Netflix has launched a hub for “book-inspired storytelling” called Watch Your Favorite Books. Located on the Netflix homepage, Watch Your Favorite Books recommends shows and movies based on books. The company writes, “The experience is organized around reader ‘types,’ think: plot-twist lovers, romance enthusiasts, nonfiction fans, and more, making it easy for members to find adaptations that match how they like to read and watch.” Mansi Patel, Netflix’s senior director of product merchandising, writes in a release, “We’ve seen a real passion from fans around Netflix’s library of book adaptations. Our team looked to celebrate that fandom by creating a […]
Archives for June 2026
New Books Publishing June 2
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Ruth Ozeki, and Rachel Ekstrom Courage, while nonfiction includes work by Jill Biden, Liaquat Ahamed, Ben Mezrich, and Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor. June’s children’s releases include books by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Deb Caletti, and the author team behind Blackout and Whiteout. 45 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-2 17 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-2 31 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/june-2026-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are books by Tessa Yang, Tim Sullivan, Lynette Noni, and Cindy Pham, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. We consult a number […]
Join Us for the Buzz Books Nonfiction Panel Thursday
After a superb fiction panel last week, we are continuing the celebration of our Fall/Winter Buzz Books sampler with our Nonfiction Authors & Editors Panel on Thursday, June 4, at 7pm Eastern. Hosted by Mary Ann Naples, the panel will feature rich and topical conversations with Eric Idle, author and professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez, social entrepreneur Radha Agrawal, scholar Soyica Diggs Colbert, food writer Tarajia Morrell, and psychiatrist Anna Lembke, MD. (Our spring/summer nonfiction panel videos have drawn thousands of additional views on YouTube.) Sign up here. We’ll be giving away copies of all the panel titles. Download your […]
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Obituary: Gilbert Perlman, 72
Longtime publishing and distribution executive Gilbert Perlman, 72, died on May 26, “suddenly, but on his own terms,” his children write. “He spent his final moments outside on a beautiful day, sitting in an Adirondack chair in the yard he loved so much. For someone who adamantly didn’t want to waste away or make things ‘harder’ on his family, this was fitting.” Perlman was an executive at Random House in the 1990s, including serving as evp of Ballantine and the Randomsoft software line, before setting up the first Random House Client Services distribution division in 1997, where he was president. […]
Wiley Buys Emerald Publishing for $452 Million
Wiley announced the significant purchase of UK-based Emerald Publishing from Cambridge Information Group in a cash transaction valued at £337 million, or $452 million. The deal brings Wiley over 480 journal brands—giving them a portfolio of approximately 2,500 journals—along with 8,000 book titles and additional content. Wiley indicates it brings additional depth particularly in economics, business, finance, accounting, management, strategy, education, engineering, information and knowledge management, operations, public policy and environmental management. CIG acquired Emerald in 2022, prior to which the publisher was a private, family-run business. Wiley touts the deal as value at seven times adjusted ebitda, inclusive of […]