Publishing News
Barnes & Noble's 60-Store Year Is Underway
The chain's 2026 expansion — announced at 60 new stores — is opening across the map, and the shelf space is the story for writers.
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Publishing News
The daily book trade file: reported deals, imprint launches and shutdowns, editorial and agency personnel changes, prize announcements and policy shifts on submissions. Short entries, dated and sourced. For authors, agents and publishing staff tracking where the industry moved this week.
News from the book trade: acquisitions and deal reports, imprint launches and closures, editorial hires, prize longlists and shifts in submission policy.
Publishing News
London Book Fair 2026: The Last Olympia Edition
The fair runs 10–12 March at Olympia London — its final year in Kensington before the move to ExCeL, and a working writer's guide to what actually happens there.
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The Anthropic Settlement, for Writers
A $1.5 billion copyright settlement, an open claims window, and AI clauses arriving in book contracts — the working writer's short version.
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How Publishers Decide Print Runs
A first printing is a bet placed months before publication — on pre-orders, comparison titles, and how hard the imprint is willing to push.