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Today’s Book News Tuesday, 23rd December 2025 Book industry M&A in 2025: key deals and trends A Publishers Weekly report on mergers and acquisitions noted that 2025 saw significant deals such as Lakeside Book Company’s purchase of Baker & Taylor Publisher Services after ReaderLink abandoned...

Today’s Book News Monday, 22nd December 2025 Mary Anne Carter returns to lead the National Endowment for the Arts The U.S. Senate confirmed Mary Anne Carter to a second term as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Carter previously led the NEA and championed programs such as Big Read...

Today’s Book News Sunday, 21st December 2025 Unseen Tennessee Williams radio play published in literary magazine Tennessee Williams wrote a horror radio play called **The Strangers** during his college years; the tale is filled with stormy weather and spectral figures. The play has been...

Today’s Book News Saturday, 20th December 2025 HarperCollins drops David Walliams following misconduct investigation The Guardian reported that HarperCollins decided it would not publish further titles by David Walliams after an internal investigation into allegations he harassed junior female...

Today’s Book News Thursday, 18th December 2025 People 12/17 Publishers Marketplace’s People column reported a slate of promotions across Macmillan Audio, where Jennifer Donovan became director of editorial, Emily Dyer was promoted to marketing director and Samantha Edelson moved up to...

Today’s Book News Wednesday, 17th December 2025 Little, Brown buys Annie Barrows’s Ghost Guild Publishers Weekly reported that Little, Brown acquired world rights to Annie Barrows’s new middle‑grade series Ghost Guild. The first book, The Lost Three, follows siblings whose botched transition...

Today’s Book News Tuesday, 16th December 2025 French Publishers Association seeks compensation for used book sales French publishers’ association SNE reported that used books make up roughly 20 % of the French market—about €351 million annually—and that second‑hand purchases have jumped from...

Today’s Book News Monday, 15th December 2025 Amazon loosens download rules for DRM‑free KDP e‑books From January 2026 Amazon will allow customers who buy Kindle books without digital rights management (DRM) to download files in EPUB or PDF formats and transfer them across devices. The change...

Today’s Book News Saturday, 13th December 2025 Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks Mass‑market paperbacks are set to largely vanish from the US trade as ReaderLink will stop distributing them at the end of 2025. Publishers Weekly notes that unit sales have plunged from about 131 million in...

Today’s Book News Friday, 12th December 2025 Amazon Is Loosening Its DRM Policy for Kindle Starting January 20, Amazon will allow Kindle Direct Publishing authors to make their titles DRM‑free and offer downloads in EPUB or PDF format. This policy change comes after the company removed USB...

Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December 2025 Kindle to Offer Downloads for DRM‑Free Titles Starting 20 January 2026, Amazon’s Kindle store will let readers download DRM‑free books in EPUB or PDF formats, making it easier to read purchased titles on different devices. Publishers with existing...

Today’s Book News Wednesday, 10th December 2025 SCOTUS declines to hear Texas library book banning case The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case challenging Llano County’s removal of library books, leaving in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that allowed the removals...

Today’s Book News Sunday, 7th December 2025 DAILY SUMMARY: Sophie Kossakowski to head Hachette’s global sales and marketing Kossakowski, formerly with Sourcebooks and HarperCollins, will join Hachette Book Group as senior manager of international sales and marketing on 18 December. Publishers...

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 others suffered steep sales declines due to...

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 Songs by John Berryman. McCrae said the 18‑line poems...

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 explained that reading stories from multiple...

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%, children’s and YA fiction climbed 9.2%, adult...

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 more respondents identifying as people of colour...

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 from 80% the prior year) and higher diversity...

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 no longer covered. Publishing industry groups...