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The Coronavirus Takes Its Toll on Publishing
As the virus’s spread continues, another conference is canceled, more stores close, and disruptions ripple across the industry.
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A New Look for a New DK
DK is one of the few publishing brands that is recognized by consumers, so when the company set out to give a new look to its logo as part of a brand redesign, executives didn’t want to stray too far. Here's what they did.
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Scholastic Starts Temporary Staffing Reductions
The publisher is looking to reduce labor costs by temporarily closing some distribution centers and implementing measures including a combination of furloughs, shortened work weeks, and voluntary unpaid leave.
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Judge Allows PEN America Suit Against Trump to Proceed
The suit was first filed in October of 2018, after President Trump made numerous threats against journalists and organizations whose coverage he disliked.
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As Coronavirus Spreads, Publishers Struggle with When, and How, to Move Pub Dates
With the new coronavirus pandemic affecting every part of the book business, now is not a great time to be publishing a book, and many authors with titles scheduled for the coming months might be tempted to a new publication date. But for publishers, moving titles en masse will be tricky.
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Skyhorse Lays Off Nearly Third of Staff
A rapid decrease in sales caused by the new coronavirus and the decision to delay the publication of some titles has caused Skyhorse to let go about 30% of its staff.
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West Coast Publishing Adapts to a New Environment
Bookstores and indie publishers have been scrambling as state-mandated closures expanded along the West Coast late last week and the new coronavirus outbreak worsened.
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Arcade Acquires, and Publishes, Abandoned Woody Allen Memoir
Woody Allen's memoir, acquired and then dropped by Hachette's Grand Central Publishing imprint earlier this month, has been bought by Skyhorse imprint Arcade Publishing, which has released the title today.
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Firm Behind Apple E-books Case Now Suing Amazon for Price Fixing
On March 19, lawyers from Hagens Berman filed a class action suit on behalf of consumers in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, accusing Amazon of a massive horizontal price fixing scheme involving its two million third-party sellers.
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Ingram Vows to Defend Industry Through Crisis
Executives at Ingram Content Group affirmed their commitment to support the bookselling and publishing trade as best they can through the coronavirus crisis and though in some areas where the company operates government officials have issued shelter-in-place orders, Ingram's businesses have been deemed essential and remain open.
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How the Book Biz Is Coping with the Coronavirus
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced every part of the book industry to make adjustments.
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Digital Subscription Is Booming in Sweden. Is It Sustainable?
Publisher revenues from digital subscription services surged 36.2% last year over the year prior. But can the trend last?
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The Dial Press Is Driven by the Heart
Dial has proven a venerable example of survival among the fickleness of the book biz. Now, under editorial director Whitney Frick, the press is entering a new stage of life nearly a century after it was founded.
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Open Access for All to PW
A letter from PW president George Slowik addressing PW's response to the Covid-19 crisis, and steps on how to access all of PW's assets during this time.
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Hopkins Press Grants Free Access to Journals, E-books
Johns Hopkins University press will make 1,400 books and 97 journals accessible for free for the remainder of the spring semester to both students and the general public via the Project MUSE platform—the latest in a number of university presses making similar arrangements.
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PW Reviews Submission Update Regarding Covid-19
We ask that all titles sent in for review consideration going forward be submitted via our GalleyTracker platform only using digital review copies.
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Indie Publishers Adapting to Coronavirus Outbreak
The new coronavirus is causing unprecedented disruption for independent publishers, but despite those challenges more than half a dozen indies said this week that they were managing to make a somewhat smooth transition to remote work while rallying in support of independent booksellers.
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PRH Organizes Global Task Forces in Response to Virus Threat
In a letter to Penguin Random House employees worldwide, PRH CEO Markus Dohle outlined how PRH plans to address the challenges the company faces coping with the global spread of the new coronavirus.
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The Coronavirus Continues to Disrupt the Book Business
For the second time in two weeks, the new coronavirus has forced the cancellation of a major international book publishing conference—and made clear to publishers that these issues aren't going anywhere for a while.
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