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 PW’s 10 Most-Read Religion Stories of 2017 Tate Publishing shuttering its doors, an outbreak of plagiarism, and an author’s account of life in the Westboro Baptist Church make up some of PW’s top religion and spirituality stories of 2017. more    Ethics and Eating: Combining Food with Spirituality in 3 Books
Just in time for the holiday season, three new books from religion and spirituality publishers are examining how faith can change eating habits, and vice versa. more  Teaching Money Skills with a Message: Personal Finance Books 2018
Generous Kids, a new children’s series from Christian publisher Sparkhouse Family, combines money lessons with moral teachings. more  Inner Traditions Acquires Findhorn Press After acquiring the Scotland-based spirituality publisher, Inner Traditions is launching two new imprints. With the move, the mind-body-spirit publisher will increase its yearly output to over 80 titles a year. more 
 Books for the Body and Soul New religious releases focus on the spiritual dimensions of pregnancy, menstruation, and breast cancer. more  Religion & Spirituality Update 2017: All Our Coverage
This season’s religion and spirituality highlights include new books by scholars that explore religious freedom, Islam, and Scripture; dozens of books aimed at broadening understanding across cultures; and more. more  Religion Book Deals: December 13, 2017 A jewelry designer turned business mogul’s five-book contract with Zondervan; Plough’s English-language bio of ‘Somalia’s Mother Teresa,’ and more. more  November Bestsellers: Beth Moore's Comeback; Karen Kingsbury at #1
A special promotion at LifeWay Christian Stores helped put Beth Moore’s two-year-old ‘Audacious’ on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list. Plus, Karen Kingsbury tops in Religion Fiction with the latest in her Baxter family series. more  January 2018 Books Preview A look the U.S. immigration system through a Christian lens and spiritual practices for becoming less judgmental are among the religion and spirituality books releasing next month. more 
  Rethinking Incarceration
In his debut, Dominique DuBois Gilliard, an Evangelical Covenant Church pastor, creates a readable narrative history of racialized incarceration in the U.S. more  Party of One
Joy Beth Smith, managing editor of Christianity Today, skillfully addresses singleness from the perspective of an evangelical woman. more  Everything Happens
for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved With grace, wisdom, and humor, Kate Bowler, a divinity professor at Duke University, tells of her cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment in a way that pierces platitudes to showcase her resilience in the face of impending death. more  Be the Hands and Feet: Living Out God’s Love for All His Children
Nick Vujicic, an Australian evangelist and motivational speaker who directs the nonprofit Life Without Limbs, eagerly spreads the Christian message in this joyous book. more
Call for Information: Spring Religion Announcements
If you have not submitted your religion list for books being published between Feb. 1, 2018, and July 31, 2018, via the PW Spring Adult Announcements portal, please follow these instructions carefully to be considered for inclusion in this seasonal listing.
Call for Information: Christian Fiction
Needed: Info on forthcoming adult Christian fiction titles being published from Jan. 2018 to July 2018 (new titles only please, no reprints).
Penn State Press Launches New Imprint
Ahead of two major academic meetings in November, Pennsylvania State University Press teamed up with academic publisher Eisenbrauns on a new Eisenbrauns imprint.
HarperOne Publisher to Step Down
Mark Tauber, senior v-p and publisher of HarperOne, will leave HarperCollins by the end of this year to pursue other interests.
Liturgical Press to Launch Academic Imprint
Liturgical Press is merging its Pueblo Books and Michael Glazier Books imprint into the new Liturgical Press Academic imprint, effective in January 2018.
 Make This Year Your Best Year Ever In 'Your Best Year Ever,' Michael Hyatt shares a powerful, proven, research-driven system for setting and achieving your goals. If you're tired of not seeing progress in your personal, intellectual, business, relational, or financial goals, it's time for you to have your best year ever! (Sponsored) Watch Now
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 'People of Color in Publishing': Striving for More Industry Diversity
Publishing staffers from a number of houses and agencies recently gathered to form a grassroots organization addressing the need for greater inclusivity within all areas of children’s and adult publishing. more »  New Literary Festival Coming to the Twin Cities The Minneapolis-based literary nonprofit the Loft has announced that it's sponsoring a new annual literary festival, Wordplay. The inaugural two-day event is set for May 11-12, 2019. more »  Obituary: Kathleen Karr Author Kathleen Karr, best known for her numerous historical children’s novels such as 'The Great Turkey Walk,' died on December 6. She was 71 years old. more »  This Year in Books by Amazon Charts See what truly captivated millions of readers in 2017. From 'The Handmaid’s Tale' to 'Hillbilly Elegy,' there’s something for every reader. Explore the stories behind the Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold books this year. Check out This Year in Books by Amazon Charts. (Sponsored) Learn More »
Jenny Krueger is being
promoted to publishing director for school and library at Lerner Publishing
Group.
Andy Cummings is being
promoted to executive v-p and editor-in-chief at Lerner Publishing Group.
Lerner Publishing Group has named Jill Braithwaite,
formerly group marketing director, as its trade publishing director
Mark Budde is being promoted to
executive v-p and COO at Lerner Publishing Group.
Rachel Zugschwert, formerly
director of marketing at Sparkhouse Family, an imprint of 1517 Media, is
joining Lerner Publishing Group as group marketing director.
Joy Bean, formerly senior editor at
Little Bee Books, has joined Kane Press as senior editor.
Jes Negrón has joined Kane Press as
editor.
 Spring 2018 Announcements: Comics & Graphic Novels Look for 'Young Frances' by Hartley Lin, an eagerly awaited collection of an indie standout, as well as 'Homestuck' by Andrew Hussie, a print edition of a notoriously complicated webcomic. more » »
‘Bolivar’: A Q&A with Sean Rubin
Created in a hybrid format that shifts between being a picture book and a longform graphic novel, Sean Rubin's 'Bolivar' is the story of an urbane dinosaur who lives in a city so busy no one seems to notice him. more » » 
More To Come
Podcast 293: Justice League Movie Special: This week we
discuss the Justice League movie in full depth, including personal reactions
to the actors, scripting, design, and cinematography; plus Patreon's new fee
structure.
 What Matt de la Peña and Loren Long Talk About When They Talk About
'Love' Newbery Medalist de la Peña's forthcoming picture book, 'Love,' illustrated by Long, is a poetic reckoning of the importance of love in a child’s life. We spoke with the author and the illustrator about their collaboration, and the experience of sharing the book with young readers. more » »  iBooks Bestsellers: Readers Like It 'Darker' E.L. James's latest Fifty Shades novel, 'Darker,' stays #1 on the iBooks Bestseller list this week, followed by thrillers from David Baldacci and Dan Brown. more » »  'Women & Power': A Timely Manifesto from Mary Beard From New York Times bestselling author Mary Beard comes "a modern feminist classic" (Guardian) manifesto on misogynists and trolls of the past and present. From Medusa and Philomela to Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, Beard challenges resistance to women’s authority. If women aren’t perceived to be within the structure of power, isn’t it power itself we need to redefine? (Sponsored) Learn More » »
Authors on the Air December 13, 2017: A.J. Baime A.J. Baime, author of 'The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World' (HMH, 978-0-54461-734-6), will appear on '1A' on NPR on Thursday, December 14. more » »
Blackwell’s Partners with Kortext for Digital Learning British academic bookseller Blackwell’s has reached an agreement with e-textbook provider Kortext to acquire Blackwell’s e-Learning platform and takeover the management of the bookseller’s digital learning business. more » »
How Indie
Presses Elevate the Book Biz: Three independent
publishers—Rosalie Morales Kearns, Leland Cheuk, and Laura Stanfill—discuss
their mission.
Merriam-Webster's
Word of the Year: "Feminism" beats out
"dotard," among other words, for the dictionary's 2017 honors.
75 Notable
Translations of 2017: Looking back on 2017, it’s easy to
declare the year a success for literary translation. Here are 75 books that
prove the point.
Alexandra
Kleeman on Lorin Stein: What the author of 'You Too Can Have a
Body Like Mine' and 'Intimations' learned after the fallen 'Paris Review'
editor published her story.
The New
Universe of Literary Criticism: How "Cat Person"
shows why critics, journalists, and publishing houses are all failing to
connect with online communities of readers.
 Children's Fiction Bestseller List 'The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 12)' by Jeff Kinney is the #1 title on PW's children's frontlist fiction bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'Fortress America: How
We Embraced Fear and Abandoned Democracy' by Elaine Tyler May "May, a University of Minnesota history professor, provides valuable historical and cultural context for the current political moment with this sweeping and detailed examination of how Americans came to perceive the world as overwhelmingly dangerous." more » »
Two Parts Coffee, One Part Christmas Cookies Cynthia Compton
An amusing sample of Post-it notes left by and to staff members,
left behind the register at Cynthia’s bookstore.
 A Book for a New MuseumPhotographs and excerpts from 'Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi' (University Press of Kentucky) by Sue Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan are featured in exhibits on voting rights at the new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss. Pictured here (from l. to r.) are Cheryl Reitan; MCRM director Pamela Junior; and Sue Sojourner. Courtesy MCRM |
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 October Bookstore Sales Fell 4.6% The 4.6% decline in October bookstore sales from a year ago was the third consecutive month sales fell from the comparable month in 2016. For the first 10 months of 2017, bookstore sales are down 2.9%. more »  Skyhorse Unionizing Effort Ends in 'No' An effort to organize Skyhorse Publishing has ended, for now, as pro-union workers at the independent publisher were outvoted in an election to determine whether eligible Skyhorse employees would join Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers. more »  Early Holiday Sales Languish With sales through mass merchandisers down 8% in the first three weeks of the 2017 holiday selling season compared to 2016, total print unit sales were off 2.7% in the three week period compared to a year ago. more »  This Year in Books by Amazon Charts See what truly captivated millions of readers in 2017. From 'The Handmaid’s Tale' to 'Hillbilly Elegy,' there’s something for every reader. Explore the stories behind the Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold books this year. Check out This Year in Books by Amazon Charts. (Sponsored) Learn More » 
Jordan Hamessley has
joined New Leaf Literary & Media as literary agent.
Sona Karamyan is being
promoted to royalties and revenue manager at Open Road Integrated Media.
Jeanabel Vargas is being
promoted to accounting manager at Open Road Integrated Media.
Nick Smith is being promoted to
senior accountant at Open Road Integrated Media.
Jennifer Wattley, formerly
production associate at St. Martin's Press, has joined Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing as associate digital and social marketing manager.
 Scholastic Q2 Sales, Earnings Fall Scholastic second quarter results held no surprises: sales and earnings fell compared to a year ago due to the lack of a new Harry Potter title. Company CEO Dick Robinson said the publisher remains on track to hit its financial targets for fiscal 2018. more » »  Now an Amazon Studios Major Motion Picture An exciting launch from Amazon Original Stories, 'Crown Heights' is the incredible true story about the flaws in our justice system and the enduring power of friendship. With no evidence against him, Colin was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for more than two decades. But on the other side of the bars, his best friend fights for his freedom. (Sponsored) Read It Today » »
The Strand
Hosts a French Fashion Show: French fashion brand Koché took
over New York’s Strand bookstore for a runway show on Tuesday night.
Manhattan
Store Opens Queens Outpost: Book Culture, which has three
locations in Manhattan, has opened a new store in Long Island City, Queens.
Doorman Adds
Character to Delhi Store: Sohan Singh has been the door man at
The Book Shop in Delhi, India since 1999 and has become an important fixture
for customers.
Store is
Crowdsourcing $50k to Stay Open: Book People in Richmond,
Virginia, open for 37 years, is running an Indiegogo campaign to pay for
renovations and expenses.
LA Cookbook
Store Heats Up the Holidays: Now Serving, a cookbook store
which opened three months ago in Chinatown in Los Angeles, is a hit.
Alabama
College Bookstore to Close: Snoozy's College Bookstore, which
has served the University of Alabama Birmingham for 34 years, is closing at
the end of the year.
Roger Stone Is
Writing a Book: The political advisor says he's writing a book
about President Trump's impending downfall from the Russia probe.
'He Began to
Eat Hermione's Family': A bot has tried to write a Harry
Potter book, and the consequent tale veers from almost genuine to gloriously
bonkers.
An Abuser's
Book, A Feminist Result: ‘The Mists of Avalon’ changed one
writer's life—and she's trying to reconcile that with her knowledge of Marion
Zimmer Bradley.
The Case
Against Reading Everything: Writing instructors often preach
exposure to different voices and styles. To the mind of at least one writer,
they are dead wrong.
The Plight of
the Part-Time Librarian: How to make a working life out of
evenings and weekends at your local library—if you can.
 Trade Paperback Bestseller List 'Darker' by E.L. James is the #1 title on PW's trade paperback bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'Signal Loss' by Garry
Disher "A searing commentary on the meth crisis and its tremendous toll on users and communities alike." Read more » »
The Summoning of a Mighty Wrapper Kenny Brechner
Would the use of dark magic work to summon a retired gift
wrapper from a far away bookstore to appear in central Maine?
 A Book for BarrettTV columnist and author Michael Ausiello (l.) poses with 'NCIS: Los Angeles' star Barrett Foa before and after their event in celebration of Ausiello's book, 'Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies' (Atria) at Book Passage's Ferry Building store in San Francisco on December 9. Courtesy Book Passage |
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