Booksellers predict Orbital by Samantha Harvey will be UK No 1 bestselling book
This year's Booker prize winner will be the Christmas No 1 bestseller, predict UK booksellers. The Booksellers Association (BA) asked bookshop staff which book they think could reach the festive top...
View ArticleFreedom to read advocates celebrate a major legal victory in Arkansas
In a highly anticipated decision, a federal judge in Arkansas has permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas's controversial "harmful to minors" law, known as Act 372, finding the law to...
View ArticleLouisiana supreme court revives librarian Amanda Jones's defamation suit
Louisiana librarian and freedom to read advocate Amanda Jones is ending 2024 with a major legal victory. On December 27, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Jones's 2022 defamation case against two...
View ArticleLerner Publishing Group acquires Soaring Kite Books
Lerner Publishing Group announced on Monday that the Minneapolis children's publisher is acquiring Soaring Kite Books; the acquisition will be effective as of January 1. Soaring Kite was founded in...
View ArticlePark & Fine, Brower merge
Park & Fine Literary and Media and Brower Literary & Management have merged to form Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management. The new agency represents more than 300 authors of all genres...
View ArticleBrush fires, severe weather threaten L.A. bookstores and publishers
Bookstores and publishers located in the Los Angeles metro area were among those closed or evacuated on January 8 due to uncontained brush fires, power outages, and extreme winds that have devastated...
View ArticleColin Barrett's Wild Houses among winners of Nero book awards
Booker longlisted author Colin Barrett has won the Nero book award for debut fiction for his novel Wild Houses. Meanwhile Adam S Leslie has won in the fiction category for Lost in the Garden, while...
View ArticleBritish novelists criticise government over AI 'theft'
Kate Mosse and Richard Osman have hit back at Labour's plan to give artificial intelligence companies broad freedoms to mine artistic works for data, saying it could destroy growth in creative fields...
View ArticleDiamond Comic Distributors files for bankruptcy
Diamond Comic Distributors, a linchpin in the distribution of comics to comics shops since it was founded in 1982, has made a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
View ArticleChildren's lit community hosts fundraisers and book drives for L.A. wildfire...
Children's creators, publishers, and booksellers are looking for ways to bolster Los Angeles families, communities, and relief organizations after the wildfires of the past week, especially after...
View ArticleGovernment charges three people in publishing scam
After a long investigation and hundreds of complaints, a grand jury in San Diego has charged three people involved in a publishing scam that the government contends defrauded elderly authors across...
View ArticleWhat should book publishing expect under a second Trump administration?
When Donald J. Trump first took his seat in the Oval Office in 2017, book publishing had something of an idea of what to expect. The famously litigious real estate magnate and reality TV star's...
View ArticleTikTok uncertainty prompts the book business to envision an even better future
On January 20, hours after President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated, thousands of readers lined up for one of the 1,100 midnight release parties held across the country for Onyx Storm by Rebecca...
View ArticleThe 2025 National Book Critics Circle finalists
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists and special award winners for this year's awards cycle, its 50th, honoring books published in 2024. A total of 31 publishers are...
View ArticleDemand soars for book by Bishop who confronted Trump
Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, who called on President Donald Trump at a televised national prayer service on January 22 to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ persons, is...
View ArticleIndustry orgs decry new DOE guidance dismissing 'book ban hoax'
The Department of Education has moved quickly to reverse course in its efforts to stem the tide of what it now describes as "so-called" school book bans. In a Friday announcement, the DOE said it was...
View ArticleFuture of libraries, arts agencies unclear amid federal funding freeze
While President Donald J. Trump's executive order to freeze all federal loans, grants, and other financial assistance has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, libraries, arts agencies, and...
View ArticleWith L.A. fires subsiding, the book industry sustains action
As Los Angeles first responders brought wildfires under control last week, those in literary circles persevered in delivering mutual aid and contributing to fundraisers.
View ArticleAuthors Guild rolls out 'Human Authored' certification program
The Authors Guild has launched a certification system, "Human Authored," intended to provide authors and publishers with a way to distinguish their work in an "increasingly AI-saturated market." The...
View ArticleStage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman
A stage version of Neil Gaiman's Coraline has been cancelled after allegations of sexual misconduct against the author. The musical was to have been staged at Leeds Playhouse from 11 April to 11 May...
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