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The 2025 Independent Publishing Issue
I know nobody out there is gasping at that revelation. But when I look back at my past year or so of reading, indie press books occupy a pretty big swath of it, probably more so now than ever. I’m not sure if this would have occurred to me if we weren’t doing this issue; something about working on a project dedicated to what’s new, cool, smart, or just plain weird in the independent publishing world, that sort of puts things in a certain frame.
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Gabriela Baeza Ventura Named Director of Arte Público Press
Baeza Ventura succeeds Arte Público founding director Nicolás Kanellos, who has stepped down after more than three decades at the helm of the press.
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HUP Announces Norton Lectures Centenary Editions
Harvard University Press will reissue five titles from its Charles Eliot Norton Lectures series—including transcribed talks by Jorge Luis Borges and Umberto Eco—in hardcover on September 16, featuring new cover designs and forewords.
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Tentative Agreement Reached in Anthropic Copyright Lawsuit
Attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class action copyright lawsuit against Anthropic have reportedly reached a potential settlement with the AI giant over its use of pirated books to train its large language models.
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Layoffs Hit Bloomsbury US Children’s Division
Bloomsbury US has eliminated five positions in its children’s division as part of what the company called “a strategic shift toward publishing a more curated list.”
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Jonathan Karp to Step Down as S&S CEO to Head New Imprint, Simon Six
After five years at the head of Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp has announced his intention to step down as CEO to launch and lead a new imprint, Simon Six. He will continue to serve in his current position as the company conducts a search for his successor.
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Columbia Global Reports Launches Reissue Series
The publisher has spent the past decade carving out a niche publishing mid-length nonfiction books that explore global themes and offer social analysis. Its new Forerunners series revives forgotten 19th- and 20th-century classics in a similar vein.
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Champagne Wishes and Caviar Memes: PW Talks with Three Extremely Online Publishers
While the founders of Dream Baby Press, Cash 4 Gold Books, and Dream Boy Book Club all see themselves as outsiders to mainstream publishing, they have found their groove—and loyal followings—in the playful nihilism of the digital age.
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Traditional Publishers Find Success in Nontraditional Ways
Publishing veterans as well as entrepreneurs look for new ways to reach readers.
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Collective and Co-op Publishers Find Strength in Numbers
Indie collectives and co-ops are creating their own definitions of success—and finding their people.
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Indie Presses Provide a Haven for Midlist Authors
More and more marquee names at major publishers are choosing to work with smaller, independent houses.
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How ‘Christina the Astonishing’ by Marianne Leone Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s semi-autobiographical debut novel.
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NEA’s Creative Writing Fellowship Program Canceled
On August 22, writers who applied for the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships received an email from the NEA saying that the program had been “withdrawn.”
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Study Finds 20-Year Drop in Reading for Pleasure
A new report from researchers at the University of London and University of Florida found that only 16% of adults read for pleasure on a given day in 2023—the lowest rate in the 20-year period covered by the survey.
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HarperCollins to Build Huge Supply Chain Facility in Indiana
After it outsourced its distribution and logistics services in 2010, HarperCollins is reversing course, announcing plans to build a new 1.6 million sq. ft. “supply chain logistics facility” in Brownsburg, Ind., which it hopes to open in 2028.
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26th Street Launches with a Focus on Literary True Crime
26th Street Books, a new publisher based in New York and Chicago, aims to take “new approaches to the art of true crime,” beginning with Jonathan Dixon and Gregg Owen’s Convergence, a “nonfiction novel” to be published next month.
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Renita Bryant Elected to Chair IBPA Board
The founder and CEO of Mynd Matters Publishing will succeed Tieshena Davis at the head of the Independent Book Publishers Association’s board of directors.
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How ‘One of Us’ by Dan Chaon Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest novel.
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Religion Publishers Look to Build Better Bibles
New Bibles, study guides, commentaries, and devotionals feature inviting designs, the latest technology, and fresh perspectives to entice new readers and reward faithful followers.
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Bible Books for Kids Take a Progressive Turn
A handful of religion publishers are releasing new titles for young readers that embrace inclusivity, diversity, and gender-neutral pronouns.
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