Buchreport is the German equivalent to Publishers Weekly magazine in the United States.

PRH sued Iowa over its new book-banning legislation on the basis it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution.

On Jan. 1, 2024, a new set of copyrighted works from 1928—and sound recordings from 1923—entered the public domain.

This New York Times lawsuit was largely expected after licensing talks broke down with OpenAI last year.

Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.

A good novel has everything teen brains are primed to crave—excitement, emotion, and escape.

The latest in traditional publishing, libraries, AI, TikTok, and Amazon.

Summit Books first existed from 1976 to 1991 and published authors such as Elie Wiesel, James Baldwin, and Oliver Sacks.

Salma Begum has joined as an agent; she was formerly an editor at Bonnier Books UK.

The independent “genre agnostic” publisher, based in Bend, Oregon, will offer six to 12 titles per year, both fiction and nonfiction.

The Los Angeles–based publisher, established about eight years ago, has announced a children’s imprint, Atelier Enfants.

The brightest sparks of the year.

Poetry is experiencing its biggest sales year ever in the UK, according to figures from Nielsen.

Debut novelist Cait Corrain admitted last week to creating numerous Goodreads accounts for the purposes of giving one-star reviews.

The publisher was founded by Louise Hay in 1984 and has a backlist of 1,500 titles.

Each issue of Hot Sheet contains dozens of links, and it’s always instructive for me to see what topics and perspectives drive clicks.

Abducted at Christmas is Starnes’s fifth novel and the third to reach the Publishers Weekly bestseller list.

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When seeking an agent, it helps to research what they've actually repped and sold versus what they claim they’re looking for.

A roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2023, as covered in The Hot Sheet.

For a memorable story, give your main character a strong motive, a flaw, and a series of escalating decisions leading to an impossible choice.

Insufficient sales are the primary reason that imprints close, in addition to greater efficiency and even corporate politics.

The latest in traditional publishing, bookselling, trends, AI, marketing, and culture & politics.

Matt Belford has joined as an agent after working as an editor at Random House Worlds. He is primarily looking for nonfiction.

The Yale Review and Yale University Press are launching the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a biennial international prize for nonfiction.