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Fighting Book Bans, Coast to Coast
Legal teams fan out to the north, south, east, and west for the freedom to read.
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How ‘This Book Made Me Think of You’ by Libby Page Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest novel
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One World, Little Free Library Partner on Book-Sharing Boxes
In honor of the new One World Essentials series, which features 12 of the Random House imprint’s foundational backlist titles, a dozen boxes will be placed in communities with “meaningful ties” to each Essentials book.
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Scrappy Do: PW Talks with Asterism’s Joshua Rothes
After seeing exponential growth over the past five years, the founder and co-owner of the Seattle-based distributor and online bookstore wants to try something new.
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Publishers 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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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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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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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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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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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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How ‘It’s Not Her’ by Mary Kubica Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest thriller.
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The Long Goodbye: PW Talks with Eileen Dengler
Eileen Dengler Reflects on Her Career Serving Booksellers.
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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.
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Marble Press Acquires CamCat Publishing Assets from B&T
The San Francisco–based children’s publisher has acquired the catalog and IP of CamCat Books from the soon-to-close Baker & Taylor in a transaction that includes 124 YA and adult titles.
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Two Longtime Tor Execs Retire
Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor-at-large at Tor Publishing Group, and Linda Quinton, publisher and VP of Tor’s Forge Books imprint, have retired, effective January 5. Each spent nearly four decades at the SFF publisher.
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Trilogy Launches AI-Powered Manuscript Assessment Tool
The publishing software firm’s Manuscript AI aims to help publishers sift through slush piles by evaluating submissions across such metrics as sales potential and adherence to genre conventions.
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Harlequin France to Test AI-Assisted Translation
Following backlash from the French Literary Translators Association, HarperCollins France confirmed it is “conducting tests” with a company that “uses experienced translators who utilize artificial intelligence tools” to translate Harlequin titles into French.
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