Publishers Weekly

3 days ago | publishersweekly.com | Diane Roback

Booksellers, authors, and exhibitors talked shop and partied at Children’s Institute 2025 in Portland, Ore., June 11–14. In this collection of photos, PW and participating publishers share some memorable moments from the show. The Oregon Convention Center played host to this year’s Children’s Institute, with 600 people in attendance, including about 340 booksellers and 66 authors. As CI began on June 11, booksellers, authors, and guests gathered at Literary Arts’s new bookstore and headquarters.

3 days ago | publishersweekly.com | Lenny Picker

Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho led the prosecution of the notorious serial killer Joseph DeAngelo, who terrorized California communities for decades and was apprehended after familial DNA provided a crucial lead. Ho spoke with PW about The People vs. the Golden State Killer (Third State Books, Nov.), which provides his inside perspective on the case. What led to your choosing a career in law? My family and I escaped Vietnam when I was almost five years old.

3 days ago | publishersweekly.com | Jim Milliot

Total revenue across the 1,325 publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program fell 4% in April compared to a year ago. The decline was due, in part, to a 12.5% drop in digital audiobook sales across both the adult and children's/YA book categories. Audiobooks have been the primary driver of trade sales for more than a year following the November 2023 entry of Spotify into the market, which brought in new customers and sales.

4 days ago | publishersweekly.com | Jim Milliot

Despite a third quarter with financial results below expectations, Scholastics issued revised guidance for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, that boosted its profit expectations back to $140-150 million for the year. The company had dropped the forecast to no higher than $140 million when its third quarter results were released in March. Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before income, taxation, depreciation, and amortization) in fiscal 2024 was $136.9 million.

1 week ago | publishersweekly.com | Elaine Szewczyk

David Levithan can’t imagine his life without music. He blasts it at home and in his office, and needs it to write. “I listen to music every single moment that I can, from the time I wake up,” Levithan says from his apartment in Hoboken, N.J. “Listening to music when I work gives my language musicality.