3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (212+ words) After more than a decade in business and client development with Nielsen, NPD Group and Circana, David Walter struck out on his own this year with BookInsights.ai, a consultancy aimed at helping publishers turn data into decisions. Walter talked…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (198+ words) International Literary Properties (ILP), the estate management firm that also invests in and acquires literary and theatrical IP, has promoted of Michael Barra, currently CEO of ILP theatrical and global franchise management, to CEO, inclusive of the Americas, the U.K., and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (44+ words) Publishers Weekly The Common Good Economy: How to Make Capitalism Work for Us All Mariana Mazzucato. Basic Venture, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5416-0934-1 More By and About this Authorchevron_right...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (159+ words) Chris Werner, formerly publisher at Amazon Publishing, has joined Penguin Random House Audio in the newly created role of VP of content development, per an announcement from PRH Audio SVP and deputy publisher Dan Zitt. Werner was at Amazon for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (151+ words) Defining global kids’ books As World Kid Lit Month enters its second decade, the organization continues to prioritize raising young readers’ awareness of and access to diverse literature, especially books in translation. Supporting the education and library sectors, along with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) As Highlights for Children turns 80 this year, the company’s 11-year-old Highlights Press imprint is celebrating the milestone with sales growth that is significantly outpacing not only the children’s book market as a whole but also the red-hot activity book category,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (576+ words) Though the meaning of the word independent can seem fuzzy to some, the requirements for joining the IPC are straightforward: publishers must have at least 10 books in print by at least three authors, and no more than 60 employees. This disqualifies…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (272+ words) Publishers Weekly Disney Teams with Webtoon on Romantasy Comics Series Disney Publishing is bringing romantasy to comics with a new series, which will debut next year on the webcomics platform Webtoon before being published in print format. Announced at Disney's…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (562+ words) “It’s always challenging to make a book work in such a crowded market, and it isn’t going to get any easier as kids continue to have so much content outside of books that they want to consume,” says Ben Rosenthal,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (726+ words) New Voices New Rooms Opening Breakfast Keynote: “We Will Not Be Silenced: Black Women Shaping Our Narrative” Featuring Afia Atakora, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Soyica Diggs Colbert, and Celeste Headlee, moderated by NAIBA president Hannah Oliver Depp of Loyalty Bookstores (Washington, D....