British musician Cat Stevens (also known as Yusef) has canceled events for his memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, in the US and Canada, he announced on Instagram. According to his website, Stevens had scheduled nine events, from October 2 through 22, throughout the US and in Toronto. “Waiting months for visa approvals, we held out as long as we could,” he writes. “However, at this point, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be arranged in time.” Stevens notes in his post that if his visa does get approved eventually, the events may be rescheduled for later […]
Archives for September 2025
Barnes & Noble National Book Club
Target Book of the Year
Amazon Redesigns Kindle Scribes
Amazon announced updates to their Kindle Scribes, led by a new Colorsoft Scribe, redesigning the e-readers to be lighter, with a larger screen and sleeker, thinner profile. The new devices will also have more memory and improved lighting and software. Additionally, the company is adding AI features to expand search and AI-generated summaries, and allow users to connect the device with Alexa, “letting you send your notes to the smart assistant and have conversations about them,” the Verge reports from the event ahead of the official press releases. According to the Verge, for Kindle “There will be new AI-assisted reading […]
New Books Publishing September 30
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Richard Osman, Lily King, and Vince Flynn, plus a posthumous novella by Elmore Leonard, while new nonfiction includes work from Senator Bernie Sanders, Werner Herzog, and Mariana Enriquez. 25 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-30 16 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-30 Also publishing this week are new titles by Susie Dent, Jen Sookfong Lee, and Mary E. Roach, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months […]
Distribution: IPG Adds Four Publishers
IPG will sell and distribute: Clever Publishing starting in January 2026 and Left Field Publishing, Future Books, and Gospel Publishing House starting in November 2025.