ALA 2024: Librarians Rally for the Right to Read
The American Library Association’s 2024 conference emphasized the threats posed by book bans and the undermining of public institutions and trust with a Rally for the Right to Read and more. more...David A. Morton, Who Defined Rizzoli's Architecture Program, Dies at 89
Morton, who joined Rizzoli International Publications in 1987 and was named associate publisher in 2008, published titles by such leading architects as Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and I.M. Pei. He died on June 27, a day shy of his 90th birthday. more...
Report Finds Customer Traffic Rising at Barnes & Noble
A new report by a market intelligence firm, whose services include store foot traffic analysis, found that customer visits at Barnes & Noble locations have increased every month but one since November 2023 compared to the prior year. more...Small Press Community Slowly Builds Back After SPD Failure
A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 indie publishers without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors both are finally moving forward—even as damage assessment continues. more...and more.
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BooksellingThe Future of Children’s Bookselling
Forward-thinking booksellers are reinventing community programming staples, from author visits to subscription boxes.
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Shows & Events
Resurgent ALA Annual Conference Draws More than 13,000 to San Diego
Freedom to read, advocacy take center stage at a high-energy, well-attended ALA Annual Conference.
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Publisher News
How ‘Not Nothing’ by Gayle Forman Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest middle grade novel.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of July 8, 2024
Bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe sells a new souther epic to Morrow, Hillary Clinton’s new memoir goes to Simon & Schuster, and more.
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Religion
God Knows We're a Mess: Religious Books Address Contemporary Times
Burned out. Exhausted. Traumatized. Suffering. Lonely. Angry. Fearful. Grieving. To judge by many religion books on the fall horizon, we're all a mess right now. PW asked four editors and publishers about new books aimed at uplifting people from the spiritual pits.
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Religion
Tim Keller and Dallas Willard Still Speak
Zondervan will release posthumous titles by the renowned Evangelical authors this October: Keller's 'Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller,' and Willard's 'The Scandal of the Kingdom: How the Parables of Jesus Revolutionize Life with God.'
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Religion
The Mystics Send a Message in Shannon K. Evans’s Latest
Shannon K. Evans spoke with PW about her latest book, 'The Mystics Would Like a Word: Six Women Who Met God and Found a Spirituality for Today.'
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Financial Reporting
Booktopia Files for Voluntary Administration
The future of the Australian online bookseller has grown more uncertain with the appointment of a firm to undertake “an urgent assessment of Booktopia’s business.”
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Publisher News
Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing Untouched by Namesake Bankruptcy
After the entertainment company of the same name filed for bankruptcy, some in the book business wondered how the closure would impact the publisher. It won't.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2024: Ali Velshi Calls for Courage
At a June 30 keynote at this year’s American Library Association's Annual Conference, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi discussed the plight of frontline librarians in the present political climate and his memoir, 'Small Acts of Courage.'
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