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âThe Oldest Joke in the Bookâ: PW Talks with Pete Holmes
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (326+ words) What made you want to write for kids after devoting much of your career to adult comedy? How else did your relationship with your daughter inspire this book? I made this book for her. My daughter is the sort of…...
David Walter Launches Study of American Book Buyers
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (212+ words) After more than a decade in business and client development with Nielsen, NPD Group and Circana, David Walter struck out on his own this year with BookInsights.ai, a consultancy aimed at helping publishers turn data into decisions. Walter talked…...
After Years of Boom and Bust, Is Manga Finally Here to Stay?
4+ day, 37+ min ago (840+ words) Enduring market or flash in the pan? Although manga’s post-Covid spike was certainly dramatic—the genre saw a 160% jump in sales between 2020 and 2021, according to Circana—the story of its expansion in the American market really goes back to the…...
Walking a Tightrope: PW Talks with R.F. Kuang
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (183+ words) There is no high-concept hook to Taipei Story, nothing like the premises that underpinned her previous work. The book follows Lily, a Chinese American enrolled in an intensive language program in Taiwan, hoping to achieve fluency and, with it, a…...
Dash Shaw Channels Covid Losses in ‘Like Swimmers’
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (414+ words) Set in Richmond, Virginia, at the height of the pandemic, Like Swimmers (New York Review Comics, out now) pieces together the story of Howie, a young tattoo artist passionate about punk, lycanthropy, and a married woman named Isa. When he’s…...
Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance by Laura Thompson
1+ week, 1+ day ago (42+ words) Publishers Weekly Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance Laura Thompson. St. Martin’s, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-1-250-46126-1 More By and About this Authorchevron_right...
The Rust Forest by Anders De La Motte
1+ week, 1+ day ago (34+ words) Publishers Weekly Anders de la Motte, trans. from the Swedish by Alex Fleming. Atria/Bestler, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-1-6680-3089-9 More By and About this Authorchevron_right...
True North: On the Road in Canada by Paul Theroux
1+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) publishersweekly.com True North: On the Road in Canada Paul Theroux. Mariner, $32 (448p) ISBN 978-0-358-45130-3 Compact Disc - 979-8-228-98685-5 MP3 CD - 979-8-228-98684-8...
Books About Town: August 2026
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…...
Books-A-Million Continues to Ride Fiction Wave
1+ week, 4+ day ago (236+ words) Books-A-Million had a strong finish to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, and the momentum has carried into this year, CEO Terry Finley told PW in a recent interview. The company is also on pace to open 15 new outlets, including a…...