Publishers Weekly

01/07/2025

The Independent Publishers Caucus is holding an indie bookstore display contest in March to celebrate its second annual Indie Press Month. The winner will receive $500.

01/07/2025

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

01/07/2025

While we already picked our favorite books of 2024, our reviews editors thought it would be a shame to let the year end without one final round of recommendations.

01/07/2025

See what we published in this week's print issue of 'Publishers Weekly,' including our seasonal Writers to Watch feature, a roundup of the year's biggest library stories, and more. https://buff.ly/3W7B9NG

01/07/2025

In a memo sent to his Hachette Book Group colleagues at the end of 2024, Pietsch noted that the conclusion of the year ends his one-year term as company chairman.

01/06/2025

Summit signs Monique El-Faizy's (pictured) account of the Pelicot trial, Reagan Arthur picks up a memoir of solo travel, and more in this week’s book deals.

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.

01/06/2025

After some two years of legal wrangling, Jones will finally get her day in court after the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated a decision tossing the defamation case and remanded it back to the appeals court with an order to hear the case on the merits.

After some two years of legal wrangling, Amanda Jones will finally get her day in court after the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated a decision tossing the case has remanded it back to the appeals court with an order to hear the case on the merits.

01/06/2025

After issuing a preliminary injunction in July 2023, a federal judge in Arkansas has now permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas’s controversial “harmful to minors” law, known as Act 372, finding the law to be unconstitutional. If the law's aim was to protect minors from inappropriate content it “will only achieve that end at the expense of everyone else’s First Amendment rights,” judge Timothy Brooks concluded in his December 23 summary judgment ruling.

After issuing a preliminary injunction in July 2023, a federal judge in Arkansas has now permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas’s controversial “harmful to minors” law, known as Act 372, finding the law to be unconstitutional. If th

01/06/2025

The future of publishing starts here. Welcome to the bold, reimagined Publishers Weekly. Explore the new PW now: https://buff.ly/4j25d7c

01/06/2025

Our annual Google calendar, updated throughout the year and to which readers can subscribe, keeps track of the dates of dozens of book business events of interest.

01/06/2025

Though there were no billion-dollar deals along the lines of private equity firm KKR’s 2023 sale of RBmedia and purchase of Simon & Schuster, the year did produce a number of notable acquisitions that indicate a few developing trends.

01/03/2025

New year. New era. Get ready to explore the reimagined Publishers Weekly—launching Jan 6. 🎉

01/01/2025

A bold new look is coming to publishing’s most trusted voice. Are you ready?

12/27/2024

While the author’s novels have always explored life in Australia, her latest interrogates a chapter of the country’s history many people would rather forget.

While the author’s novels have always explored life in Australia, her latest interrogates a chapter of the country’s history many people would rather forget

12/26/2024

We pay tribute to the authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals we lost this year.

We pay tribute to the authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals we have lost this year.

12/26/2024

Hollan Publishing founder and CEO Holly Schmidt and Castle Point Publishing CEO Bruce Lubin have merged their two companies under the banner of Spot Gloss Media, a new book packager and publisher.

12/26/2024

Before we look ahead to the new year and the exciting titles to come, critics and readers reflected on their most memorable children’s and YA picks of 2024. Check out our roundup of notable Best Books lists.

Before we look ahead to the new year, critics and readers chose their most memorable children's and YA books of 2024; see our roundup of Best Books lists.