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  • Park & Fine, Brower Merge

    Park & Fine Literary and Media and Brower Literary & Management have merged to form Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management. Celeste Fine and Kimberly Brower will act as co-CEOs of the new agency, which will represent authors across all genres.

  • Two Lines’ Twinned Releases Revive a Mexican Literary Icon

    Two books released by Two Lines Press on November 11 introduce different sides of a pioneering Mexican author to English-language readers.

  • PW Close-Up: Shana Drehs on Sourcebooks' Landmark Imprint at 25

    Books that "bring people together" is how Shana Drehs describes the fiction that Landmark publishes. The VP and editorial director of the Sourcebooks imprint, which turns 25 this year, spoke with PW about how this home for general fiction has evolved, what exciting new titles are on the horizon, and ways it will be innovating in 2026 and beyond. (Sponsored)

  • Behind PW's 2025 Magazine Redesign: Bookish but Not Old

    The 'Publishers Weekly' print magazine just got its first complete redesign in 20 years. Here's how it came together.

  • How 'Save Me, Stranger' by Erika Krouse Got Made

    An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest story collection.

  • Book Deals: Week of January 6, 2025

    Reagan Arthur picks up a memoir of solo travel, a pair of French sister-authors sell the story of their famous grandmother to Europa Editions, and more in this week’s book deals.

  • The Top 10 Book Business News Stories of 2024

    Major contractions in the independent book distribution space, an explosion of artificial intelligence tools and businesses, and turmoil over freedom of expression in multiple sectors defined the book business landscape throughout the year.

  • Four Decades of Book Publishing History...in Poetry

    Since 1985, literary agent Richard Curtis has irregularly chronicled the state of trade book publishing in verse in the pages of 'Publishers Weekly.' In honor of his final year-end poem, we've republished them all here.

  • Ana Maria Allessi Promoted to President, Publisher of Hachette Audio

    Allessi, who has served as VP and publisher of Hachette Audio since 2022, will step into her elevated role on January 2.

  • Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Soaring Kite Books

    Lerner Publishing Group is acquiring Soaring Kite Books, a small press founded in 2020 to publish diverse children's books by emerging voices.

  • Berkley Books Is Having a Ball

    The commercial fiction imprint, best known for its romance, is encouraging its editors to branch out under publisher Christine Ball and editor-in-chief Claire Zion.

  • How ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’ by Freda Epum Got Made

    An inside look at the publication process for the author’s debut book.

  • Sourcebooks Launches In-House Audio Program

    The new program, Sourcebooks Audio, produced in partnership with Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, aims to put out more than 40 titles next year.

  • Feminist Press Executive Director and Publisher Margot Atwell to Step Down

    Atwell, who joined Feminist Press at CUNY in early 2022, will depart in February. The press's board of directors has begun a nationwide search for her replacement.

  • Mary McAveney Puts Her Stamp on Abrams Books

    The CEO, who took the reins at Abrams two years ago, has amped up digital marketing initiatives at the publisher while doubling down on publishing into such trends as books-as-objects and manga.

  • HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray Talks Hot Print Book Sales and AI

    Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a December 10 media conference, adding that the company is looking into how it might use various AI-driven products to enhance its business.

  • Bloom Books Expands into Brazil, Germany

    Sourcebooks is moving more directly into international markets with its fast-growing Bloom Books, launching imprints in multiple international markets to publish translations of the imprint’s romance titles by entrepreneurial authors.

  • How 'I'll Come to You' by Rebecca Kauffman Got Made

    An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest novel.

  • Internet Archive Copyright Case Ends Without Supreme Court Review

    Officials at the nonprofit have decided against exercising their last option, an appeal to the Supreme Court, ending the closely-watched case over the scanning and lending of library books.

  • New HarperCollins Imprint to Focus on Pop Culture

    HarperPop “will partner with high-profile brands and personalities to craft unique books for their fans and communities” under a new imprint to be overseen by executives from HarperCollins Children's Books and Morrow’s Dey Street Books imprint.

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