Publishing Industry Reporting

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The figure, based on ISBNs, represents an increase of 32.5 percent over 2024—but many ebooks have no ISBNs so the true number is even higher.

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

Longtime readers may recall my concerns that the list isn’t assembled with the same quality data and oversight as it once was.

The new publishing house based in Philadelphia will publish history, biography, memoir, and historical fiction.

It plans to publish two titles per year that “expand our notions of genre and form and speak to the heart of the subcultures driving artistic innovation.”

Expect to see agents, publishers, and others discussing what’s buzzing at the fair.

Greg Greeley led Amazon’s global books and media business and launched Amazon Prime and its self-publishing platform, among other initiatives.

Dover is perhaps best known for public domain reprints but has started publishing new work after being acquired by a book printer in 2015.

Small nonprofit literary presses are adapting to NEA funding cuts by diversifying revenue, strengthening donor relationships, and clarifying their community missions. The crisis is forcing long-overdue strategic and organizational work.

Video game creator Dan Houser has launched a book publishing imprint as part of his larger entertainment company of the same name.

At last week’s annual conference for booksellers, an industry analyst at Circana BookScan shared trends and insights from 2025 sales.

Fundraising for her subscription box has already raised more than $400,000, with a month left to go.

Evil Twin will release its first title this summer, with six to eight titles planned each year.

Hachette enjoyed 11% sales growth in 2025, partly due to the success of Freida McFadden and the Reese Witherspoon collaboration with Harlan Coben.

As Edelweiss increases pricing, making small publishers especially doubt whether the service is truly worthwhile, Ingram is entering the fray.

In a statement, Harlequin said the reason is “due to changing global market conditions.”