The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced today that Executive Director Len Vlahos will resign his position effective June 12, and will relocate to Denver, Colorado where he and his wife will join the senior management team of the Tattered Cover bookstores and...

Almost 100 of the nation’s best writers, poets and illustrators have already committed to appear at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival, which will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.  ...

Once a year, IBPA grants the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award to some of the best books available from independent publishers. The 2015 Benjamin Franklin Award finalists, announced today, include nearly 160 incredible books shining light on fresh voices and unique...

Pen America today announced the longlists for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards, spanning fiction, nonfiction, biography, essays, translation, and more. The finalists will be announced on April 15. The winners for all 2015 awards, including PEN's career achievement awards,...

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the #NOOKReadingStyle Sweepstakes, designed to inspire book lovers to share their reading style on...

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2015 third quarter ended January 31, 2015.  Third quarter consolidated revenues of $1.96 billion declined $35 million as compared to the prior year.  Third quarter consolidated...

The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a major new lawsuit on behalf of a broad group of organizations, including PEN American Center, challenging the National Security Agency’s mass interception and search of Americans’ internet communications. At issue is an...

Last night, PEN American Center elected Andrew Solomon as the organization’s new President of the Board of Trustees at its Annual General Members’ Meeting. Solomon is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture, and psychology, and a Professor of Clinical Psychology at...

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that Evie Wyld’s novel, All the Birds, Singing (Vintage Books/Pantheon), an evocative and...