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Spotify’s aggressive expansion into audiobooks is swiftly paying off, with the streamer on track to generate $100 million in revenue from subscriptions to its Audiobooks+ add-on alone, and users spending 60% more time streaming audio titles last year compared to 2024. Columbia University Press has launched a new series called What Science Says, which aims to debunk myths around topics ranging from astrology to vaccination. And Simon & Schuster CEO Greg Greeley has appointed Celia Guerra to the newly created role of chief of staff. In other news, voting for the Hachette Workers Coalition’s union election will begin next month. Julia Roberts will produce and star in a film adaptation of Katy Hays’s forthcoming novel Home Economics, reports Deadline. The New Yorker’s Jessica Winter pulls on the loose threads in Belle Burden’s hit divorce memoir Strangers. The New York Post recounts the remarkable publishing story behind Alex Blum’s An Accident of Birth: A Story of Adoption and Identity. And the BBC does a deep dive into the storied history—and uncertain future—of the hardcover format.
The audio streamer is touting 60% year-over-year growth in audiobook listeners and expects to take in $100 million in recurring revenue this year just from its Audiobooks+ add-on, which launched last year and now counts some one million users. more »
Kicking off with Carlos Orsi’s examination of astrology, What Science Says hopes to draw in readers open to reevaluating their beliefs about vaccines, ghosts, and more, without compromising a strict definition of what makes good science, the series editors say. more »
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Guerra, who has worked at Simon & Schuster for more than 20 years, will work closely with CEO Greg Greeley in the newly created role. She most recently served as senior director of business operations and inventory management. more »
Metropolitan takes Mahmoud Khalil’s memoir, Hogarth signs two from National Book Award longlister Saou Ichikawa, and more. »
A Parade of Horribles, Matt Dinniman’s new Dungeon Crawler Carl installment, is the #1 book in the country. Plus Gad Saad tops the hardcover nonfiction list with Suicidal Empathy, and Gege Akutami concludes his Jujutsu Kaisen action-adventure manga series. more »
See what we published in this week’s print issue of Publishers Weekly, including our spotlight on comics publishers and more. »
This July is the 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles Central Library. To commemorate the occasion, Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public Library is releasing its first kids' books, which serve as the centerpieces for a festival honoring the historic building. more »
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- Cozy Bookseller Hits Florida: A hybrid cat café and bookstore is set to open in Ocala next month.
- Mobile Bookshop on the Roll in Montana: Tomes and Bones has launched in Bozeman, offering a selection of books and dog items.
- Missouri Bookseller Expands: Bookmarx, located in downtown Springfield, will double its footprint this summer.
- Pennsylvania Bookstore to Close: Wellsboro’s From My Shelf Books & Gifts is holding a liquidation sale as it prepares to shutter.
- Crow City Books Opens in Auburn: The New York bookseller offers both used and new books, toys, and records.
- Ohio Bookstore Gets $20K Grant: Nature + Nurture in Salem will use the funds to help renovate and relocate to a larger space.
- Arizona Retailer Splits: Atticus Books & Music in Fountain Hills is moving to sell its products from two separate storefronts.
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A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman is the #1 title on our adult hardcover fiction bestseller list. See the full list »
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