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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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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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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch
This season’s buzzy adult and YA fiction debuts, including stories of a sex worker assassin, a New York cab driver accused of murder, and a Latina teen poet, are all about controlling the narrative.
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Children's Spring 2026 Writers to Watch
We spotlight the authors of five of the season’s most promising children’s and YA debuts. Their offerings include a tale inspired by Ghanaian legend, a dystopian middle grade novel, a YA novel starring a Latina poet, and more.
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