In the midst of political and social upheaval, where do you turn to gain understanding and to foster empathy? For many Americans, the answers are found in books; reading is a gateway to move beyond misinformation, habits and prejudices.

In spite of better than expected total US book sales numbers in the pandemic, Barnes & Noble has struggled during the crisis. Yet CEO James Daunt expresses optimism.

As this podcast has done since 2017, CCC’s Beyond the Book takes a look again for 2020 at the latest developments and top achievements in audiobooks with two leaders in the field.

An important new hire at PRH and yet another award for Colson Whitehead

When the US Supreme Court ruled earlier this year in Allen v. Cooper, the outcome for an unusual copyright infringement case left many IP creators dismayed, though it may have pleased Blackbeard the pirate.

This summer, things are heating up for Simon & Schuster—in courtrooms where President Trump has sought to block books, and in bookstores, too, where those same books have become bestsellers.

“There was a really important moment in my own battle against Castleman disease,” Dr. Fajgenbaum says. “I went from hoping that things would work out and hoping that someone else would figure out a drug, to wanting to turn my hope into action.”

A panel of scholarly publishing executives discussed TechTrends 2024, STM’s annual forecast of technology trends impacting scholarly communications, for the recent STM annual US conference.

Lawyers for the Trump family argue that this confidentiality clause effectively gives them an ‘approval right’ over Mary Trump’s book manuscript.