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AAP Sues to Block Maryland, New York Library E-book Laws The suit claims the Maryland law is a "flagrant violation of the authority granted to publishers by federal law to decide whether and on what terms to make their works available." more Coalition Condemns Political Attacks Against Books in Schools The National Coalition Against Censorship has issued a statement signed by more than 600 signatories, including the ALA, condemning political efforts to remove books from schools and libraries. more With LibLearnX, The ALA Midwinter Meeting Is Reborn The ALA Midwinter Meeting is history, LibLearnX is the future...but because Covid-19 is still present, this year's inaugural event will be virtual only. more Introducing Operation Joktan In this thrilling novel, authors Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn draw on true events as well as political and tactical insights Amir learned from his time in the Israeli Defense Forces. For believers in God’s life-changing promises, Operation Joktan is a suspense-filled pause-resister that illuminates the blessing Israel can be to the world.(Sponsored) more Highlights of Next Week's Stars Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson. Ballantine, $27 (400p) ISBN 978-0-593-35833-7 Read the Review » The Verifiers Jane Pek. Vintage, $17 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-31379-4 Read the Review » Redwood and Wildfire Andrea Hairston. Tordotcom, $27.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-250-80870-7 Read the Review » The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas Gal Beckerman. Crown, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-1-524-75918-6 Read the Review » The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness Meghan O’Rourke. Riverhead, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-1-59463-379-9 Read the Review » Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past Richard Cohen. Simon and Schuster, $40 (736p) ISBN 978-1-98219-578-6 Read the Review » Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Genesis of White Power and Wealth Clyde W. Ford. Amistad, $27.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-303851-6 Read the Review » Children's Books Nigel and the Moon Antwan Eady, illus. by Gracey Zhang. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-305628-2 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of December 13 and December 20, 2021 Among the books hitting shelves in the coming weeks are a picture book about the nature of love, a ballerina's biography, a YA will-they-won't-they romance novel, and more. more 2021 Kids' Book Choice Awards Announced Every Child a Reader, the charitable arm of the Children's Book Council, has revealed the winners of its Kids' Book Choice Awards, formerly known as the Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards. more Control of SAGE Publishing Moves to Trust In a move to keep the publishing company independent, founder Sara Miller McCune has signed over her voting shares and company control to the SAGE-SMM Trust. more It’s Not About the Latte: Business and Personal Finance Books 2021 New personal finance guides eschew penny-pinching admonishments in favor of empowering readers to shift their money mindsets. more 2021 Religion Publishing Highlights Personnel changes at the top of some of religion publishing's biggest players were among the most significant shifts to take place in the industry over the past year, as told through PW’s coverage. more Publisher Sales Had Strong October Led by the education segments, sales rose 23.1% in October over October 2020 at the 1,368 publishers that report results to AAP's StatShot program. more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Sourcebooks, LLC is seeking a new International Sales and Marketing, Associate Manager Guilford Press is seeking a new Marketing Assistant Fox Chapel Publishing Co. is seeking a new Account Manager Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown, Author 2 Cat Kid Comic Club #2: From the Creator of Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator 3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 16 Jeff Kinney, Author 4 Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon, Author 5 The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Boy Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author 6 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling, Author, Jim Field, Illustrator 7 The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition [With Light Girl Doll] Carol V Aebersold, Author, Chanda A Bell, Author, Coe Steinwart, Illustrator 8 Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult, Author 9 The Judge's List John Grisham, Author 10 All-American Christmas Sean Duffy, Author, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 49 West 23rd Street Ninth Floor New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2021, PWxyz LLC

 

Librarians, Educators Warn of 'Organized' Book Banning Efforts While efforts to remove books from schools and library collections are common, freedom to read advocates warn that the current, unprecedented spike in challenges is different, as it appears to be part of a broader, organized political strategy. more Lawmakers Expand Inquiry into Library E-book Market After questioning the Big Five publishers in September, Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo have expanded their inquiry into the library e-book market with questions for nine major library e-book distributors. more Dusapin, Espada, Lo, Miles, and Mott Win 2021 National Book Awards; Nancy Pearl Honored On November 17 author and comedian Phoebe Robinson presided over the second virtual National Book Awards ceremony in a row and the first under the Foundation's new executive director, Ruth Dickey. more Drawn This Way: LGBTQ Books 2021 New graphic novels showcase the spectrum of sexuality, the complexity of queerness, and the history of trans joy and resistance. more Grab Your Galleys Before They’re Gone The biggest Grab a Galley of the year ends tonight. Don’t miss your chance to stock up on all the exciting winter and spring titles! Check them out now and enter to win. (Sponsored) more Highlights of Next Week's Stars Thank You, Mr. Nixon Gish Jen. Knopf, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-0-593-31989-5 Read the Review » Mecca Susan Straight. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28 (384p) ISBN 978-0-374-60451-6 Read the Review » Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century Kim Fu. Tin House, $16.95 trade paper (220p) ISBN 978-1-951142-99-5 Read the Review » My Volcano John Elizabeth Stintzi. Two Dollar Radio, $17.99 trade paper (330p) ISBN 978-1-953387-16-5 Read the Review » Box 88 Charles Cumming. Mysterious, $27.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-61316-273-6 Read the Review » You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays Zora Neale Hurston. Amistad, $29.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-06-304385-5 Read the Review » The Déjà Vu: Black Dreams & Black Time Gabrielle Civil. Coffee House, $17.95 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-56689-622-1 Read the Review » The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts Silvia Ferrara, trans. from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-0-374-60162-1 Read the Review » Shmuel’s Bridge: Following the Tracks to Auschwitz with My Survivor Father Jason Sommer. Imagine, $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-62354-512-3 Read the Review » Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus Maia Weinstock. MIT, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-262-04643-5 Read the Review » Children's Books New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of November 22, 2021 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a sequel to a Caldecott-winning picture book, a letter from a father in Beijing to his daughter in France, a picture book about a turkey acclimating to winter, and more. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 22, 2021 The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Fonda Lee, Edmund White, and Francesca Stavrakopoulou. more Sweden's Storytel Buys Audiobooks.com Storytel, the international audiobook streaming company, is buying Audiobooks.com from KKR, owner of RBMedia, for an undisclosed amount. This marks the fast-growing company's entry into the English-language audiobook market. more Wisconsin Booksellers Win PW Star Watch Award Gretchen Treu and Wes Lukes, co-owners of A Room of One’s Own in Madison, Wis., were named the 2021 Superstars at this week's virtual celebration of PW Star Watch, a program that honors up-and-coming creatives in the book business. more Q & A with Kekla Magoon PW talks to the award-winning author about her experience researching and writing her latest book and why it’s important for youth to find their voice. more Gagosian Launches Publishing Imprint, Picture Books Conceived by author Emma Cline, the influential art gallery will publish a series of fiction books by leading literary authors alongside contributions by celebrated contemporary artists. more Wattpad Webtoon Launches Print Graphic Novel Imprint Wattpad Webtoon Studios announced plans to launch Webtoon Unscrolled, a new graphic novel imprint that will publish print editions of hit Webtoon mobile webcomics beginning in fall 2022. more PRH Contributors Skew Heavily White Following through on its pledge made in June 2020 to audit the diversity of its contributors, Penguin Random House’s initial report found that the demographics of its authors, illustrators, translators, and other creators “do not reflect U.S. reader demographics when it comes to race and ethnicity.” more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Sourcebooks, LLC is seeking a new Editor Children's nonfiction Arcadia Publishing is seeking a new Data Specialist Book Riot is seeking a new Advertising Sales Manager Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 16 Jeff Kinney, Author 2 Will Will Smith, Author, Mark Manson, With 3 The Stranger in the Lifeboat Mitch Albom, Author 4 The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More Ree Drummond, Author 5 The Judge's List John Grisham, Author 6 The Dark Hours Michael Connelly, Author 7 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling, Author, Jim Field, Illustrator 8 The Wish Nicholas Sparks, Author 9 The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul Brian Kilmeade, Author 10 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity David Graeber, Author, David Wengrow, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 49 West 23rd Street Ninth Floor New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2021, PWxyz LLC

 

In Praise of Nancy Pearl The 2021 Literarian Award recipient inspires countless readers, and her fellow librarians, too, writes Sari Feldman. more Library of Congress to Replace ‘Aliens,’ ‘Illegal Aliens’ Subject Headings The move comes after a long-running advocacy campaign by the library community—and a conservative political backlash against the effort. more ALA Announces Finalists for 2022 Carnegie Medals The winners will be announced on January 23, during the ALA’s LibLearnX conference. more Covid-19 Skeptics, Publisher Sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren Publisher Chelsea Green and the authors of a controversial book claim that a letter Warren sent to Amazon expressing concern over the company's role in spreading Covid-19 misinformation violates their First Amendment rights. more PW’s Biggest Grab a Galley of the Year! This one has it all – over 200 exciting winter and spring titles in every category and nearly every genre. Check them out now and enter to win. (Sponsored) more Highlights of Next Week's Stars Seasons of Purgatory Shahriar Mandanipour, trans. from the Persian by Sara Khalili. Bellevue Literary Press, $16.99 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-942658-95-5 Read the Review » Antoinette’s Sister Diana Giovinazzo. Grand Central, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-1-538-72012-7 Read the Review » Good Rich People Eliza Jane Brazier. Berkley, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-19825-4 Read the Review » Find Me Alafair Burke. Harper, $26.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-285336-3 Read the Review » The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning Ben Raines. Simon & Schuster, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-9821-3604-8 Read the Review » The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World Shelley Puhak. Bloomsbury, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-1-63557-491-3 Read the Review » Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age Dennis Duncan. Norton, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-1-324-00254-3 Read the Review » Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking Leonard Mlodinow. Pantheon, $28.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-524747-59-6 Read the Review » The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy Christopher Leonard. Simon & Schuster, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-1-9821-6663-2 Read the Review » New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian Freddie Bitsoie and James O. Fraioli. Abrams, $40 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4197-5355-8 Read the Review » Children's Books The Year We Learned to Fly Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by Rafael López. Penguin/Paulsen, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-54553-5 Read the Review » From the Tops of the Trees Kao Kalia Yang, illus. by Rachel Wada. Carolrhoda, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5415-8130-2 Read the Review » Ain’t Burned All the Bright Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $19.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5344-3946-7 Read the Review » Waking Romeo Kathryn Barker. Flatiron, $18.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-25017-410-9 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of November 15, 2021 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about an abundant family feast, a magic-infused middle grade graphic novel, a queer YA retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," and more. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 15, 2021 The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Sara Desai, Martin Limón, and Liu Xinwu. more Spotify to Acquire Findaway Looking to accelerate its expansion into the audiobook market, the Swedish audio streaming subscription service giant Spotify has agreed to acquire Ohio-based digital audiobook distributor Findaway for an undisclosed price. more Pushkin Industries Pushes Audiobook Conventions Founded in 2018 by author Malcolm Gladwell and former Slate Group chairman and editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg, Pushkin has built a roster of more than 25 podcasts since its launch and is ramping up its audiobook production. more Omar El Akkad Wins the C$100,000 Giller Prize The author was recognized for his novel 'What Strange Paradise.' The prize is Canada's top award for English-language fiction. more Mayo Clinic Press Reaches into Children's Market In partnership with Fondation Ipsen in France, Mayo Clinic Press in Rochester, Minn., has launched its first line of children's books exploring physical, mental, and emotional health topics. more Graywolf Press Publisher Fiona McCrae to Retire McCrae, who during her 27-year tenure as director and publisher built the Minneapolis literary nonprofit press into an independent publishing powerhouse, announced that she will retire in June 2022. more Can University Presses Keep Up with the Times? As University Press Week turns 10, leaders of the Association of University Presses are taking stock of how the nonprofit, mission-centered publishing community has changed. more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Macmillan Publishers is seeking a new Associate Marketing Manager, MCPG Macmillan Publishers is seeking a new Associate Publicist, MCPG The Getty is seeking a new Rights Assistant Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 16 Jeff Kinney, Author 2 Half Homemade, Fully Delicious: An in the Kitchen with David Cookbook from Qvc's Resident Foodie David Venable, Author 3 The Stranger in the Lifeboat Mitch Albom, Author 4 The Judge's List John Grisham, Author 5 Lore Olympus: Volume One Rachel Smythe, Author 6 Game On, 28 Janet Evanovich, Author 7 Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive Philipp Dettmer, Author 8 The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Paul McCartney, Author, Paul Muldoon, Editor 9 The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More Ree Drummond, Author 10 The Bad Guys #14, 14 Aaron Blabey, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 49 West 23rd Street Ninth Floor New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2021, PWxyz LLC

 

Follett Sells Baker & Taylor to B&T CEO The makeover of Follett Corp. continues with the announcement that it has sold Baker & Taylor to a private investment company led by Aman Kochar, B&T CEO and president. more Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House Acquisition of S&S DoJ attorneys contend that the combined entity would "exert outsized influence over which books are published in the United States and how much authors are paid for their work.” more S&S Has Stellar Third Quarter Its potential acquisition by Penguin Random House clearly did not distract Simon & Schuster, which reported a solid first half of 2021 and a strong third quarter, with sales rising 15% and profits jumping 66%. more Lawyers Argue that E-book Price-Fixing Case Against Amazon, Big Five Publishers Should Proceed In a lengthy opposition brief filed this week, lawyers for a potential consumer class portrayed their case as the second act of the Apple e-books case and insisted there is more than enough evidence for the case to proceed. more Highlights of Next Week's Stars The Tally Stick Carl Nixon. World Editions, $16.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-64286-098-6 Read the Review » Pyre Perumal Murugan, trans. from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan. Black Cat, $17 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-0-8021-5933-5 Read the Review » The Last House on the Street Diane Chamberlain. St. Martin’s Press, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-26796-2 Read the Review » Luckenbooth Jenni Fagan. Pegasus Crime, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-1-64313-887-9 Read the Review » Last Exit Max Gladstone. Tor, $18.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3573-9 Read the Review » In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss Amy Bloom. Random House, $26 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-24394-7 Read the Review » Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire Caroline Elkins. Knopf, $35 (896p) ISBN 978-0-307-27242-3 Read the Review » Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka Chris Lockhart and Daniel Mulilo Chama. Hanover Square, $27.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-33542-574-4 Read the Review » Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life James Curtis. Knopf, $40 (832p) ISBN 978-0-385-35421-9 Read the Review » Children's Books Love, Violet Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illus. by Charlene Chua. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-31372-2 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of November 8, 2021 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book full of puns, a middle grade novel about an aspiring country music singer, a YA novel about a Muslim teen's search for a matchmaker, and more. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 8, 2021 The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Michael Connelly, Lily King, and Carol Marron. more South African Damon Galgut Wins 2021 Booker Prize South African novelist Damon Galgut was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel 'The Promise,' published by Europa Editions. more Four Fan-Favorite YA Trilogies Come to an End This Fall As 2021 winds down, so do popular trilogies by four YA authors: Roshani Chokshi, Mackenzi Lee, Natasha Ngan, and Kiersten White. We asked each of them about the origin of their series, the writing experience throughout, and what comes next. more Spies Among Us: 2021 Titles About Spies for Children and Teens Action and espionage take center stage in our roundup of nonfiction and fiction titles for children and teens published in 2021. more Mariko Tamaki Debuts New LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel Imprint Surely Books, a new LGBTQ+ focused imprint at Abrams ComicArts curated by comics writer Mariko Tamaki, will release its first graphic novel this month. more Internet Archive Seeking AAP, Publisher Communications in Scanning Lawsuit IA lawyers say the AAP and the plaintiff publishers are refusing to comply with subpoenas for a range of documents and internal communications that could aid their defense against copyright infringement charges. more Publishers, AAP Hit Back in Internet Archive Discovery Dispute Lawyers for the AAP and the plaintiff publishers accused the IA of "attempting to litigate this case and their desired policy gains in the press based on a false narrative rather than in the courtroom based on the facts and the law.” more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Sounds True is seeking a new Associate Developmental/Acquisitions Editor Phaidon is seeking a new Children's Book Assistant Editor/Associate Editor Macmillan Publishers is seeking a new Associate Director, Art, MCPG Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 16 Jeff Kinney, Author 2 Half Homemade, Fully Delicious: An in the Kitchen with David Cookbook from Qvc's Resident Foodie David Venable, Author 3 The Judge's List John Grisham, Author 4 Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author, Andrew Child, Author 5 The Pioneer Woman Cooks--Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More Ree Drummond, Author 6 Dune (Anniversary) Frank Herbert, Author 7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Minalima Edition) (Illustrated Edition), 2 J. K. Rowling, Author, Minalima Design, Illustrator 8 Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (Dungeon & Dragons Book) Wizards RPG Team, Author 9 Going There Katie Couric, Author 10 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 49 West 23rd Street Ninth Floor New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2021, PWxyz LLC