The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Authors Guild jointly commissioned a comprehensive study on “The Impact of Library E-Lending on the Book Economy,” which demonstrates that a significant rise in library ebook borrowing leads to fewer book purchases in the retail marketplace. The new study both recognizes and respects “the crucial role of libraries as both public institutions and market participants” (unlike a recent survey by the Authors Guild on its own). The real target — and audience — is state legislators who continue to consider or pass laws that seek to interfere with Federal copyright by regulating […]
New Books Publishing September 1
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Marlon James, Amanda Peters, Robert Harris, and Mr. Beast’s book with James Patterson, while nonfiction includes work by Angela Duckworth, Jared Diamond, and Kai Bird. September’s children’s releases include books by Tomi Adeyemi, M. T. Anderson, Sabaa Tahir, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Gregory Maguire’s Galinda origin story. 27 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-1 13 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-1 24 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/september-2026-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are new books by M. J. Hastings, Darianne Schramm, Autumn Krause, Torsten Weitze, Chloe Benjamin, Joseph Fink, […]
The Edit: Featuring Kristen Arnett
Welcome back to The Edit, our monthly column about what people in publishing are actually reading. With everyone finally returning to their desks next week, we’re looking forward to to the fall/winter season. This month, we asked Kristen Arnett, the author of NYT bestselling Mostly Dead Things and most recently Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One which forthcoming books she’s excited about. In October, Arnett recommends Elena Dudum’s memoir They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful (Atria/One Signal, 10/27). She writes, “This is a book about Palestinian history and father-daughter relationships, but I would also say it’s about a […]