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August 1 Trial Date Set for DoJ Case Against PRH to Begin
In a hearing December 14, attorneys for Penguin Random House and the Department of Justice agreed to a schedule that sets August 1, 2022, as the start date for the DoJ’s case to block PRH’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster.
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Cuomo Ordered to Forfeit Book Earnings
In a crowning blow, disgraced former New York governor Andrew Cuomo has been ordered by state ethics officials to fork over roughly $5.1 million in earnings from his 2020 pandemic memoir 'American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic.'
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John Legend and Team Join Zando for New Imprint
Singer John Legend and members of the Get Lifted Film Company have partnered with Zando to form a new imprint, Get Lifted Books.
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PRH Fires Back at the DoJ's Effort to Stop Its S&S Purchase
Penguin Random House is disputing the U.S. Department of Justice's main argument in the government's lawsuit to block PRH’s acquisition of S&S, namely that the merger would lead to "substantial harm to authors of anticipated top-selling books and ultimately, consumers.”
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Michael Pietsch Looks at Publishing’s (Near) Future
Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch uses lessons from the last year to make some educated guesses about where the industry may be heading in the near term.
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Publishers at Crossroads with Movie Tie-ins
Publishers with licensed tie-in programs are struggling to adapt to shifting release dates and delayed shipments.
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Coalition Condemns Political Attacks Against Books in Schools
The National Coalition Against Censorship has issued a statement signed by more than 600 signatories condemning the political efforts to remove books from schools as acts of censorship that threaten the education of children while putting the safety of librarians, teachers, school administrators and school board officials in jeopardy.
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Knopf Launches Knopf Cooks
As an expansion of Knopf's publishing program, the publisher has formed Knopf Cooks, which will be led by executive editor Lexy Bloom.
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Scribner to Halt Distribution of Sebold's Memoir After Broadwater Exoneration
Scribner, publisher of Alice Sebold's 1999 memoir, 'Lucky,' announced it will "cease distribution of all formats" of the book, while it consults with Sebold on "how the work might be revised." The book, which details the effects of a sexual assault Sebold suffered in college, has become embroiled in a controversy after the man convicted of raping the author was exonerated of the crime last week.
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HBG Has No Date for Return to Office
Due to the arrival of the Omicron variant, Hachette Book Group said it has not set a date for a full return to its offices with CEO Michael Pietsch saying the company will only bring people back when it is safe to do so.
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How Four Bestselling Authors Connected with Readers, Helped Indie Booksellers, and Beat the Pandemic
After launching as a sort of support group in the early days of Covid-19, Friends & Fiction celebrated its 100th episode on November 24. PW caught up with show's creators and hosts, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Patti Callahan Henry, to talk about the rise of this special literary community.
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Former Trump Defense Secretary Sues Pentagon for Blocking Portions of his Memoir
In the suit, filed on November 28, attorneys for Mark Esper say that “significant text” is being “improperly withheld from publication…under the guise of classification.”
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Anchor Unveils Inaugural Hardcover List
Starting in February 2022, Anchor will publish hardcover titles for the first time, including three debut novels.
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Lonely Planet Comes Out of Lockdown
Amid global travel restrictions and under a new parent company, Lonely Planet spent 2021 retooling. Now it's ready to hit the road.
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Will Publishing Sales Grow Again?
Industry sales have increased only once since 2016—but 2021 is one strange year. Anything could happen.
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Supreme Court Asked to Rein In Government Pre-Publication Reviews
A petition was filed this week by the Knight First Amendment Institute and the ACLU on behalf of five former government employees, who claim their First Amendment rights are being unreasonably stifled by an expansive and non-transparent review process.
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IPG at 50: Exploring Heartland Publishing 2021
Joe Matthews, CEO of IPG parent company Chicago Review Press Inc., discusses the distributor’s explosive growth, and its future.
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The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Heartland Publishing 2021
Midwest presses embrace entrepreneurialism, community.
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New and Forthcoming Titles on Diversity
Check out this new selection of books focused on issues of diversity.
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The Book Biz Learns to Embrace Our Diverse Reality
Publishers and editors discuss their efforts to broaden their lists to reach those in underrepresented communities.
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