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…...

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…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (354+ words) Helped by an especially strong June, in which total sales were up 11% over a year ago, revenue for the 1,416 publishers that report results to AAP’s StatShot program increased 3.9% for the first half of 2026. Adult fiction sales were up 8.2% for the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (44+ words) Publishers Weekly The Common Good Economy: How to Make Capitalism Work for Us All Mariana Mazzucato. Basic Venture, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5416-0934-1 More By and About this Authorchevron_right...

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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (284+ words) According to a 2024 Pew Research study, today 95% percent of American teenagers have access to a smartphone. My daughters are among them. They were allowed smartphones and certain social media accounts at age 13. Over the years, I’ve watched technology become an…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) As some states consider legislating how publishers negotiate with libraries over e-book agreements, the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild have released a report which found that increased e-book library lending is supplanting sales of print books. Titled…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (196+ words) Publishers Weekly After more than a year’s preparation, two American Library Association divisions serving youth from birth to age 18 became a single entity as of September 1. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (770+ words) Peters’s nan—her father’s mother—was Mi’kmaq, so Peters asked that side of the family if the tree had any cultural significance. No one gave her a straight answer. Years later, while Peters was interning for the Nova Scotia Department…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (162+ words) Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency has been reelected as president of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) in the organization’s 2026–2027 board and officers selection, per an announcement. Brooks will serve her second term alongside co-VPs Tess Callero of…...