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Pamela Paul, writer at large for the Wall Street Journal, talks about the decline of “serious” nonfiction titles — from biographies to books about the economy.

Darrell Lester, a former PCH executive, said the company turned “dozens upon dozens” of Americans into millionaires.

After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor, a major distributor of shelf-ready library books, will be closing in early January.

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.