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Today’s Book News Saturday, 6th December 2025 (London date) A Mixed Holiday Weekend for Booksellers Publishers Weekly reports that independent bookstores experienced a mixed Thanksgiving weekend. Some shops saw strong turnout from locals, while...

And yes, this really is something that writers worry about, although almost always, without any good reason. Yasmin Khan’s cookbook Sabzi ignited a legal battle when a Cornish deli of the same name attempted to claim ownership of the widely used...

Title: Today’s Book News Friday, 5th December 2025 (London date) Epic Dream Sequence: PW Talks with Shane McCrae Publishers Weekly interviewed poet and editor Shane McCrae about Only Sing, his collection of 152 previously unpublished Dream...

Today's Book News Thursday, 4th December 2025 (London date) Choosing Holiday Books for Children of Interfaith Families Families with parents of different faiths often struggle to find holiday books that speak to both traditions. A senior editor...

Today’s Book News Wednesday, 3rd December 2025 (London date) Publishing Sales Recover in September After slumping during July and August, U.S. publishing sales jumped 14.4% in September at 1,324 reporting publishers. Religious books rose 21.2%...

WH Auden pronounced, in the course of a long essay on Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll: “There are good books that are only for adults, because their comprehension presupposes adult experiences, but there are no good books that are only for...

The column also reports that Spotify plans to raise audiobook subscription prices in the United States and that the inaugural Speakies audiobook awards highlighted mainstream publishers but overlooked independent authors. HMMMMMMMM

It’s all about “rateable value” – the notional value of a property which determines how much they pay in business property taxes (rates). The pub trade has been complaining about these proposals quite loudly. It seems to me that some lobbying is...

Today’s Book News Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 (London date) Second annual First Chapter Award winners revealed BookBrunch reported that the Society of Young Publishers announced the winners of its second annual First Chapter Award. In a...

Today’s Book News Monday, 1st December 2025 (London date) The 2025 PW Salary & Jobs Report Publishers Weekly’s annual survey found the industry’s workforce growing more diverse, with fewer respondents identifying as white and more early‑career...

Today’s Book News Sunday, 30th November 2025 (London date) The 2025 PW Salary & Jobs Report Publishers Weekly’s survey of more than six hundred publishing professionals found that the industry’s workforce is becoming slightly more diverse, with...

Today’s Book News Saturday, 29th November 2025 (London date) The 2025 PW Salary & Jobs Report The 2025 salary and jobs survey of 726 publishing professionals found the industry is diversifying, with 76% of respondents identifying as white (down...

Today’s Book News Friday, 28th November 2025 (London date) European Commission vote to amend EUDR welcomed by publishing sector The European Commission voted to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation so that books and other printed products are...

Today’s Book News Thursday, 27th November 2025 (London date) Antisemitism Draws Attention at AAR/SBL At the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature’s joint conferences, multiple sessions addressed antisemitism and urged...

So much nonsensical purple AI prose and overwriting! great game :)