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Oct 17, 2018

Sales of adult books rose 5.2% in August over August 2017 and sales in the children\'s/young adult category increased 7...

Oct 17, 2018

HarperCollins has opened applications for its second “New to Publishing Information Session and Networking Event,” w...

Oct 16, 2018

\'Milkman,\' which is published by Graywolf Press in the U.S., makes Burns the first Northern Irish writer to win the pr...

Oct 16, 2018

Mary Kathleen \"Kate\" Dopirak, a rising children’s book author, died on October 10 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a ra...

Oct 16, 2018

The writers organization and free speech advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in federal court against President Donald Tr...

Oct 16, 2018

Educational Development Corp.’s rapid revenue growth stalled in the second quarter ended August 31, 2018, but the comp...

Oct 16, 2018

A scam that typically involves a literary agent, scout, or publisher being asked for a manuscript by what appears to be ...

Oct 16, 2018

After leaving traditional publishing, in which he served in executive roles with Nelson Books and at Simon & Schuster’...

Oct 15, 2018

After a number of months of sales gains, revenue at that nation\'s bookstores fell 1.2% in August compared to a year ago...

Oct 14, 2018

The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association\'s trade show in Denver was a lively gathering of a close-kni...

Oct 13, 2018

Stay up to date on all the latest news about New York Comic Con 2018 with Publishers Weekly—daily updates, podcasts an...

Oct 12, 2018

This week: new books from Susan Orlean, Barbara Kingsolver, and more.

Oct 12, 2018

\"The enterprise of writing a book has to feel like walking into a cathedral.\"

Oct 12, 2018

’The Wonky Donkey,’ a backlist picture book–turned viral video sensation, is the #1 book in the country. Plus Tuck...

Oct 12, 2018

Unit sales of print books fell 2.7% in the week ended Oct. 6, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets tha...

Oct 12, 2018

A cookbook author and her publisher husband have turned Mage Publications into America\'s most noteworthy source of Iran...

Oct 12, 2018

Listen: audiobooks make great gifts.

Oct 12, 2018

PRH invests in a book by Will Smith, Knopf buys a new Christopher Paolini collection, Viking lays out high six figures f...

Oct 12, 2018

The Winnetka Public Library, outside Chicago, underwent a stunning transformation—and other libraries can, too.

Oct 12, 2018

Hachette U.K. has secured the global publishing rights to Fortnite, the hot video game of the moment.