Trade sales grew 18 percent to $745 million in July, according to StatShot data released by the Association of American Publishers. (The previous high was $705 million, in July 2021.) It’s the second straight record month, following sales of $703 million in June. It stands in contrast to a surprisingly poor report in July 2025, when sales were down 13 percent, reflecting the first indication of fluctuations in orders from Amazon. Adult books sold $550 million, up 19 percent, with $326.5 million in fiction (gaining 17 percent) and $223 million in nonfiction (gaining 23 percent). For the month, hardcovers sold $148 […]
Distribution: IPG Adds Five Publishers; Columbia University Press and Ediciones Uniandes
Starting this fall, IPG will sell and distribute: The Pentecostal Resources Group; Goose Lane Editions; D6 Family Ministries; Storyteller’s Forge; and Doran Press. Columbia University Press and Ediciones Uniandes have partnered on distribution. Ediciones Uniandes will now distribute select Columbia University Press books in Latin America and Columbia University Press will distribute select Spanish-language titles from Ediciones Uniandes in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Forthcoming: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Better Every Day’
Penguin Press will publish Arnold Schwarzenegger’s BETTER EVERY DAY: AN ACTION PLAN FOR A FULL LIFE on January 12, 2027. The publisher calls it “a candid and practical guide to building a flywheel for endless growth and deepening purpose” and a follow-up to his #1 New York Times bestseller Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. Scott Moyers will edit the book, which was represented by Byrd Leavell at UTA.
New Books Publishing September 22
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Naomi Alderman, John Green, and Michael Koryta, while nonfiction includes work by Ari Emanuel, Gloria Steinem, Charles Spencer, and Paul Theroux. 15 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-22 25 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-22 Also publishing this week are new books by Clare Mackintosh, Carrie Lee South, and Zibby Owens, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology, and by Annica Dahl and Olivia Wildenstein, which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Romance collection. We consult a number of sources in […]
People 9/22
Podium Entertainment Sold For Over $400 Million
Audiobook publisher Podium Entertainment has been sold to private equity firms Flexpoint Ford and Shamrock Capital by its owner Presidio Investors, for “north of $400 million” according to the WSJ. Music rights company GoldState Music is also named as a minority investor in the purchase. Podium said that going forward it is working with the nonprofit Ownership Works “to establish a program giving all employees an ownership stake in the company and aligning the team with Podium’s next phase of growth.” In connection with the transaction, former Spotify executive David Kaefer will join Podium’s board. Started in 2013, Podium has […]