Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.
In spring 2022, Seven Stories Press editor Greg Ruggiero read a New York Times op-ed that unnerved him. In it, University of Michigan law professor and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade discussed ...
The collapse of ReaderLink’s proposed purchase of Baker & Taylor led to the sale of the wholesaler’s distribution business to ...
It’s National Library Week. This year’s theme is “Drawn to the Library,” and the American Library Association’s website declares, "Stories and art draw us together, inspiring all of us to discover our ...
Data from Bowker Books in Print showed a collapse of new adult nonfiction paperback titles by 42% from 2019 to 2024, to just under 40,000. New adult nonfiction hardcover titles fell by 9% over the ...
The Authors Equity startup offers popular writers backend compensation common in the film industry, otherwise known as profit participation. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief A new book publishing ...
A group of more than 70 authors including Dennis Lehane, Gregory Maguire and Lauren Groff released an open letter on Friday about the use of AI on the literary website Lit Hub. It asked publishing ...
Book distributors get titles into readers' hands. And last week, Small Press Distribution abruptly closed — leaving over 350 small presses scrambling to figure out how their industry can move forward.
With a ban looming, publishers are hoping to pivot to new platforms, but readers fear their community of book lovers will never be the same. By Alexandra Alter Two years ago, Jeneane O’Riley ...
Costco will no longer offer books for sale year-round and will instead stock them only for the holiday shopping period and during special promotions, according to a report — a surprise move that poses ...
As libraries work to upgrade and diversify offerings in the digital age, many have to carefully navigate publisher ...
For the past 12 years, standard 32-page comic titles were priced at $3.99, with some titles (mainly for kids) still at $2.99. But prices have been steadily rising; more than half of all new comics in ...