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News Movie tie-ins negatively affected by COVID. Hollywood loves building on existing IP, and publishers benefit in the form of

Traditional Publishing Some publishers might return to printing their own books. Supply chain issues and long wait times for book

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Surprises An award-winning Spanish female crime writer is in fact three men. They are all TV scriptwriters using a pseudonym.

Traditional Publishing Where have all the midsize publishers gone? Longtime industry journalist Jim Milliot says there is a dearth of

Big Five Publishing Congress questions Big Five publishers about ebook pricing for libraries. Lawmakers are asking each of the Big

Legal Big publishers and Amazon move to dismiss booksellers’ class-action lawsuits. Amazon argues that the factual basis for the plaintiffs’

News Libraries have a once-in-a-lifetime chance for a funding boost. The US House of Representatives just passed a $3.5 trillion

News The mysterious book thief. Someone with industry knowledge is acquiring manuscripts prior to publication—but with no clear motivation. A

Big-Picture Publishing Trends Yes, Americans are reading more. According to the US Department of Labor, reading time increased by 21

Traditional Publishing Big Five publisher Hachette is doing really, really well. In the US, Hachette Book Group saw revenue increase

Traditional Publishing Agency contract dispute lands in court. Literary agent Brooks Sherman, who was recently accused of misconduct, has sued

Amazon The Amazon that customers don’t see. According to The New York Times, Amazon doesn’t want hourly workers to stick

Trends Did bookstore closures hurt frontlist sales? You’ll hear most Big Five publishers say yes. But Mark Williams questions that

Amazon Does Amazon know what it sells? The short answer is no. Of Amazon’s top 50 sellers in the category

Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt says Bookshop is dangerous for independent bookstores. It’s not much of a surprise he

Two weeks ago, I covered the creator economy. We will likely see commentary and profiles on this for years to

Author Events Publicists in the UK expect to return to in-person events in September. Most will continue with virtual or

Trends For Malcolm Gladwell, it’s audio first. Several years ago, Gladwell launched Pushkin, a producer of audiobooks and podcasts. The

Amazon Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote no on unionizing. The vote wasn’t even close and favored Amazon by 2

Submissions Editors at traditional publishing houses say they receive about three to five submissions every weekday. On Twitter, editors recently

News The National Endowment for the Arts will distribute $135 million to arts organizations. The money is part of the

Traditional Publishing Scholastic and Penguin Random House were top children’s book publishers in 2020. Scholastic is the publisher of Dav

Book Deals Book publishers quickly sign Reddit rally authors. Also, the founder of WallStreetBets has already sold his life story