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From the Archive: October 10, 1931
We look back on a Depression-era cover ad from Modern Library promoting “books people can afford” at 95¢ per copy.
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HarperCollins Lays Off 'Small Number' of Employees
Faced with slowing industry sales and rising costs, HarperCollins has eliminated what it called a "small number" of positions, and instituted a number of other measures in a bid to "operate as efficiently as possible," CEO Brian Murray announced to employees on October 13.
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Discover New Japanese Books and Authors: Close-up on Japan Book Bank
As the largest online catalog of published Japanese content in the world, Japan Book Bank is the best and easiest way for publishers and copyright agents to discover new Japanese books and authors. PW caught up with Yoshiaki Hamza Yoshino of Japan Book Publishers Association to discuss JBB and how it’s helping to connect writers, publishers, and readers globally. (Sponsored)
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Hachette Book Group Works to Diversify Slate of Authors
Hachette Book Group took another step toward bringing more BIPOC writers to the table in an equitable way by cohosting a Hurston/Wright Writers Week Workshop retreat for the first time this summer.
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The New Press at 30
The New Press is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2022, following two of the best years in its history, with an oral history of its first decade.
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RELX Remains World's Biggest Book Publisher
The turmoil caused by the global pandemic was not enough to unseat the RELX Group as the world’s largest book publisher in 2021. Though sales fell 3% from 2020, the STM and legal publisher still held a healthy lead over second-place Thomson Reuters in our annual global ranking.
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From the Archive: December 9, 1996
We look back on our 1996 interview with French author Annie Ernaux, who was named the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Heavy Metal Inks Publishing Partnership with Whatnot
Startup ecommerce platform Whatnot is expanding its reach into publishing, announcing a new partnership with the celebrated science fiction/fantasy comics publisher Heavy Metal in a wide-ranging agreement announced at this year's New York Comic Con.
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First Adult Pigeon Book by Mo Willems Due Out Next Spring
He has attempted to drive a bus, attend school, and even take a spin on a roller coaster, but soon the Pigeon will embark upon his greatest adventure yet.
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Court Dismisses 'Implausible' Price-Fixing Suits Against Amazon, Big Five Publishers
The long-shot cases, first filed in early 2021, had alleged a conspiracy between Amazon and the Big Five publishers to eliminate price competition in the print and e-book markets, claims the defendants called "irrational" and "implausible."
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Publishing Veteran Gretchen Young Launching Regalo Press at Post Hill Press
Young, a former v-p and executive editor at Grand Central, says the new standalone imprint will integrate philanthropy into the book publishing business.
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2021 Was a Stellar Year for Publishing
Final statistics from the Association of American Publishers show that sales in 2021 topped $29 billion with all categories posting increases.
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From the Archive: September 5, 2011
In September 2011, we reported that Books-A-Million had agreed to acquire 24 former Borders locations, after Borders filed for bankruptcy and began shuttering its outlets earlier that year.
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Penguin Publishing Group Launches New Imprint, Thesis
The Penguin Publishing Group will launch a new imprint, Thesis, a sister imprint to the Portfolio and Sentinel imprints publishing “urgent idea-driven nonfiction.” Bria Sandford and Niki Papadopoulos will oversee the imprint's editorial operations.
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With an Online Auction, Mystery Writers Help Justice Prevail at the Polls
From September 18-24, concerned authors and other donors will host a Mystery Loves Democracy online auction in support of voting-rights organization Fair Fight Action, founded in 2014 by then-Georgia state representative Stacey Abrams.
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IPG Expands Its Publishing Business
IPG, the 51-year-old Chicago-based distribution company, has launched a third imprint, IPG Publishing, which will focus on copublishing and licensing projects, as well as proprietary and customized publishing.
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Big Publishers Hit a Rough Patch
After a record first half of 2021, corporate publishing is facing a tougher going in 2022.
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Making Books After Music: On Rockers-Turned-Publishers
Being an independent publisher requires certain traits: passion, yes, but also tenacity, obsession, business cunning, and marketing prowess. It’s a likely explanation for why a significant number of artists, particularly musicians, found their way into the world of letters.
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From the Archive: February 21, 1953
In February 1953, PW devoted seven pages to advising booksellers on how to create displays to promote books about Queen Elizabeth II.
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Henry Holt Lays Off Metropolitan Books Staff
Holt said Metropolitan Books publisher Sara Bershtel and the rest of the Metropolitan staff will be leaving the company, with Bershtel’s departure set for October 14. The future of the imprint will be announced soon, Holt said.
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