Coming Next

Comics publishers have scored a preliminary win in the Diamond bankruptcy hearing, with a Baltimore judge ruling yesterday that the distributor could not liquidate its consigned inventory in one fell swoop. The Independent Book Publishers Association has officially elected interim chair Renita Bryant to head the board of directors following the departure of Tieshena Davis earlier this month. Skystone Games’ new Tiny Bookshop video game offers a bucolic vision of running a bookstore, making it a hit among gamers and booksellers alike. After announcing she would donate her book and TV royalties to Palestine Action, Sally Rooney is now facing potential charges under the U.K.’s Terrorism Act, the Guardian reports. The Future of Publishing blog shares a guide for presses looking to incorporate AI into their business. A coalition of philanthropists has pledged $26.5 million to the TV and radio stations most threatened by federal cuts to public media, with the goal of raising $50 million this year, per the New York Times. The New Yorker sits down with R.F. Kuang to discuss her latest novel and the desire to “escape entirely into a world of ideas.” Jacobin considers the politics of Cormac McCarthy’s novels, which have been embraced by certain members of both the left and the right. And on Substack, Melanie Jennings makes a case for the literary merit of The Shining.