1+ week, 4+ day ago   (743+ words) Though the end of summer is a sleepy time in the publishing world, August saw two authors rally their communities to celebrate a pair of debuts, and Film at Lincoln Center kicked off a bookish film series with the help…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (216+ words) Bookshop.org, the online bookstore, has surpassed the $50 million milestone in distributions to independent bookstores. The company launched in 2020 to offer shoppers a way of buying books online that supported independent bookstores and to divert sales away from Amazon and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (787+ words) I think the challenge that we all face, big houses and small, is discoverability,” says Grove Atlantic VP and deputy publisher Peter Blackstock. This fall’s noteworthy titles from indies do their best to catch readers’ attention with their casts of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (278+ words) Volume 273 Issue 34 08/31/2026 Ben Greenberg at Random House landed North American rights to Bait Dog Boy by Henry Rollins from Anthony Mattero at CAA. The former Black Flag frontman’s coming-of-age memoir tells the story of his “broken childhood and the hope…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (82+ words) Publishers Weekly Panel Mania: ‘Outline’ by Michèle Fischels Michèle Fischels’ new graphic novel Outline offers a sensitively rendered tale on the competing personal and social realities facing a group of high school seniors nearing graduation. Expertly depicted by Fischelâ…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (165+ words) What made you want to be NAIBA’s executive director? How does your background in bookselling inform you in your new role? How was it this past year, with you onboarding as Eileen Dengler was preparing to retire from the position…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (168+ words) HarperCollins has turned to Amazon to find its new VP for online and digital sales. Scott Sanders will join the publisher on September 8 reporting to Stephanie Fryling, who was named president of sales in April. At Amazon, Sanders most recently…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Now, a little more than a year after acquiring BTPS, now known internally as Lakeside Book Distribution, the company has taken another step to upgrade its distribution business. The new Lakeside Book sales team is led by Jeff Tegge, VP…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (367+ words) Rebecca George, who co-owned Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago for more than a decade until it closed in January, has begun rolling out Lit Circle, a digital platform aimed at connecting consumers with bookstores hosting authors on tour. LitCircle’s database will…...