Publishing Industry Reporting

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

LEAP will publish across nonfiction categories, including memoir, psychology, parenting, cookery, soft business, activism, and more.

The imprint will publish three nonfiction books each year with select fiction and classics.

Oprah will announce her new monthly book selections on a new companion podcast sponsored by Starbucks.

Next year, the streaming service Mubi is launching Mubi Editions, a publishing arm dedicated to cinema and the arts.

Evermore will publish romance for the “younger voracious romance reader.”

Circana BookScan predicts a strong holiday season that may leave the industry with better sales than it enjoyed in 2023.

Hachette launched two new imprints: Basic Venture, for business and economics titles, and Basic Liberty, for conservative titles.

Authors of each year’s list at the Brooklyn-based publisher will acquire the titles to be published by the press in the following year.

Publishing industry vet Mike Shatzkin passed away on November 7.

Microsoft has launched 8080 Books, an imprint for “original research, ideas, and insights at the intersection of science, technology, and business.”

Year to date, traditional publishing revenues are up 7.8 percent, according to the latest report from the Association of American Publishers.

Both organizations will hold special elections for their members to vote on the merger approved by the boards of directors.

Kindle Vella, Amazon’s in-house attempt to build a serialization platform for authors, is shutting down after not even four years

The line launches with Green’s own book, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, to be published on March 18.

The role and quality of POD (print on demand) is continually misunderstood by authors and the larger publishing community.

Andrews McMeel has announced it will publish inspirational books under the brand.

According to Circana BookScan, US print book sales are up just slightly this year compared to 2023, driven by sales of romance and romantasy.

In collaboration with Cosmopolitan magazine and Hearst Books, Sourcebooks plans to launch Cosmo Reads in summer 2025, with four to six titles a year.

Heights Press will debut with Hickory Hollow, a six-book series for middle-grade readers, along with a series of video shorts.

Publishers Weekly looked at government statistics that show the number of publishing jobs has declined significantly over the last 30 years

The latest figures from the AAP (through July 2024) show book sales revenue is up 7.6 percent this year compared to last year.

Macmillan has launched Fablelistik Editions, a new imprint that “creates bespoke renditions of contemporary and classic stories.”

Substack authors, publicists, and agents talk about current issues in publishing.

Total revenue for publishers increased by 5.6 percent in the first half of the year versus 2023.