Taylor Jenkins Reid writes her own Hollywood success story
March 3, 2023 GMT“I'm jealous you get to meet her,” an employee working behind the scenes at a recent press opportunity for “Daisy Jones & the Six” told some journalists.
Former US Rep. Adam Kinzinger to release book in October
February 21, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) —
Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who broke with his party two years ago after the Jan.
HarperCollins union approves contract, ends 3-month strike
February 16, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Striking union members at HarperCollins Publishers have approved a tentative agreement reached last week and will return to work Tuesday, ending a walkout that lasted more than three months and became the center of an ongoing debate about salaries in the industry.
Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing
February 6, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Months after being stabbed repeatedly as he prepared to give a lecture, Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye, struggles to write and, at times, has “frightening” nightmares.
HarperCollins, striking workers agree to federal mediation
January 26, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing some 250 striking employees have agreed to enter into federal mediation, the first sign of a possible settlement since the work stoppage began in early November.
Robert Caro, Gottlieb and the mystic chords of memory
December 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Robert A. Caro and his editor, Robert Gottlieb, know each other so well.
After a half-century together, the pair have lived in each other’s minds for so long that they can anticipate what the other will say.
Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set
December 20, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The good news on Robert A. Caro's long-awaited next book is that he knows the final words.
The bad news is that he's known them for years and remains far from concluding his Lyndon B.
‘Expressive times’: Publishing industry an open book in 2022
December 7, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, the story of book publishing was often the industry itself.
Penguin Random House's attempt to purchase Simon & Schuster ended up in a Washington, D.C.
More than 150 agents back striking HarperCollins workers
November 28, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — More than 150 literary agents, whose clients include Danielle Jackson, V.E. Schwab and L.A. Chandlar, have signed an open letter to HarperCollins vowing to “omit” the publisher from upcoming book submissions until it reaches an agreement with striking employees.
Proposed merger of two publishing giants is officially over
November 22, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster's corporate parent has officially ended the agreement for Penguin Random House to purchase the publisher, a proposed sale a federal judge already had blocked last month.
HarperCollins union begins strike, citing wages, diversity
November 11, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 copy editors, marketing assistants and other employees at HarperCollins Publishers went on strike Thursday, with the two sides differing over wages and benefits, diversity policy and union protection.
US Judge lays out case for blocking publishing giants merger
November 8, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has laid out a data-laden case for why she blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, handing a victory to the Biden Justice Department in its contention that combining two of the world’s biggest publishers would hurt competition for top-selling books.
Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympic bribes scandal
October 4, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — A top executive at a major Japanese publisher was charged Tuesday with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member.
The charges against Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, a major figure in Japan’s movie and entertainment industry, are the latest in the unfolding corruption scandal related to last year’s Tokyo Summer Games.
Anne Heche memoir ‘Call Me Anne’ scheduled for January
September 15, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir Anne Heche worked on over the past year, the actor shared candid thoughts on her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood's first openly gay couples.
Tokyo Olympics sponsorship scandal widens with more arrests
September 6, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member widened Tuesday as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a publisher which became a sponsor for the Games.
Antitrust trial puts book publishing industry in the dock
August 6, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department's effort to block the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster isn't just a showcase for the Biden administration's tougher approach to corporate consolidation, it's a rare moment for the publishing industry itself to be placed in the dock.
CEO of publishing giant defends deal challenged by US gov’t
August 4, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of publishing titan Penguin Random House on Thursday defended his company’s deal to acquire rival Simon & Schuster against the government’s claim it would thwart competition.
US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
August 1, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the U.S.
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Alton Brown named president of Chattanooga Times Free Press
July 8, 2022 GMTCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The owner of the Chattanooga Times Free Press has named Alton Brown as the newspaper's president.
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June 28, 2022 GMTUS Bestseller List - Paid Books
Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han - 9781416999171 - (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Judge in Maryland strikes down library e-book law
June 14, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In a legal case closely watched by libraries and the publishing industry, a federal judge in Maryland struck down a state law requiring publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms" to libraries if they were also being offered to the general public.
Literary ‘superagent’ Mort Janklow dies at 91
May 25, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Mort Janklow, a colorful former corporate attorney who raised high the power of the literary agent as he brokered big advances for publishing, political and entertainment leaders, from Ronald Reagan and Al Gore to David McCullough and Barbara Walters, has died.
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May 24, 2022 GMTUS Bestseller List - Paid Books
Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. In the Blood by Jack Carr - 9781982181680 - (AtriaEmily Bestler Books)
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May 17, 2022 GMTUS Bestseller List - Paid Books
Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner - 9781501133596 - (Atria Books)
Judge won’t make Sen. Warren retract letter about COVID book
May 10, 2022 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle has declined to order Sen. Elizabeth Warren to retract statements she made criticizing a book that promotes misinformation about COVID-19 and suggesting that companies that sold it might face liability.
The top 10 Books on the Apple Store
May 10, 2022 GMTUS Bestseller List - Paid Books
Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. 22 Seconds by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro - 9780316499385 - (Little, Brown and Company)
Owner of Maine newspaper to recognize employees’ new union
May 6, 2022 GMTBANGOR, Maine (AP) — The owner of a Maine newspaper has decided to recognize a union formed by its employees.
The union will represent more than 30 newsroom workers at the Bangor Daily News, which covers Maine's third-largest city and many of its rural northern and eastern communities.
Jon Yaged to succeed Don Weisberg as Macmillan CEO
May 3, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisberg, will step down at the end of the year. Jon Yaged, currently the company's president, will succeed him.
"I can, without hesitation, say that there could be no better time for me to step aside," Weisberg, 67, said in a statement Tuesday.
News publisher Lee faces renewed pressure from hedge funds
April 14, 2022 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is facing renewed pressure from a hedge fund to speed up its transition to digital publishing and consider adding new digital-savvy leaders to its board after successfully fighting off a hostile takeover from a different hedge fund.
2 rival Storm Lake newspapers become one following purchase
April 4, 2022 GMTSTORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — A 32-year rivalry between two Storm Lake newspapers has ended after the Storm Lake Times Company recently purchased the Pilot-Tribune from Hallmark II Publishing of Charles City.
Bechdel, Hough, Peters among nominees for Triangle Awards
March 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Alison Bechdel, Lauren Hough and Torrey Peters are among the finalists for the 34th annual Triangle Awards for outstanding LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction books.
Two authors honored last week by the National Book Critics Circle, Jeremy Atheron Lin and the late Anthony Veasna So, also were among the nominees announced Monday by the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ people in publishing.
Legible Launches Unique Publishing Services to Accelerate Customer and Revenue Growth
March 21, 2022 GMTLiterary journal Conjunctions to shut down this fall
March 9, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A prominent literary journal is shutting down this fall after losing support from its publisher, Bard College. Conjunctions, founded in 1981 by Bradford Morrow and the recipient of numerous awards, has been a forum for writers ranging from W.S.
Jason Epstein, publishing editor and innovator, dead at 93
February 4, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Jason Epstein, a publishing innovator and bon vivant who helped put the classics in paperback, co-founded The New York Review of Books and worked with such novelists as E.L. Doctorow, Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Roth, has died at age 93.
Fox News host Shannon Bream has new book out in March
February 2, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The author of the bestselling “The Women of the Bible Speak,” Fox News host and commentator Shannon Bream, has a followup book coming out this spring.
Fox News Books, the book publishing arm of Fox News Media, announced Wednesday that Bream's “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families” will be released March 29.
Kellyanne Conway memoir ‘Here’s the Deal’ coming out May 24
January 27, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has a memoir out May 24: “Here's the Deal” is billed by her publisher as a look beyond the headlines of the Trump administration and her family life, including her husband and prominent Trump detractor, George Conway.
Iowa weekly, The Jesup Citizen Herald, ends publication
January 21, 2022 GMTJESUP, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa weekly newspaper has ended publication after being unable to find a suitable buyer.
The Jesup Citizen Herald printed its final edition on Dec. 29, ending its 122-year existence, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported.
Publisher of ‘The Firm,’ ‘Fire and Fury’ has deal for memoir
January 20, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of such blockbusters as Dan Brown's “The Da Vinci Code” and John Grisham's “The Firm” has a memoir coming out next year.
Stephen Rubin's “Words and Music: Confessions of an Optimist” will be published by Applause Books in January 2023.
Former New York Post editor alleges harassment, retaliation
January 19, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A New York Post editor whose departure was announced Tuesday alleged she was fired two months after revealing to an executive that former editor Col Allan had sexually harassed her.
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
January 18, 2022 GMTNonfiction
1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio)
2. Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson, narrated by Will Smith (Penguin Audio)
Tampa Bay Times CEO retiring after 47 years at newspaper
January 13, 2022 GMTST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Paul Tash is retiring as CEO of the Tampa Bay Times, a media organization he joined 47 years ago as a summer intern, the Times announced Thursday.
Fa La La La La! Sandra Boynton has an imprint all her own
January 13, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Boynton's prolific career as an author, cartoonist and songwriter has reached the point where a publisher has formed an imprint dedicated solely to her books.
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
January 11, 2022 GMTNonfiction
1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio)
2. Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson, narrated by Will Smith (Penguin Audio)
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Mystery solved? Man arrested in thefts of unpublished books
January 6, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say they've solved a publishing industry whodunit with the arrest Wednesday of a man accused of numerous literary heists in recent years, allegedly impersonating others in the industry to amass a veritable library of unpublished works.
Collection of Norman Mailer’s writing finds new publisher
January 5, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — An anthology of the late Norman Mailer's writing that Random House allegedly scheduled for his centennial in 2023 but backed off from, will be released by Skyhorse Publishing. The publisher has taken on such discarded works as Woody Allen's memoir “Apropos of Nothing” and a Philip Roth biography written by Blake Bailey.
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January 4, 2022 GMTUS Bestseller List - Paid Books
Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods - 9780593331736 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
Music publisher, ex-senator’s son Drew Alexander dead at 52
January 1, 2022 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Andrew “Drew” Franklin Alexander, a Nashville music publisher and son of former U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, died Friday after a short undisclosed illness, his family said. He was 52.
Judge upholds ruling against NYT over Project Veritas memos
December 25, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has upheld an order preventing The New York Times from publishing documents between conservative group Project Veritas and its lawyer and ruled that the newspaper must immediately relinquish confidential legal memos it obtained.
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December 21, 2021 GMTBook Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. The Judge’s List by John Grisham - 9780385546034 - (Knopf Doubleday
Miami Herald president named Houston Chronicle publisher
December 16, 2021 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Miami Herald President Nancy Meyer has been hired as the new publisher of the Houston Chronicle, Hearst Corp. announced.
Meyer will succeed John McKeon, who is retiring after a 40-year career in newspapers, Hearst said in its Wednesday announcement.
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December 14, 2021 GMTBook Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult - 9781984818423 - (Random House Publishing Group)
2. This Day by Blanka Lipińska - 9781982174392 - (AtriaEmily Bestler Books)
John Legend branches out into book publishing
December 13, 2021 GMTJohn Legend's newest project brings him into the book business.
Legend, Tony Award-winning producer Mike Jackson and Emmy Award-winner Ty Stiklorius are partnering with the publisher Zando for a new imprint, Get Lifted Books, an extension of the production company Get Lifted Film.
Swift selling local media assets to Ogden Newspapers
November 30, 2021 GMTASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Swift Communications, which owns a range of daily and weekly newspapers across the American West, announced Tuesday it is selling its local media and publishing businesses to West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers.
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November 30, 2021 GMTBook Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon - 9781101885697 - (Random House Publishing Group)
2. The Becoming by Nora Roberts - 9781250272713 - (St.
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November 23, 2021 GMTBook Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. Mercy by David Baldacci - 9781538719695 - (Grand Central Publishing)
2. Tom Clancy Chain of Command by Marc Cameron - 9780593188187 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
Trump photo book ‘Our Journey Together’ coming next month
November 19, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's first post-White House book will be, like so much else about him, a departure from other former presidents.
Trump is publishing a hardcover collection of hundreds of photographs from his administration, featuring his own captions, some handwritten.
US publishing association honors Guatemalan publisher
November 17, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A Guatemalan publisher is being honored by the Association of American Publishers for its work in defending freedom of expression.
The association announced Wednesday it was giving its International Freedom to Publish/Jeri Laber Award to F&G Editores and founder Raúl Figueroa Sarti, who has often risked his personal safety to release books alleging racism, corruption and government-sponsored violence.