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Stand-up Comics
After years of fluctuating sales, manga seems to be settling in as a permanent fixture of the American comics market, with both publishers and booksellers predicting continued growth for the genre. David Walter, who formed his own data consultancy for publishers earlier this summer after departing BookScan, has launched a “comprehensive study of the American book buyer.” Plus, we rounded up this month’s biggest book club picks, including new novels by Chloe Benjamin and Liane Moriarty. In other news, Keanu Reeves will helm an adaptation of Oliver Lowe’s upcoming thriller Kill Current for independent production studio The Arena, reports Deadline. Netflix has reportedly shelled out $1 million for a series adaptation of a short story by Nicholas Binge, per the Hollywood Reporter. As the Small Press Expo prepares to return to Maryland this weekend, the Comics Journal tours executive director Warren Bernerd’s home library and collection of comic book artifacts. Trailers have been released for Luca Guadagnino’s biopic about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial, and M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks’s film adaptation of their 2025 romantic thriller, Remain. Translator Emily Wilson’s new essay collection and Amanda Peters’s latest novel make their debuts on the IPC’s Indie Press Top 40 bestseller lists. And Random House Publishing Group president Sanyu Dillon talks shop with David Steinberger on the latest episode of the Open Book podcast.
Sales of Asian comics soared in the U.S. during the pandemic, then fell off, and are now up again. PW talked with publishers and booksellers about the genre’s recent success and promising future. more »
The Circana BookScan veteran’s new company, Bookinsights.ai, is rolling out Consumer Compass, a comprehensive survey of 5,000 consumers’ buying habits, modes of discovery, genre preferences, and more, with results expected in early November. Walter believes it’s the first study of its kind in nearly a decade. more »
Effective Oct. 1, 2026, titles will now ship free freight from MPS, new discount terms apply. For more information, contact your Bloomsbury sales rep or email academicsales@bloomsbury.com. (Sponsored) More »
Barnes & Noble and Good Morning America spotlight Chloe Benjamin’s speculative romance, Reese and Target endorse Liane Moriarty’s sequel to Big Little Lies, and more. »
The annual alternative comics convention returns to Bethesda, Md., on September 12–13, with a slate of program featuring a conversation with Fantagraphics publisher Gary Groth, a screening of cartoonist Liza Donnelly’s new film, and more. »
U.K.-based Do Re Mi launches this month with playful, distinctive books that celebrate the best in contemporary illustration. Do Re Mi’s debut season is inspired by cute, weird and funny stories, and the charm and creativity of Japanese children’s publishing. Their list includes a toast-shaped board book and a K-pop academy/witch middle grade mashup. (Sponsored) More »
The hybrid publisher has enlisted Ventimiglia, most recently executive editor at Hachette Book Group’s mind-body-spirit imprint Balance, as publisher. Prior to that, she was executive editor at mind-body-spirit publisher Sounds True. more »
The author will be presented with the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at this year’s National Book Awards ceremony, in honor of his writing and free speech advocacy. more »
The professional and scholarly publisher’s new policies support transparency and informed assessment of the use of AI, while acknowledging that many forms of AI-assisted activity are now routine parts of the scholarly publishing process. more »
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Job Moves
- Laura Crockett is being promoted to VP and executive literary agent at Triada US Literary Agency.
- Cassie Vu has been promoted to associate art director at Hogarth.
- Sofia Bagdade has joined Abrams as editorial assistant, adult.
- Allyson Rychlak is joining Zando as digital marketing manager.
- Jaden Urso is joining Zando as marketing coordinator.
- Stefanie Chow is being promoted to associate marketing manager at Zando.
- Beth Airton has joined Penguin Random House Canada as producer, audiobooks.
- Yilda Boukhtouchen has joined Penguin Random House Canada as data scientist.
- Molly Campbell has joined Canada Launch, Penguin Random House Canada as senior publicist.
- Maria B. Campbell Associates has been appointed U.S., U.K., and international literary scout for Lindhardt & Ringhof.
Bookstore News
- A New B&N in Pennsylvania: Barnes & Noble will open a 20,000-square-foot location in Jenkintown on September 16, after a 14-year absence from the community.
- Indiana Children’s Bookstore Expands: Kids Ink Books in Indianapolis will open a second location in Carmel on October 15.
- Upstate New York Indie Grows: All My Friends Books in Cortland has opened a second location in Skaneateles, which lacked a local bookseller for 11 years.
- Bookstore, Bar, and Cafe Opens in Ohio: The Whispering Page Bookstore opened on September 3 in Worthington.
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Theo of Golden by Allen Levi is the #1 title on our trade paperback bestseller list. See the full list »
‘Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power’ by Nancy Isenberg“‘From the time of the American Revolution, aristocracy has held tremendous sway over a nation quick to proclaim its advantages,’ writes bestselling historian Isenberg in this penetrating dissection of the American class system.... This essential history stares the rigidity of the American class system in its face.” more »
Picture of the Day
On September 8, poet and historian Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz celebrated the release of her new book, The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker (S&S), at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, where she was joined in conversation by actor and author Amber Tamblyn. Pictured (front row, from l.) are bookseller Amanda Nava, O’Keefe Aptowicz, Tamblyn, and publicists Elena Stokes and Tanya Farrell; (back row, from l.) author Jon Sands, poet Sarah Kay, and multi-disciplinary artist Shawn Randall.
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