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Daily Book News Monday, 12th January 2026 Publishing Industry News Freida McFadden signs new three‑book deal with Sourcebooks Bestselling thriller author Freida McFadden, who had three of 2025’s top‑selling books, extended her partnership with Sourcebooks. The publisher bought world English...

That’s exactly what I’ve found, as well. I think it’s very strange there isn’t (yet?) a dedicated audiobook industry news site. But I have a number of rather scattered sources, and over the next week or two you’ll see more audiobook news featured here. The developments you suggest are brilliant...

Good idea, will implement now. :) p.

# Daily Book News Saturday, 10th January 2026 Publishing Industry News Freida McFadden re‑ups with Sourcebooks The psychological‑thriller phenom has extended her partnership with Sourcebooks through 2028, signing for three new hardcovers after selling more than six million copies of her...

Definitely agree we need to focus more on audiobooks, they are becoming the dominant medium atm. Can you suggest some authoritative news sources? (not just ranty blogs).

Daily Book News Friday, 9th January 2026 Publishing Industry News Marble Press Acquires CamCat Publishing Assets from B&T Marble Press purchased CamCat Publishing’s catalogue and intellectual property from Baker & Taylor, obtaining 124 adult and YA titles and planning to release 10–15 new...

Daily Book News Thursday, 8th January 2026 Publishing Industry News B&T Liquidation Firm Holds Closeout Sale The GA Group is selling more than 465,000 books left from Baker & Taylor’s liquidation, with the stock valued at roughly $7.8 million; offers were due by the end of 7 Jan, signalling...

Apologies, the main litopia.com site is unexpectedly down due to, ahem, some code mismanagement. Working on it now.

Daily Book News Wednesday, 7th January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Religion publishers snap up suspense, midlife and parenting books HarperCollins Christian Publishing acquired a romantic‑suspense trilogy, WaterBrook signed a two‑book project on navigating midlife...

Daily Book News Tuesday, 6th January 2026 Publishing Industry News Book Deals: Week of January 5, 2026 The latest deal round‑up sees Ibram X. Kendi’s nonfiction manifesto Chain of Ideas picked up by One World, Emma Donoghue’s dystopian Blaze snapped up by Summit, Dell preempting Lilly Lu’s...

Daily Book News Monday, 5th January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Book Deals: Week of January 5, 2026 One World bought Ibram X. Kendi’s “Chain of Ideas” on the spread of Great Replacement theory, Summit pre‑empted Emma Donoghue’s dystopian pigeon‑narrated novel “Blaze,” and...

Daily Book News Sunday, 4th January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Post-B&T, Vendors Jostle for the Library Market After wholesaler Baker & Taylor’s closure left libraries scrambling, vendors like Amazon Business, Barnes & Noble, Ingram and Libraria rushed to fill the gap...

Yes, I agree. It feels very much as if this is testing the water… Let’s see if authors / translators / readers complain about it, and if not, then we’ve saved ourselves a bunch of dosh. Nor will it stop there, of course. @Aethalope I have yet to see any machine translation (or "AI", as they...

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DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News HarperCollins replaces its romance translators with AI Harlequin, the romance imprint of HarperCollins, laid off its in‑house French translators and is now using Fluent Planet’s AI tools to translate its English‑language romances for the French market...