Publishing Industry Reporting

Pine State Literary is led by Zoe-Aline Howard and focuses on literary fiction and narrative nonfiction that speaks to rural and middle America.

Believing the book-to-screen pipeline is missing what’s worth finding, UK-based author Arianna Reiche has launched a page-to-screen IP scouting service.

The imprint will publish titles across sports, health, autobiography, and business.

3AM Books will be PRH’s first dedicated horror imprint. The first title, FAWN by debut author and journalist CN Vair, will release this August.

The imprint will tackle existential questions for readers wherever they are on the spirituality spectrum.

The imprint is the second to be announced by Putman Publishing, run by Pete Selby and Doug Putman, owner of music retailer HMV UK.

A bookseller in Houston has launched Grave Empire, a one-man publishing operation dedicated to horror fiction.

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from underrepresented writers.

We attempt to clarify the claim that half of all books sell fewer than a dozen copies—a statistic for which this newsletter is partially responsible.

Faire is a tech wholesale B2B marketplace built for the gift, jewelry, and home goods market, but increasingly used by publishers and bookstores.

Skyhorse Publishing has launched new cookbook imprint Golden Grove Publishing with Culinary Book Creations CEO James O. Fraioli.

Together they are launching an imprint called WhoopInk, focused on bringing “fresh, diverse new talent to the marketplace” in all genres.

Abrams Well will publish five to six wellness titles annually with its inaugural releases beginning next year.

It will focus on English-language originals with previously unpublished English translations of successful German titles.

Three nonprofit publishers discuss the importance of their subscription programs: McSweeney’s, Open Letter, and Archipelago Books.

The operation will adapt the company’s IP into books and develop new original stories that might reach the screen.

Skyhorse Publishing, known for publishing conservative voices, is launching an imprint in partnership with Tucker Carlson’s media company.

Compared to the first three months of 2025, print book sales this year are down by 3.1 percent, according to Circana BookScan.

Responses to stories about plagiarism checks in the media, steering AI toward a happy future, and school visits for children’s authors.

Yen Press is launching a new imprint, Avocado House, dedicated to fiction and nonfiction in translation, about 12 titles per year.

The David Bellos Translation Prize, championing global literary voices, will be awarded to translations of fiction into English.

What started as a way to publish Alexei Navalny’s memoir is now branching out into other publications for Russian speakers worldwide.

New World Editions is introducing a series of translated novels by authors from one country for every letter of the alphabet.

IDW Publishing, already enjoyed success with its horror imprint, is launching IDW Crime due to demand for “true crime and cult stories”.

Notorious is a new true crime imprint from Storm Publishing, spearheaded by author Gregg Olsen and publishing industry vet Claire Bord.