Giller prize drops sponsor after protests over Israel arms link
The Giller prize, a prestigious Canadian literary award, has cut ties with a controversial sponsor after more than a year of pushback from the literary community.
View ArticlePublishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans
A group of major publishers in the US are suing the state of Idaho over a book-banning law. HB 710, enacted last July, forbids anyone under the age of 18 from accessing books deemed "harmful to...
View ArticleIsraeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Israeli police have raided a leading Palestinian-owned bookshop in Jerusalem and detained two of its owners, citing a children's colouring book as evidence of incitement to terrorism.
View ArticleAAP, IPA join groups calling for AI to respect copyright
Thirty-eight international organizations representing creative industries—including the Association of American Publishers, under the auspices of the International Publishers Association—have released...
View ArticleGlobal book business condemns arrest of Jerusalem booksellers
Mahmoud Muna and Ahmad Muna, the co-owners of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem who were arrested by Israeli police during a raid of the bookstore on February 9, were released on Tuesday....
View ArticleFaber comes to the U.S.
Faber, the storied U.K. independent publisher, has launched a new division, Faber US, in the United States. The move comes a decade after Faber first nodded to plans to enter the American market and...
View ArticleEight independent publishers form cooperative to share resources, cut costs
A group of independent publishers has formally incorporated as the Publishers Cooperative, a new organization aimed at leveraging collective buying power and sharing resources. The cooperative, which...
View ArticleHundreds of books seized from stores in Kashmir as Indian police crack down...
Police in Kashmir have raided dozens of bookstores and seized more than 650 books as part of crackdowns on dissent in the Indian-administered region. Most of the titles were written by Abul A'la...
View ArticleWorld of Books plans aggressive U.S. expansion
World of Books, a major U.K.–based e-tailer of new and used books, is planning an aggressive expansion of its U.S. business in 2025. The company, which recently purchased U.S.–based websites...
View ArticleNew bills in Iowa threaten to tighten obscenity provisions for libraries
Two pieces of state legislation recently introduced in Iowa challenge the state's obscenity code related to libraries and schools and threaten libraries with civil action related to allegedly obscene...
View ArticleAll 13 writers on International Booker longlist are first-time nominees
The 2025 list features the highest-ever number of independent publishers, with 12 of 13 titles coming from indie presses. Though the most recent Nobel prize in literature winner Han Kang was eligible...
View ArticleCultural organizations protest Trump efforts to confine speech for federal...
Seven free speech organizations—led by the National Coalition Against Censorship and including AICA International, Artists at Risk Connection, the Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild of America,...
View ArticlePEN America report zooms in on school year 2023–2024 book bans
In a new report out today called "Cover to Cover," PEN America provides a comprehensive analysis of the 4,128 unique titles that it determined were removed from public schools nationwide during the...
View ArticleReaderlink will stop distributing mass market paperbacks at the end of 2025
Sales of mass market paperbacks have steadily declined in recent years, to the point where they accounted for only about 3% of units sold at retailers that report to Circana BookScan in 2024. The...
View ArticleAAP announces 2025 Prose Award category winners
The Association of American Publishers has announced the 37 category winners for the 49th annual PROSE Awards, honoring professional and scholarly works published in 2024.
View ArticleThe book business prepares for tariff turmoil
President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% increase to tariffs on goods from China, went into effect on March 4—and although the tariffs had been delayed...
View ArticleABA goes into damage control mode after contentious WI2025 community forum
A week after Winter Institute 2025 wrapped up in Denver on February 26, the American Booksellers Association dedicated Thursday's issue of its weekly Bookselling This Week newsletter to respond to...
View ArticleLibrary Futures investigates content bans in research databases
Library Futures, a nonprofit organization that addresses library policy and digital access, has released a report on the censorship of e-resources used by students for classroom research....
View ArticleSophie Elmhirst's Maurice and Maralyn wins Nero book of the year prize
A book by a Guardian long read writer about the true story of a couple who were lost at sea for 118 days in the 70s after their boat was struck by a whale has won the Nero Gold prize. Sophie Elmhirst...
View ArticleFast-growing indie publishers: 5 standouts of 2024
It has not been easy for smaller independent publishers to prosper in the post pandemic world. Rising costs coupled with flat industry sales have forced them to seek savings, often by limiting...
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