Publishing world

Simon & Schuster, the publishing powerhouse behind best-selling authors like Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin and Judy Blume, is up for sale.

Its owner, ViacomCBS, announced Wednesday that, after a "strategic review," the book publisher was no longer essential to its business and that it would seek a buyer.

Ask someone who works in publishing what they think of American Dirt and they might tell you they're not the best person to speak to the situation. Or that they haven't read the novel. They might directly reference their privilege, then suggest you ask one of the handful of Latinx people who edit or sell books.  Read more

Described as its most comprehensive look at the UK publishing market's workforce, the third consecutive annual study from the Publishers Association may have a surprise for some who are concerned that women in the business don't have enough representation in leadership positions.  Read more

As the last decade concluded, book publishers breathed a sigh of relief. The 2010s were characterized by a series of Amazon-related shock waves-the growing power of the retail behemoth, the rise of e-books, a related Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit, and the decimation of bookstores both large and small. But publishers had survived.  Read more

Revenues from US publishers have increased 6.9% to nearly $6 billion for the first six months of 2019, with growth in all categories apart from e-books, according to the Association of American PublishersThe national trade association of the American book publishing industry; AAP has more than 300 members, including most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies (AAP).

E-book revenues were at $493 million, a decline of 3.8% as compared to the same period in 2018.