Publishing Industry Reporting

The publishing industry gathered in London this month for the London Book Fair, which attracted about 30,000 book industry professionals.

As of the week ending March 2, print book sales are down 4 percent versus last year, according to Circana BookScan.

Brydon Books is a new children’s publishing company based in the UK, launched by author Alli Brydon and her husband, Edward Brydon.

US independent publisher Abrams is launching a new graphic novel imprint for early, middle grade, and YA readers.

The Asian American Book Club will advocate for Asian American readers and writers.

Publisher Legend Times is launching a new digital-first romance imprint, Serendipity.

US print book sales were down by 6 percent compared to the same period in 2023, driven by a decline in adult nonfiction

Challenges in printing, distribution, and cash flow can accompany a breakout hit at a small press.

Delacorte, a division of Penguin Random House, is launching an imprint dedicated to contemporary love stories for teenagers.

It will publish Latinx/Latine/Hispanic authors in English and Spanish, both fiction and nonfiction.

The founder of Belt says small presses like hers can’t survive on sales alone when using a distributor.

Bloom Books enters into bespoke publishing agreements with indie authors and measures growth by expanding readership, not title count.

Hell’s Hundred will join the publisher’s existing imprints of Soho Crime, Soho Press, and Soho Teen.

Hachette has the strongest ebook sales; it sold nearly 4 million more ebooks than Penguin Random House.

Now that all the data is in, BookScan reports that US print sales were down 3 percent in 2023 compared to 2022.

Lee Gutkind announced a partnership between Creative Nonfiction and Narratively—another literary magazine that specializes in true stories.

The demise of The Writer magazine reflects deeply rooted media industry woes—such as fragile ad revenue—and long-term challenges for both journalists and authors.

Comics pros Jim Krueger and Steve Orlando have launched a science fiction and fantasy publisher, Gungnir.

The former publisher of HarperCollins Ireland, Conor Nagle, has launched an eponymous literary agency based in Dublin. Nagle will be

Ghostwriters, whose literary contributions have often been made in secret, are creating more community and visibility for their work.

That still beats the performance of 2020 and is way ahead of pre-pandemic 2019.

A peek into what’s on deck for last year’s most popular authors.

2024 promises to test—and perhaps widen—a number of publishing boundaries.

Circana BookScan reports that adult fiction in the US market saw its best holiday sales (for print) in five years.

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