This week’s fiction releases include new novels by T Kira Madden, Seanan McGuire, Lucy Score, and James Patterson’s collaboration with Viola Davis, while nonfiction includes work by Liza Minnelli, Lindy West, David Pogue, and Fab 5 Freddy. 37 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-10 17 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-10 Also publishing this week are novels by Karan Mahajan and Sue Aikens, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. 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 […]
Archives for March 2026
Distribution: Lakeside and PGW
As of March 1, Lakeside Book Distributors will sell and distribute backlist and frontlist titles from Fulcrum Publishing, Mythworks, and Oak Tree Comics. Lakeside will also distribute ebooks for Fulcrum and Oak Tree. Separately, Publishers Group West will begin distributing Messy Press, Trouser Press Books, and Thornapple Press on April 1. PGW distributes Silver Sprocket as of February 1.
Forthcoming: Memoirs from Alice Cooper, Billie Lourd
On October 6, Da Capo will publish rock star Alice Cooper‘s memoir, DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER, which describes “two very different Alice Coopers: the deeply religious sober man behind the mask and the Godfather of Shock Rock who wears a snake around his neck,” according to a release. “I’ve written this book to track Alice’s ‘evilution’, and how I’ve tamed him at last,” Cooper said. “Just as he and I became almost fatally intertwined, the story of Alice Cooper after over thirty records and sixty-plus years has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, and I think it’s […]
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Distribution: Five to IPG
Starting in April, Independent Publishers Group will sell and distribute Brijbasi Art Press (Hello Friend Books), Qomix Classics, Munyx Editorial, Textofilia Ediciones, and Little Hibba. Separately, Ingram Publisher Services UK announced a new partnership with academic and professional publisher Sage Publications, beginning March 31, providing “comprehensive fulfillment services for Sage’s international operations.”
Video Game Writer Launches ‘Absurd Ventures Press’
Dan Houser, who wrote video games including Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, has launched a publishing arm within his media company, dedicated to stories by writers “who grasp the absurd but fascinating nature of our world, or simply believe that humour, satire or humanity itself can be found in in the oddest situations,” according to a release. Absurd Ventures Press will publish fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, plays, short stories, and more, and will be distributed by Simon & Schuster in the US and Turnaround in the UK. “Absurd Ventures’ mission is to tell innovative stories in a wide range […]