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Lambda Legal, ACLU Sue to Block Iowa Anti-LGBTQ Book Banning Law
Signed by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in May, SF 496, among its provisions, bans books with depictions of written or visual sex from school libraries, and prohibits instruction and materials involving gender identity and sexual orientation for students through sixth grade.
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Appeal of Texas Book Rating Law Set for Oral Argument Tomorrow
After weeks of anticipation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will finally hear oral argument in the state’s appeal of judge Alan D. Albright’s August 31 decision to enjoin key provisions of HB 900.
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Poet Detained in Gaza Is Released by IDF
After Mosab Abu Toha was detained by the Israeli Defense Forces on November 19, organizations including PEN International and his publisher, City Lights, called for his protection and release.
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Indie Presses Tout Titles for the Holiday
With the holiday season is in full swing after a year of ups and downs for publishers, a number of indie presses predict how their final sales push of 2023 is shaping up.
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Yahdon Israel Pulls Back the Curtain on Publishing
The senior editor at Simon & Schuster, who acquired NBA finalist ‘Temple Folk’ after putting out a call for submissions on Instagram, wants to make the publishing industry more transparent and accessible.
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'Freelance Isn't Free' Becomes Law in New York State
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed New York state bill S5026—known as the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, and intended to protect freelance workers including authors and journalists on contract—into law.
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ACLU, Parents, and Students Sue Alaska School District Over Book Bans
The suit, filed on behalf of six parents of minor children and two students who are over the age of 18 in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough school district, seeks the return of 56 books said to be improperly banned from school shelves.
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Close-Up on: Jamie Oliver’s ‘Billy and the Giant Adventure’
With the publication of Billy and the Giant Adventure (Tundra), celebrity chef Jamie Oliver becomes a children’s book author. In the inventive and inspiring story, a group of friends enter a portal to another world, where they have a wild adventure and meet a menagerie of creatures. Oliver chatted with PW about the inspiration behind the book, the role that food plays in the story, and his personal challenges growing up with dyslexia.
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Amicus Briefs Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on Texas Book Rating Law
With oral argument days away, some 17 organizations and individuals have teamed up to file six separate amicus briefs urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision blocking key portions of Texas’s controversial book rating law.
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Black Romance Authors and Editors Share Their Passion for Love Stories
Amid ongoing challenges, Black authors and editors are creating the love stories they want to read.
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The PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey 2023
Our annual industry survey reveals a modest median pay increase and minor improvements in workforce diversity across trade book publishers.
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Spotlight on Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 Bestsellers
Want to learn more about other 33 1/3's latest titles? Here's a smattering of bestsellers from Bloomsbury's line of short books about popular music.
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Spotlight on Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 Recent Releases
Want to learn more about other 33 1/3's latest titles? Here's a smattering of recent releases from Bloomsbury's line of short books about popular music.
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Spotlight on Bloomsbury 33 1/3 Movie Tie-Ins
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PW Close-Up: Leah Babb-Rosenfeld on the History of 33 1/3
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Bloomsbury Academic's line of books about albums, 33 1/3, PW talked to the Publisher at Bloomsbury who oversees the series, Leah Babb-Rosenfeld, about the book line's origins, what makes it unique, and what the lasting mark of these books will be.
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Booksellers, Publishers Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on Texas Book Rating Law
Attorneys for a group of booksellers and publishing industry associations argue that a district court in Texas correctly enjoined HB 900, and that the injunction should be allowed to stand.
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Judge Will Toss Part of Authors’ AI Copyright Lawsuit
A federal judge said he will dismiss part of a lawsuit filed by a group of authors including comedian Sarah Silverman that claims Meta’s Llama AI application infringes their copyrights. However, a core claim of the suit—that Meta’s use of unauthorized copies to train its AI model is infringing—remains.
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Italy's 21letters Expands to U.S. with 26letters
Boutique Italian publishing house 21letters is opening an U.S. subsidiary, 26letters, which is publishing its first title, 'Sempé in New York,' a collection of 'New Yorker' magazine covers by the French-born cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, in December.
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Higher Learning
With University Press Week underway this month, PW examines how the Association of University Presses and its members are bringing the ideas—and ideals—of the academy to the masses. (Sponsored)
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A New Page
The Upper Room’s long-running daily devotional for Christian readers, the Disciplines, expands its scope. (Sponsored)
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