An Erotica Pioneer Goes From Hero to Villain for Dozens of Authors

In the constantly evolving romance landscape, Blushing Books has long occupied a specific niche: spanking erotica. Now some of its most successful writers just want their books back.

An Erotica Pioneer Goes From Hero to Villain for Dozens of Authors

In the constantly evolving romance landscape, Blushing Books has long occupied a specific niche: spanking erotica. Now some of its most successful writers just want their books back.

Lena Waithe, Gillian Flynn to Start Book Imprints

The two women are joining Zando, an independent publishing company founded last year that plans to work with authors and sell books in unconventional ways.

Books on Race Filled Best-Seller Lists Last Year. Publishers Took Notice.

In recent years, a strong interest in books on race and racism has accelerated. Authors, agents and editors are anxious to see how they do.

How a Publishing Executive Spends Her Sundays

It’s all about books for Sanyu Dillon, although instead of marketing them, she reads them.

Salman Rushdie Enters His Substack Period

The Booker Prize-winning author has reached a deal with the newsletter platform, where he plans to publish fiction and interact with readers.

In Literary Organizations, Diversity Disputes Keep Coming

Conflicts over race, culture and inclusion have roiled the Romance Writers of America, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and other groups devoted to books and literature.

Roberto Calasso, Renaissance Man of Letters, Dies at 80

A Florentine by birth, he was a polymath as an author and publisher (Kafka, Vedic philosophy, Greek mythology) who reached a wide international readership.

Does ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Writer Have a Secret?

Dan Brown has a lesser-known advice book. The trouble is, it seems impossible to buy.

A Rising Star’s Career Was Cut Short. His Impact Is Just Beginning.

Anthony Veasna So died before the release of his first book, “Afterparties,” but his loved ones, mentors and newfound fans are making it a particularly significant debut.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Sparks Controversy in Online Essay

The novelist’s remarks went viral after she criticized former students as well as “social-media-savvy people who are choking on sanctimony and lacking in compassion.”

New Publisher Says It Welcomes Conservative Writers Rejected Elsewhere

All Seasons Press, started by former executives from Simon & Schuster and Hachette, plans to publish books by the former Trump officials Mark Meadows and Peter Navarro.

‘Lupin’ Took the World by Stealth. Part 2 Can’t Be So Sneaky.

The French heist thriller was a huge global hit when it debuted on Netflix in January. Even the creator and cast were surprised.

Richard Robinson Dies at 84; Turned Scholastic Into an Empire

With help from Harry Potter, the Magic School Bus and the Baby-Sitters Club, he created the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books.

Dan Frank, Adventurous Book Editor, Is Dead at 67

As head of Pantheon, he nurtured prize winners and best sellers, rescued Joseph Mitchell from obscurity and helped establish graphic novels as a literary genre.

How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New

The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened.

Her Book Doesn’t Go Easy on Publishing. Publishers Ate It Up.

Zakiya Dalila Harris, a former editorial assistant, is making a splash with “The Other Black Girl,” her debut novel about an African-American woman navigating a nearly all-white workplace.