Jane Friedman

Several library associations have sent a letter to major New York publishers to express concern over increasingly expensive digital book licensing. One library organization leader said that in some large, high-circulation library systems, 50 percent of their collections budget is spent on licensing—much higher than prior to the pandemic. (An ebook license typically costs $55 ...

According to the ABA’s annual report, more than 600 brick-and-mortar, pop-up, and mobile bookstores were added to the ranks of the American Booksellers Association in 2025, many of them reflecting the growth of romance and romantasy. The organization has grown 151 per...

I’m at the US Book Show this week, where yesterday I attended a panel titled #BookTok: Inside the Creator Economy, moderated by TikTok’s culture and education partnerships lead, Karen Kang.

As with other panels I’ve attended on TikTok that involved company reps from TikTok and successf...

The University of Florida Press is launching Warrington Press in partnership with the university’s college of business. The first title is Building an AI University by UF marketing professor Michael Carrillo. Learn more.