The annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature—the largest learned societies in the field—are upon us, and publishers of academic religion books are gearing up for what is their most important event of the year. They’ll be presenting and selling their books (see our preview in the October 10 issue of PW) to scholars and scouting for new authors and projects; we’ll be looking for trends and hot topics, as well as talking to publishers about some of the challenges in academic publishing these days. Look for our coverage of the meetings in the November 23 issue of RBL. And stay tuned for our picks of the best religion books of the year. We’ll unveil them in the November 7 issue of PW.