Opposition grows to proposed Penguin Random House merger with Simon & Schuster
The potential combined market clout of two major multinationals provides potential negative results for independent publishers, authors, and readers alike.
On beginning the year with cautious optimism
Notwithstanding the real challenges last year presented, there is good reason to be hopeful about the robust longevity of the literary ecosystem.
Luciana Ricciutelli, groundbreaking feminist publisher and small-press advocate, dead at 62
The longtime editor-in-chief of Inanna Publications is remembered as much for her dedication to publishing debut and marginalized authors as her commitment to small presses in Canada.
The Horror Show: Michael Kelly branches out with a throwback to the pulp periodicals of yore
Weird Horror, an offshoot of the publisher’s book imprint, Undertow Publications, is a nostalgic magazine in the EC Comics, Weird Tales vein.
Ongoing Covid-19 pandemic makes for a fall publishing season like no other in memory
The global pandemic, an American presidential election, and a double cohort of books hitting the market make a perfect storm for publishers and booksellers
U.S. publishers file lawsuit against Internet Archive alleging breach of copyright
The publishers’ suit argues that the Internet Archive is engaging in wholesale piracy by offering users free access to in-copyright books.
U.K. publisher Galley Beggar Press turns to the public for support after near-collapse of retailer The Book People
The U.K. publisher Galley Beggar Press faces an existential crisis in the wake of the near collapse of online and pop-up retailer The Book People.