Publishers Weekly

12/04/2025

New titles help readers navigate a changing financial picture.

12/04/2025

★ Aaron Starmer sets up a “unsettlingly strange and seemingly disjointed journey” featuring illustrations by Jaime Zollars in his “genuinely touching” middle grade novel YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS

Twelve-year-old Roman Barnes always ducks out of the room when Grandpa Henry starts telling Roman’s older brother and cousins ab...

12/04/2025

The well-funded, AI-powered self-publishing platform has introduced author voice cloning for audiobooks, expanded translation services, and grown to 6,000 users. “With AI, everyone will be able to publish a book,” said founder and CEO Yehuda Niv.

The well-funded, AI-powered self-publishing platform has introduced author voice cloning for audiobooks, expanded translation services, and grown to 6,000 users.

12/03/2025

The new nonprofit arm of Interlink Publishing, the nation’s only Palestinian American–owned indie press, is dedicated to “amplifying banned, suppressed, and censored voices” through mentorship, events, and funding for translated literature.

12/03/2025

In addition to her new role, Bergstrom will continue leading the Gallery Publishing Group. She originally joined the publisher in 1998 as editorial director of Simon Spotlight, later transitioning over to the adult division in 2004.

12/03/2025

For the first time, the streaming giant is including audiobook listening data in its annual Wrapped feature, with Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing securing its spot as the most-listened-to title of the year.

12/03/2025

The publisher will collaborate with Google Cloud with the goal of improving sales, marketing, and inventory management. The academic division will also implement AI in an effort to improve learning outcomes. Founder and chief executive Nigel Newton said the partnership will “demonstrate how cutting-edge technology can increase the discovery and sales of books.”

The publisher will collaborate with Google Cloud with the goal of improving sales, marketing, and inventory management. The academic division will also implement AI in an effort to improve learning outcomes.

12/03/2025

Significant cost increases implemented by the company are causing publishers to reevaluate how they use the service, including cutting the number of titles they list. Edelweiss execs say the higher prices reflect its current value and are needed to keep it viable.

Significant cost increases implemented by the company are causing publishers to reevaluate how they use the service, including cutting the number of titles they list.

12/03/2025

A Muslim American stand-up comedian stars as the title subject in the first installment in the Muslim Mavericks series of biographical middle grade books, which aim to counteract Islamic stereotypes. Written by Seema Yasmin, the series launches in February from Simon & Schuster's Salaam Reads imprint.

A Muslim American stand-up comedian stars as the title subject in the first installment in the Muslim Mavericks series of biographical middle grade chapter books, launching in February from Simon & Schuster's Salaam Reads imprint.

12/03/2025

"I’m fascinated by how much is changing in middle school. Things are falling apart and coming together at record speed, there’s a constant flux, and a lot of it is out of your control." We spoke with Newbery Honor-winning author and adult memoirist Chanel Miller about her new middle grade book, 'The Moon Without Stars.'

We spoke with Newbery Honor-winning author and adult memoirist Chanel Miller about her new middle grade book, 'The Moon Without Stars,' and helping kids learn how to seek help.

12/03/2025

In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand arguments, with uses beyond literary studies.

12/03/2025

As part of its annual effort to send free books to incarcerated readers, the Chicago-based progressive publisher aims to raise $20,000 to cover the production and shipping costs of 2,000 titles from its catalog.