Archives for June 2026
July Library Reads
Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary presented their annual literary awards on June 11.
Publishers Sue Pirate Site WeLib
After winning their suit against Anna’s Archive in May, thirteen publishers are suing another pirate site, WeLib. “Plaintiffs bring this case to protect and enforce their copyrights and to stop Defendants’ intentional, widespread, and ongoing unlawful reproduction and distribution of literary works in the United States, to the detriment of Publishers, authors, and the public,” the filing reads. According to the complaint filed by Apress Media; Cengage; Elsevier; Hachette Book Group; Harper Collins; Wiley; Bedford, Freeman, & Worth; Macmillan Publishing Group; McGraw Hill; Pearson; Penguin Random House; Simon & Schuster; and Taylor & Francis, WeLib hosts 43 million books and […]
New Books Publishing June 16
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Amitav Ghosh, Ashley Poston, and Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian, while nonfiction includes work by Lauren Hough, Katherine Dunn, and Amena Brown. 29 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-16 10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-16 Also publishing this week are new books by Sarah Wilson and Joanna Thurlow, which are 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 June‘s 145 fiction releases, 53 […]
Yearly Profits Grow at Wiley
Wiley reported earnings for their fourth quarter and full year ended April 30, posting quarterly sales of $448 million, up 1 percent as recorded or flat at constant currency. Adjusted EBITDA grew 18 percent to $149 million. In the learning segment, which includes textbooks, sales were down 6 percent as reported and 7 percent at constant currency to $152 million, due to lower AI licensing sales, plus “macro headwinds, and retail channel softness.” Adjusted EBITDA was $70 million, up 1 percent. Research sales grew 5 percent as reported and 4 percent at constant currency to $296 million due to growth […]