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Industry orgs decry new DOE guidance dismissing 'book ban hoax'
The Department of Education has moved quickly to reverse course in its efforts to stem the tide of what it now describes as "so-called" school book bans. In a Friday announcement, the DOE said it was eliminating the position of book ban coordinator at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and dismissing 11 outstanding civil […]
Demand soars for book by Bishop who confronted Trump
Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, who called on President Donald Trump at a televised national prayer service on January 22 to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ persons, is now seeing her 2023 book, How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith, rushed into a second printing.
The 2025 National Book Critics Circle finalists
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists and special award winners for this year's awards cycle, its 50th, honoring books published in 2024. A total of 31 publishers are represented across 42 finalists. Winners of the eight competitive categories will be named on March 20, 2025, at the New School in New York […]
TikTok uncertainty prompts the book business to envision an even better future
On January 20, hours after President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated, thousands of readers lined up for one of the 1,100 midnight release parties held across the country for Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. The book, which is the third in the TikTok-beloved Empyrean series, received a 2.5 million copy first print run, with one […]
What should book publishing expect under a second Trump administration?
When Donald J. Trump first took his seat in the Oval Office in 2017, book publishing had something of an idea of what to expect. The famously litigious real estate magnate and reality TV star's exploits had been regular tabloid fodder in publishing's hometown of New York City long before he plunged into politics. Now […]
Children's lit community hosts fundraisers and book drives for L.A. wildfire relief
Children's creators, publishers, and booksellers are looking for ways to bolster Los Angeles families, communities, and relief organizations after the wildfires of the past week, especially after digesting the news of schools destroyed in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas.
Government charges three people in publishing scam
After a long investigation and hundreds of complaints, a grand jury in San Diego has charged three people involved in a publishing scam that the government contends defrauded elderly authors across the U.S. of almost $44 million.
Diamond Comic Distributors files for bankruptcy
Diamond Comic Distributors, a linchpin in the distribution of comics to comics shops since it was founded in 1982, has made a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. According to the filing, Diamond has received $41 million in debtor-in-possession financing from JP Morgan Chase that will […]
Colin Barrett's Wild Houses among winners of Nero book awards
Booker longlisted author Colin Barrett has won the Nero book award for debut fiction for his novel Wild Houses. Meanwhile Adam S Leslie has won in the fiction category for Lost in the Garden, while Guardian Long Reads contributor Sophie Elmhirst's Maurice and Maralyn was named nonfiction winner. Liz Hyder was awarded the prize in […]
British novelists criticise government over AI 'theft'
Kate Mosse and Richard Osman have hit back at Labour's plan to give artificial intelligence companies broad freedoms to mine artistic works for data, saying it could destroy growth in creative fields and amount to theft.

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