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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 33m

The new Marvel Comics app, the culmination of an earlier deal inked by Disney and Webtoon, replaces Marvel Unlimited as the publisher’s digital platform. It will also feature comics from across Disney’s portfolio, including Star Wars and 20th Century Studios. buff.ly/I1N7UTj

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/101429-marvel-webtoon-team-on-digital-comics-app.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 48m

The first English translation of this wonderfully surreal and philosophical work by Jacques Abeille (1942–2022) transports readers to a country where statues are cultivated from the ground like plants. This strange and dreamlike tale offers plenty for readers to sink their teeth into. @nybooks.com

https://www.publishersweekly.com/979-8-89623-064-9

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 1h

The Atomic Habits author (pictured) will team with the four astronauts to “translate the lessons” of their mission. Madeline McIntosh acquired North American rights from Lisa DiMona at Writers House and Cait Hoyt at CAA, for a fall 2028 release. buff.ly/wGKsRto

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=6051

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 1h

Michael Auerbach delivers a rigorous debut examination of the dangers for democracy posed by the prediction market industry. It’s an urgent wake-up call for those betting on democracy’s future. @BasicBooks buff.ly/YCk1sQy

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 3h

Kaveh Akbar, Marlon James, Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx, and Salman Rushdie are among the authors featured by U.S. agents at this year’s Buchmesse. Listings will be updated on a rolling basis through the fair’s closing on October 11. buff.ly/Z5ol3EJ

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/101423-frankfurt-book-fair-2026-rights-listings-from-u-s-agencies.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 4h

Edwidge Danticat, Fady Joudah, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Valeria Luiselli are among the finalists for this year’s prizes. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 18. buff.ly/UHnrp90

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/101433-2026-national-book-award-finalists-announced.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 18h

The vivid sophomore novel from Avni Doshi follows a woman coming to terms with her life after her marriage abruptly ends. This unusual divorce story will stick with readers. @Summit_Books buff.ly/rodaklg

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 19h

As a result of the deal, the two major digital platforms that distribute ARCs—NetGalley and Edelweiss—will now be under the same owner. A purchase price was not disclosed. buff.ly/BayuZla

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/101445-canada-s-valsoft-acquires-firebrand-group.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 20h

An inside look at the fight to keep the author’s book on the shelves. buff.ly/CsJGu5d

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/101394-what-happened-after-sold-by-patricia-mccormick-got-banned.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 21h

★ “Messages about finding and holding onto hope in the face of seemingly immutable circumstances amplify the emotional resonance” of K. Ancrum’s “luminous” speculative YA novel ELLIE ELLIE buff.ly/gEEVJmw

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 22h

Check out all the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week. more » buff.ly/EsFV01A

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 23h

On October 6, U.S. historian Jill Lepore (c.) addressed the Frankfurt Book Fair during this year’s opening press conference. She cautioned the publishing industry to be wary of the “hyperbole” surrounding AI and to resist the “rule of fools” that threatens to undermine democracies around the world.

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The University of Maryland professor drew on 25 years of public library research for Book Bans, Disinformation, and Cultural Erasure: The Censorship Movement in Libraries, Schools, and Society (Bloomsbury, Nov.). buff.ly/zrkTiCi

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101407-it-will-never-be-earlier-pw-talks-with-paul-t-jaeger.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The filmmaker’s debut novel is a speculative thriller about a television station broadcasting from another dimension. buff.ly/ZBIaWR1

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101340-jane-schoenbrun-wants-you-to-put-down-your-phone.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dan Simon acquired world rights, excluding France, Spain, and Germany, to The Mechanics of Reality: Paul Auster’s Life and Work by Jennifer Bartlett (pictured) from Jessica Craig at Craig Literary. A fall 2029 release is planned. buff.ly/KtmxhPM

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=6049

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In this hard-hitting feminist analysis, journalist Mona Chollet probes at the sources of women’s self-berating guilt. Clarifying validation for women struggling with self-criticism can be found here. @StMartinsPress buff.ly/1Ga52RZ

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Atria wins Kat Delacorte’s M/M romance set in the world of F1, Random House acquires Amanda Petrusich’s grief memoir, and more » buff.ly/ZPBs6Bw

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/101412-book-deals-week-of-october-5-2026.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

After plunging during the pandemic, customer foot traffic at bookstores has steadily increased, according to an analysis by Placer[dot]ai, a location analytics firm. Barnes & Noble has had the largest improvement with visits up 33.6% since 2019. buff.ly/IR1xC4K

Bookstore Customer Traffic on the Rise

After plunging during the pandemic, customer foot traffic at bookstores has steadily increased, according to an analysis by Placer.ai, a location analytics firm. Barnes & Noble has had the largest…

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In search of banned books, the Iowa-based right-to-read group Annie’s Foundation deploys the Freedom of Information Act. Penguin Random House’s Dan Novack called the group’s efforts “instrumental” in finding out how school districts censor books. buff.ly/T67bvv9

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/101408-foia-for-the-win.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sarah Addison Allen spins an enticing multi-generational tale of a North Carolina family’s secrets. Readers will devour this Southern gothic. @StMartinsPress buff.ly/MpFh1W7

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Crafting statewide freedom-to-read legislation requires political passion, a streamlined legal strategy, and a deep bench of organized volunteers. We take a look at how it’s done. buff.ly/wTUd3Ki

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/101405-staying-on-message.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

★ “Positing thought-provoking questions about humanity and family,” Pádraig Kenny and illustrator Steve McCarthy deliver “a bittersweet and defiant dystopian adventure” in their middle grade novel AFTER buff.ly/A7X7eoo

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

From October 4–10, Banned Books Week supports readers, writers, students, publishers, librarians, booksellers, and more. We’ve compiled an assortment of BBW programs, activities, and resources. buff.ly/dkPrxTY

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/101425-banding-together-for-banned-books-week-2026.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On September 30, United Talent Agency’s publishing team hosted a cocktail party at the Ned NoMad. Pictured (from l.) are president and publisher of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Maya Mavjee; partners and co-heads of UTA Publishing Christy Fletcher, & Byrd Leavell; and CEO of PRH Nihar Malaviya.

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At least 7,370 unique titles were removed from public schools across the U.S. in the last academic year, according to the new report, as administrators in states such as Texas and Florida increasingly use AI to generate lists of “obscene” books. buff.ly/gY28NO5

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/101421-book-bans-hit-unprecedented-high-in-2025-26-school-year-pen-report-shows.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

See what we published in this week’s print issue of Publishers Weekly, including our Freedom to Read feature and more. » buff.ly/OICX8e3

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco follow up 'Days of Destruction,' 'Days of Revolt' with another moving record of a people overwhelmed by tragedy. The work becomes what it promises to be: a memorial to a world already destroyed. @fantagraphics buff.ly/dvZptYF

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

★ The first English translation of this wonderfully surreal work by Jacques Abeille transports readers to a country where statues are cultivated from the ground like plants. This strange and dreamlike tale offers plenty for readers to sink their teeth into. @nyrbclassics buff.ly/eFGluMW

The Statuary Gardens (Countries Cycle #1) by Jacques Abeille

The first English translation of this wonderfully surreal and philosophical work by Abeille (1942–2022) transports readers to a ...

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

★ Jenny Uglow, a historian and the author of Sybil & Cyril, reconstructs a year in the life of pioneering naturalist Gilbert White in this breathtaking and innovative biography. @fsgbooks buff.ly/ZzTmps5

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An agoraphobic heiress braves fin-de-siècle Paris in Julianne Edwards’s lush debut. Readers will fall in love with this plucky heroine. @VikingBooks buff.ly/yXL8WYV

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

★ A dancer drives across the country to reunite with the mother she never knew in Nikki Ervice’s gritty and alluring debut. This is striking. @AstraHouseBooks

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gerald Martin follows up his 2008 biography of Gabriel García Márquez with a prodigious yet approachable study of the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. This is definitive and exhilarating. @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social buff.ly/tOY72Vr

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-63973-772-7

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Alznauer, the author of several illustrated biographies for young readers, makes her middle grade debut with Where the Wild Horses Are (Holiday House/Porter, Oct. 13), the story of horse-loving Nash and her efforts to gentle a wild mustang. buff.ly/g7mKqZq

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101305-our-primordial-desires-pw-talks-with-amy-alznauer.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

★ Pulitzer finalist Joe Sexton offers an exceptional account of the death penalty case against Parkland, Fla., mass shooter Nikolas Cruz.This haunting work raises thorny moral questions about mercy in the face of unimaginable brutality. @ScribnerBooks buff.ly/He4dDbE

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Inspired by a 19th-century Chesapeake Bay legend, Casey Cep and Kathryn Schulz, two journalists who are staff writers at the New Yorker, have written a picture book about felines in peril. buff.ly/AQcl7CZ

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/101404-first-look-maryland-lore-inspires-picture-book-black-cat-island.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Almost 10 years after her YA breakout novel, Dear Martin, Stone returns to that same world with a new middle grade spin-off, Dasia (Forever) (Crown, Oct. 6). We spoke with the author about the personal connection that inspired her to write about young people facing illness. buff.ly/d9KGdm7

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101393-writing-through-things-pw-talks-with-nic-stone.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nicholas Boggs and The Disappearers author Marlon James, his partner, will co-adapt Boggs’s biography of James Baldwin, published to wide acclaim by FSG in August, with the help of producers from both studios. buff.ly/AKjVkH1

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/page-to-screen/article/101415-baldwin-a-love-story-to-get-film-from-obamas-higher-ground-anonymous-content.html

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

★ The striking third installment in philosopher Wolfram Eilenberger’s series of biographies of 20th-century thinkers is “a testimony to liberation,” according to the author. It’s a staggering achievement. @penguinpress buff.ly/S3loB77

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

From its humble origins two decades ago, New York Comic Con has grown into the East Coast’s answer to SDCC. buff.ly/jiAj2y6

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/101350-nycc-has-a-lot-to-celebrate-after-20-years.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A 15-year veteran of Penguin Random House, Hershey has been promoted to senior director of publicity for Doubleday and Pantheon, succeeding Michael Goldsmith, who departed for Little, Brown on Monday. buff.ly/wEJi5Nd

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=6047

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

W.W. Norton & Company has announced the spring 2027 launch of a new trade imprint, Norton Waverly. buff.ly/6fwsTIo

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/101400-norton-waverly-imprint-expands-publisher-s-children-s-book-reach.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

★ Poet and literature scholar Elizabeth Alexander champions the ability of poetry to “carr[y] the human trace across time and space” in this astute essay collection. It's a moving reminder of the importance of human connection in times both trying and joyous. @wwnorton buff.ly/f4UssFS

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eleven writers' associations have signed on to the Authors Guild’s call for Big Five publishers to give authors a larger portion of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement. buff.ly/5xIjs2g

Authors Guild Calls on Publishers to Share Anthropic Wealth

The Guild is asking publishers to more equitably divvy up Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement for certain claims, noting many houses will receive large payouts while most authors will get nothing…

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

E.L. Shen's new YA novel, Foreigners (HarperCollins, out now), is an intergenerational story about Zheng Yi, a Chinese woman who harbors a difficult past; and her granddaughter Dawn, who seeks to know more about her family history. buff.ly/aKZEpxh

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101317-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-foreigner-pw-talks-with-e-l-shen.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

An appeals judge backed a Delaware court ruling that found the now-defunct AI startup’s unauthorized copying of text from Thomson Reuters’s Westlaw platform was not fair use. buff.ly/WD0eXOq

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/101414-aap-authors-guild-applaud-decision-in-ross-copyright-infringement-case.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

★ Riffing on 'Our Bodies, Ourselves,' Mathangi Subramanian “offers an inclusive guide to understanding periods’ unique role in every menstruator’s life” in her “comprehensive, sensitive, and thorough” nonfiction work OUR PERIODS, OURSELVES buff.ly/OM7FJSN

Our Periods, Ourselves by Mathangi Subramanian

In this thoughtful and affirming work, a riff on Our Bodies, Ourselves, educator Subramanian (Dear Mrs. Naidu) examines how iden...

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The striking third installment in philosopher Wolfram Eilenberger’s series of biographies of 20th-century thinkers is “a testimony to liberation,” according to the author. It’s a staggering achievement. @penguinpress.bsky.social buff.ly/32ASd5o

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-593-83474-9

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On September 27, the 21st annual Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C. concluded at Wait Chapel with a keynote presentation from Jodi Picoult (l.), who is currently on tour with her latest novel Hollow Bones (Ballantine). Joining her in conversation was fellow novelist Virginia Evans (r.).

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The bestseller sets her latest epic fantasy, Defy the Dusk (Del Rey, Nov.), in a dystopian world where what’s left of humanity survives on huge trains built to outrun hungry monsters called straxi. buff.ly/aLoXMMd

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101343-seismic-shift-pw-talks-with-danielle-l-jensen.html

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Director Claire Scanlon and producer Elizabeth Cantillon talk with PW about bringing Ali Hazelwood’s hit romance to the screen, satiating fan expectations, and keeping the focus on women. buff.ly/XjdH4Oa

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/page-to-screen/article/101367-the-love-hypothesis-gets-a-female-forward-film-adaptation.html