Widely recognized as one of the great Christian writers of the 20th century, Frederick Buechner died on August 15. He was 96.
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Obituaries
Obituary: Christopher Foyle
Christopher Foyle, former chairman of Foyles bookshops in the U.K., has died at the age of 79. He had been suffering from leukemia.
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Publisher News
DOJ v PRH: Madeline McIntosh Details PRH's Publishing Process
As the Department of Justice’s case against the proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster by Penguin Random House entered its third week, the defense called PRH US CEO Madeline McIntosh, plus merger and acquisition executives from ViacomCBS and PRH, to the stand to discuss why approval of the deal would benefit all parties.
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Libraries
Biden Administration Announces New IMLS Board Appointees
On August 12, President Biden announced 11 appointees to serve on the the National Museum and Library Services Board, including a recent ALA president, an ALA honorary membership recipient (the association's highest honor), and the state librarian of Biden's home state of Delaware.
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Publisher News
Salman Rushdie, Hospitalized After Stabbing, Begins Recovery
Author Salman Rushdie, 75, was attacked on August 12 as he was being introduced for a lecture he was giving in western New York, suffering multiple knife wounds. Rushdie is now recovering from surgery and has been taken off a ventilator.
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PW Tip Sheet
PW Picks: Books of the Week, August 15, 2022
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Robert Freeman Wexler, Robert Dugoni, and Jerome Charyn.
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Publisher News
Brian Murray on HarperCollins’s Fiscal 2022
After the release of HarperCollins’s year-end results, the CEO talks rising costs, supply chain issues, and Amazon Prime’s Tolkien adaptation.
