October 2, 2026
As Publishers Increase AI Implementation, Employee Use SlowsData from 771 professionals surveyed by the Book Industry Study Group and BookNet Canada found publishers’ AI use at the organizational level jumped to 63%, from 48% in 2025, while individual use dropped from 46% in 2025 to 38% today. more
Authors Guild Calls on Publishers to Share Anthropic WealthThe Guild is asking publishers to more equitably divvy up Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement for certain claims, noting many houses will receive large payouts while most authors will get nothing more than “the ability to pay bills from the settlement.” more
Libro.fm, Silent Book Club Plan Banned Books Week Read-InThe audio- and e-book platform is partnering with the social event organizer to convene meet-ups at bookstores and libraries in the U.S. and several other countries for giveaways and fundraising in defense of the freedom to read. more
Two Authors Sue L.A. After Library Cancels ‘Read Palestine Week’ EventOn September 28, authors Jenan A. Matari (l.) and Nora Lester Murad filed a state lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, alleging discrimination, violation of their right to free speech, and breach of contract, in response to the Los Angeles Public Library’s cancelation of a December 2025 event where they were to speak about their children’s books featuring Palestinian stories. more
Just Announced: ‘Watermelon Seeds,’ a Palestinian Middle Grade CollaborationWe Need Diverse Books, in partnership with Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, has announced the forthcoming release of a middle grade novel-in-stories by a slate of Palestinian authors. The book is scheduled for May 18, 2027. more
Joyful Reading Company, NASA Partner to Bring STEM Series to Schools, LibrariesThe ed-tech entity and the space agency have teamed up to offer their Astrobiology Graphic Histories series on the Comics Plus digital reading platform. more
Library Buying Made Simple
New to Amazon Business or ready to see what’s new? Choose the 101 or Advanced track in this free webcast, then join a group recap and resource sharing. Wednesday, October 14 at 2 p.m. ET. Register now. (Sponsored) More
Highlights of Next Week's Stars
Speculative Violence: The Visual Politics of AI-Powered Authoritarianism Donatella Della Ratta. Haymarket, $22.95 trade paper (248p) ISBN 979-8-88890-854-9
Bohemians on the Breadline: The Radical Women Artists of Roosevelt’s New Deal Lauren Arrington. St. Martin’s, $29 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-28691-8
I Pray You Will Be Safe: Two Young Women Writing Across the Israel-Palestine Divide Tala Albanna and Michelle Amzalak, with Dimitri Krier. Little, Brown, $19.99 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-316-61353-8
Notorious: Anne Boleyn and the Great Tudor Hoax Hayley Nolan. St. Martin’s, $30 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-44115-7
From Infinite World: The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tragedy of AIDS in the Black Church Ashon Thomas Crawley. Norton, $35 (448p) ISBN 978-1-324-03699-9
Children's Books
What Is a Sculpture? Diane Borsato, illus. by Laura Carlin. Tundra, $19.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-77488-301-3
Get Rich Quick: A Legendary Swindle, a Crooked Age and the Art of the Confidence Game Nicholas Day, illus. by Brett Helquist. Random House Studio, $19.99 (304p) ISBN 979-8-217-12026-0
New Books and More
Starred Reviews Releasing This WeekHere’s a handy roundup of all the books that received starred reviews in PW that are hitting shelves this week. More
Min Jin Lee’s School of Hard KnocksThe author’s new novel—the third in her Diaspora Quartet—examines Korea’s cutthroat education system. more
Miss Megachurch: PW Talks with Deesha PhilyawA pastor’s wife gets mired in scandal in The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, the author’s loving send-up of ambition and double standards in the Black church. more
Audrey Niffenegger Goes Back to the FutureThe bestselling author returns with Life Out of Order, a sequel to her mega-selling The Time Traveler’s Wife. more
A Novel Idea: PW Talks with John MutterThe founder and editor-in-chief of the bookselling newsletter Shelf Awareness makes his literary debut next month with Fortune and Glass (Left Field), a literary thriller and love story set in Nazi Germany. more
‘What It Is to Be a Human’: PW Talks with E. LockhartSomething has gone awry in the hot springs of The Pools, E. Lockhart’s new YA fairy tale–inspired love story with a dark twist. Lockhart, who created the We Were Liars series adapted for Amazon Prime, shared why small towns breed interesting stories and why grief is prevalent in her fiction. more
‘Writing Through Things’: PW Talks with Nic Stone Almost 10 years after her YA breakout novel, Dear Martin, Stone returns to that same world with a new middle grade spin-off, Dasia (Forever). We spoke with the author about the personal connection that inspired her to write about young people facing illness. more
In Other Wor(l)ds: Children’s Books from Around the Globe, for Fall 2026 and BeyondSeptember marked the 10th annual World Kid Lit Month. These 24 new and forthcoming children’s titles, originating from countries around the world, bring international voices to the shelf any time of year. more
First Look: Maryland Lore Infuses Picture Book ‘Black Cat Island’New Yorker staff writers Casey Cep and Kathryn Schulz have penned Black Cat Island: An Almost Entirely True Story (Little, Brown, Apr. 2027), illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Aaron Becker and inspired by a Chesapeake Bay legend. more
- Marketing & Publicity Assistant - The Quarto Group - Beverly, MA.
- Senior Market and Segment Development Specialist - Print/Book Publishing - Canon USA - Melville, NY.
- Marketing Director - Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. - New York, NY.
- Acquiring Editor-Rock Point, Wellfleet Press & Epic Ink - The Quarto Group - New York, NY.
- Editor, Romance - Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. - New York, NY.
 |
 |
 |
 |
Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to Nathalie op de Beeck.
Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to Joe Murray.
Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to Joe Murray.
For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below.
Publishers Weekly,
49 West 23rd Street
Ninth Floor
New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500
© PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY and the PW Logo are trademarks of PWxyz, LLC.
Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.
You are receiving this email because npkvdejmf6@nie.podam.pl subscribed to one of Publishers Weekly's newsletters. If you are not npkvdejmf6@nie.podam.pl, then please disregard this message. Update your newsletter preferences here.
PW takes spam very seriously. This email message meets all the requirements of the United States CAN-SPAM Act and Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). To remove yourself from the Preview for Librarians email list, unsubscribe.
