After 25,000 people descended on the Javits Center for Book Con last weekend, parent company Reed Pop has responded to criticism over the event’s organization, USA Today reports. Social media posts detailed intense crowds and frenzied ARC drops, which some attendees called unsafe. “We heard the feedback clearly on the reservation system, ARC drops, and crowd flow. Some of it was demand outpacing our projections; some of it was decisions we’ll make differently next year. A community that shows up with this much passion is one we can grow alongside, and we’re grateful for it,” Reed Pop vice president of […]
Forthcoming: Newly Found Berenstain Bears Book
On October 6, Random House Children’s will publish the opposites book TOO LOOSE, TOO TIGHT, JUST RIGHT by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The Berenstains’s son, Mike, discovered the manuscript in 2020 and revised and illustrated it in the style his parents used for the Bright & Early Board Books line. “What was most interesting to me was how good TOO LOOSE, TOO TIGHT, JUST RIGHT was,” Mike Berenstain said in a release. “It was funny, clever, educational, and entertaining, a classic children’s book that had been conceived, created, then completely forgotten for over fifty years. I decided it deserved to […]
Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist
Harper One President and Publisher Judith Curr to Retire
Harper One president and publisher Judith Curr will retire on May 29, after leading the group for eight years. “Since joining Harper Collins in 2018, Judith has been an extraordinary force,” company ceo Brian Murray wrote in a letter to employees. “With remarkable creativity, vision, and passion, she has grown the publishing group, championed diverse voices, and expanded our reach in meaningful ways.” Curr founded Atria Books in 2002, working with authors including Rhonda Byrne, Fredrik Backman, Colleen Hoover, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Jodi Picoult, and Jennifer Weiner. At Harper, Curr launched the Harper Via imprint, acquired the archives of Dr. […]
Scholastic Buys Back 2.85 Million Shares
Scholastic completed its Dutch auction tender offer, and in a preliminary report, expects to purchase 2.85 million shares at $40 each, totaling $112.1 million before fees and expenses. After the purchase is completed, the company will have 17.9 million outstanding shares, down about 13.7 percent from before the tender offer. Over the past year or so, the company has bought back roughly 10 million shares, or over a third of their stock. And it looks like those purchases will continue, since they had allocated up to $200 million for the Dutch auction, as part of a new board-authorized repurchase authority […]
New Books Publishing April 21
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Jane Smiley, T C Boyle, and Xochitl Gonzalez, while nonfiction includes work by Jodi Kantor, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, María Corina Machado, and Jordan Ritter Conn. 28 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-21 24 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-21 Also publishing this week are new novels by Kim Michele Richardson and Rebecca Mahoney, 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 April‘s 120 fiction releases, […]