May 3, 2026

Strength in Numbers

Last week, hundreds of Hachette Book Group workers moved to unionize with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA Local 32035 and requested voluntary recognition from the publisher. HBG also continued its worldwide acquisition streak, announcing that its U.K. division had acquired business book publisher Kogan Page. Meanwhile, Simon & Schuster broadened its international distribution business with its new Simon Global service. A new report from the Book Manufacturers Institute revealed that the book printing industry’s adoption of digitization and AI could soon overhaul a manufacturing process that has largely stayed the same for years. And this year’s Indie Bookstore Day was a rousing success for booksellers across the country.

On April 28, Academy Award–winning actress Ellen Burstyn (r.) celebrated her new poetry collection, Poetry Says It Better (HarperOne), at the Strand in Manhattan. Joining Burstyn in conversation was actor and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal (l.).
(Courtesy HarperCollins)

Hachette Employees Seek to Unionize

Pending recognition from the publisher, the Hachette Workers Coalition, which has signed a supermajority of 600 eligible employees to join Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA Local 32035, would be the largest trade publishing union to date. more

Hachette UK Acquires Kogan Page

The acquisition, which includes the business book publisher’s U.S. operation, adds about 1,000 titles to Hachette’s U.K. group. more

S&S Sets Up Global Distribution Service

Simon Global will be headed by Caryn Schwartz in the U.S. and Alex Santos in the U.K. The aim of the new operation is to quickly move bestselling books from country to country within the S&S orbit. more

Book Manufacturing Could Soon See Major Changes

The increasing acceptance of digital printing by publishers and the use of AI tools by printers could “shift the tides on how the industry has operated for decades,” according to a new report by the Book Manufacturers Institute. more

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