Little, Brown Makes Staffing Changes
Michelle Howry has been named editorial director of the division’s Little, Brown Spark imprint, while Mulholland’s Joshua Kendall and Algonquin’s Nadxieli Nieto have left the company. more...Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital
The online bookselling platform has partnered with the self-publishing company to allow self-published authors to sell e-books on its site. more...
Harper Wave Relaunches as Frontlist Imprint
Led by SVP and publisher Diana Baroni, the wellness imprint—which had been dormant for several years—will release around 10 nonfiction titles per year, aiming to “inspire readers to see the world through new lenses.” more...
Aaron Priest Turns Agency Over to Mitch Hoffman
After more than five decades heading his eponymous literary agency, Priest has announced his retirement, with Hoffman (pictured), a senior agent, taking over as owner and president at the firm. more...and more.
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Publisher NewsInkluded and PRH Announce New Partnership
Through the collaboration, PRH will support the nonprofit’s mission of making the book business more diverse by contributing to its programming and creating opportunities for members to engage directly with the publishing industry.
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People
Literacy Orgs Funnel Children’s Books to Twin Cities Immigrant Families
Minnesota’s A Book of My Own and Reach Out and Read, a national organization, are working with schools and mutual aid groups to provide multilingual books to Minneapolis and St. Paul area families sheltering in place amid ICE’s incursion on the state.
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Publisher News
Zando Unmasks Evil Twin Horror Imprint
Following the success of its romance imprint Slowburn, the publisher aims to replicate its book community–focused social media strategy to get horror by debut and familiar voices into the hands of fans, beginning this August with A. P. Thayer’s Tapeworm.
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Religion
Christian Publishers Highlight Plans for Growth in 2026
When PW asked executives at nine Christian publishing houses about their plans for growth this year, all were optimistic. Some are building up successful lines, others are adding new imprints or new platforms. All are out to expand their audience.
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Religion
Christian Novelists Seek Readers of All Faiths or None
PW asked publishers, agents, and authors if it matters in the marketplace when an ostensibly “Christian” novel that steers clear of sex scenes and course language also omits any mention of faith.
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Religion
Religion Book Deals: Feb. 18, 2026
Among recent book deals were several faith-based titles to strengthen marriages, and parenting skills and a call to add play time to ease life's stresses.
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Page to Screen
Book Clubs Swoon for ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emerald Fennell’s steamy new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 text is causing modern romance readers to flock to the classic. What are they finding there?
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Religion
Evangelicalism in an Age of Conspiracy: PW Talks with Jared Stacy
In Reality in Ruins, the post-evangelical theologian and former preacher traces how paranoia and threats to power—stretching from the Roman Empire to the 2020 presidential election—have distorted evangelical understandings of Jesus.
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Religion
A Fresh Spin on Spinoza: PW Talks with Steven Nadler
In Spinoza, Atheist, the professor argues that for all the mentions of God in the 17th-century philosopher’s writing, he actually reflected a hyper-rationalistic atheism that still speaks to readers today.
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Publisher News
Red Wheel to Distribute New World Library
The mind/body/spirit publisher will begin distributing New World’s line September 1, a move that adds to the growing number of like-minded indie publishers banding together for the greater good of the industry, Red Wheel/Weiser CEO Michael Kerber said.
