A book critic explains how book blurbing works and why it’s become a source of debate in the publishing industry.

Publishers may have been too quick to end their print editions, says Amanda Mull at Bloomberg. “There’s demand for it among readers; there’s demand among advertisers.”

The independent press run by a husband and wife team has grown its revenue and staff since Fosse won the Nobel in 2023.

The Authors Guild will offer its 15,000 members a new certificate to place book covers: one that shows a book is written by humans and not artificial intelligence.

“I saw such a shift to having some of those more traditional media sources become less influential in sales,” said journalist Sophie Vershbow. “Ultimately, a lot of these book clubs have taken that place and started selling a lot of books.”

Public libraries have to pay more for e-books than physical copies, while academic libraries say that journal subscription prices are rising.

You can get pretty much any recipe you want online. But cookbooks still sell. A lot.

Public reports can be bestsellers or duds, but either way they’re not risky financial bets.

Backlogs hurt the holiday sales season in 2021. In some cases, shops still have to tell customers to wait for their favorite reads.

Publishers may want to turn the page on this moment, though, to get back to more store sales of books after COVID-19.