Publishing gets the reality show treatment with 'America's Next Great Author'
America's Next Great Author takes more than a little inspiration from American Idol's format—the plan is for "tryouts" to take place in cities across the country, with would-be authors delivering...
View ArticleBooksellers fight inflation while books remain a bargain for readers
In today's Washington Post Book Club, Ron Charles makes an important point about what a bargain books are: The price of a book in 2022 is only about twice what it was in 1981 which is less than half...
View Article"Where the Crawdads Sing" author wanted for questioning in on-camera murder...
In 1996, Delia Owens and her husband Mark were the subjects of an ABC documentary, "Deadly Game: The Mark and Delia Owens Story", about their work trying to save elephants from poachers in Zambia....
View ArticleJustice Department and Penguin Random House ready for trial next week over...
After a flurry of last-minute filings and orders, the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster is ready for court....
View ArticleObituary: Ronni Solbert, artist and illustrator of many books including "The...
Ronni Solbert, an artist whose "joyful illustrations" helped make The Pushcart War--a children's novel about peaceful resistance to injustice, written by her partner, Jean Merrill--a classic, died...
View ArticleThe right in the US has a new bogeyman: libraries
In an opinion piece in The Guardian, Maeve Higgins writes: As The Guardian has reported, the censorship frequently pushed by conservative groups is linked to wealthy rightwing donors even as they...
View ArticleJames Lovelock, scientist, author and creator of Gaia hypothesis, dies on...
James Lovelock, the creator of the Gaia hypothesis and author of a number of books on the topic, has died on his 103rd birthday. The climate scientist died at home on Tuesday surrounded by loved ones,...
View ArticleStone Barrington novelist Stuart Woods dies at 84
Stuart Woods, author of more than 90 novels, many featuring the character of lawyer-investigator Stone Barrington, has died. He was 84. Woods passed away in his sleep on July 22 at his home in...
View ArticleDOJ trial to block PRH/S&S merger begins
The government's bid to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster gets underway today in Washington, D.C., today, with the case expected to run about...
View ArticleStephen King testifies against merger of publishing giants
American horror novelist Stephen King is taking on a new monster: corporate consolidation. The author was the star witness in an anti-trust trial to block the two biggest US publishers' $2.2bn merger....
View ArticleJudge backs dismissal of 'implausible' Amazon, Big Five price-fixing suit
Just one week after a marathon hearing in a New York courtroom, a federal judge has recommended that a potential consumer class action lawsuit accusing Amazon and the Big Five publishers of a...
View ArticleMichigan library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors
A small-town library is at risk of shutting down after residents of Jamestown, Michigan, voted to defund it rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ+-themed books. Residents voted on Tuesday to block a...
View ArticleDavid McCullough, best-selling explorer of America's past, dies at 89
David McCullough, who was known to millions as an award-winning, best-selling author and an appealing television host and narrator with a rare gift for recreating the great events and characters of...
View ArticlePW recaps the first week of U.S. Dept. of Justice's court case to block...
A compilation of PW's coverage of U.S. v. Bertelsmann SE & CO. KGaA, et al., the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon...
View ArticleAgents have their say in DOJ v PRH
Thursday's proceedings in the Department of Justice's efforts to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of Simon & Schuster started with the remainder of testimony from Norton's John Glusman and...
View ArticleSalmon Rushdie is attacked during speech in western New York
The attack happened at about 10:45 a.m. shortly after Mr. Rushdie took the stage to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. The author spent years living in hiding after Ayatollah Ruhollah...
View ArticleUK bookseller Christopher Foyle dies aged 79
Christopher Foyle, former chairman of Foyles bookshops in the UK, has died aged 79 The book chain said in a statement: "We are very sad to hear that Christopher Foyle, our former chairman, and member...
View ArticleRepublicans' classroom gagging bills are 'attack on education', PEN report says
Republicans have mounted an "attack on education" in 2022, according to a report, as lawmakers have introduced a soaring number of bills aimed at limiting classroom discussion of race and LGBTQ+...
View ArticleDOJ v. PRH: Judge tosses PRH exec testimony
In a ruling that was not totally unexpected, Judge Florence Pan chose to exclude the testimony from Manuel Sansigre, senior v-p and global head of mergers and acquisitions for Penguin Random House,...
View ArticleThe UK's eccentric book-loving 'kingdom'
In 1977, Richard Booth declared himself "king" of Hay-on-Wye in order to save the Welsh border town from economic ruin. Now, the famed spot is celebrating his legacy. The bookseller's bold bid for...
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