Publishing Industry Reporting

The two companies will look for books that have “cinematic roots” and partner on film and TV adaptations.

The imprint is a partnership with the founder and producer of 12:01 Films and Emily Bestler Books.

Why is the industry attributing sales so directly to BookTok when it has never done so with other social media?

The mission: “publish books that illuminate and elucidate the central questions and fundamental ideas of modern science for readers.”

The Deep South Convening on the Future Success of American Writers will take place on May 24 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

Books by Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, and George Orwell enjoyed increased sales after President Trump was inaugurated for the second time.

Independent publisher Grove Atlantic has launched Atlantic Crime, a new imprint that will release 18–24 titles per year.

SXSW has partnered with Advantage Media, a hybrid publishing company, to establish SXSW Books. Distribution is through Ingram’s Two River.

Within hours of an essay by S&S’s Sean Manning, major media outlets started calling up industry insiders to get their reactions.

Subscription box company FairyLoot will launch a fantasy publishing imprint in partnership with a division of Penguin Random House UK.

2024 set a record for the most deal reports logged at the site, with six-figure deals up by 17 percent over 2023.

They will publish “heavyweight” nonfiction books written by academics, journalists, or writers who have developed a strong brand identity.

Adult fiction was the strongest segment of the book market in 2024, with BookTok continuing to be a key factor in discovery.

Developed in partnership with Tamira Chapman, Storehouse Voices is committed to elevating Black voices in fiction and nonfiction.

Simon Maverick will mostly work with self-published authors to produce original audiobooks and is planning 50 titles in its first year.

A team has compiled a dataset of every recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts’ fellowship for creative writing from 1965 to 2024.

According to Circana BookScan, 2024 US print book sales ended up 0.56 percent ahead of 2023.

Jenna Bush Hager’s media company, Thousand Voices, has partnered with Random House to publish emerging authors across the group’s imprints.

Independent publisher Ulysses Press and book packager Spot Gloss Media have joined to launch a new publishing company.

The new independent nonprofit publisher, Joyland, will publish two novellas annually in addition to its existing magazine.

With a late surge in book sales at year end, it’s possible that 2024 print sales will outperform 2023.

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Sophia Coppola has partnered with UK publisher Mack to launch Important Flowers, a photo book imprint.

Here’s what caught your interest in 2024, in order of popularity.

Harper Pop will focus on licensed publications, popular culture, and trend-driven publishing for adults and children.