This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Megha Majumdar, Adam Johnson, Quan Berry, and Brandon Taylor, a thriller by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon. New nonfiction includes work by Michael J. Fox, Susan Orlean, and Tim Curry. 15 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-14 8 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-14 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out October‘s 61 fiction releases, 37 works of nonfiction, and 23 children‘s titles; November‘s 103 fiction releases, 57 works of nonfiction, adn 26 children‘s titles; and December‘s 35 fiction releases, 4 works of nonfiction, and […]
Archives for October 2025
Oprah’s Book Club
FBF Launches With Discussions of Tech, Hope for Literature
The opening press conference set the stage for this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, as German Publishers & Booksellers Association chair Karin Schmidt-Friderichs framed tech companies as antithetical to the book fair, “where imagination gives rise to ideas that can change our reality and our future.” “In the virtual world, however, only a few billionaires increasingly decide which algorithms present which kind of information, and they do not follow any rules of a press law, nor on the basis of acquired or remunerated content, and they do not take responsibility for the content they publish or withhold, she said. “Under the […]
People 10/14
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Operates for Now, While Court Docs Show Deep Financial Stress
As employees and librarians try to understand what’s going on during Baker & Taylor’s closure, which saw 523 employees laid off on Monday and 261 more due depart in the coming months, Baker & Taylor Publisher Services reports that the unit is currently excluded from the company’s “wind down,” according to a letter sent to client publishers on Tuesday. “BTPS has been handled separately,” the letter notes. “We remain fully operational, selling books and shipping orders from our warehouse.” BTPS operates from its own facility in Ohio — formerly Bookmasters — and supports more than 250 small presses. Separately, court […]
Simon Maverick Launches in the UK
Simon & Schuster has launched its audio imprint Simon Maverick in the UK, following its January 2025 US launch. The imprint is focused on self-published authors. Titles include Lauren Palphreyman’s romantasy Wolf King series, BookTok personality Jaysea Lynn’s For Whom the Belle Tolls, and I.V. Ophelia’s The Poisoner. Alice Twomey has been promoted to audio publisher, audio & Simon Maverick and the company is hiring for a commissioning editor and an assistant editor. The imprint will be acquiring self-published UK authors across “a range of fiction genres, as well as non-fiction.” Twomey, said, “We’re really excited to be expanding this […]