Publishers v. Iowa, Again; WSUP and Scholastic Recover; AAP and GLIBA Bestow Honors

A New Round

All of the Big Five publishers and the Authors Guild are back in Iowa, filing a new complaint against the book removal provision in the state's SF 496. After two scary months, Washington State University Press has found a reprieve, and will stay open under a new arrangement. Scholastic had a good start to its fiscal year, buoyed by a multimedia acquisition that the company hopes will set the stage for more sales to come. The AAP and GLIBA have honored Belarusian publishing house Januškevič and Chicago feminist bookstore Women and Children First with their International Freedom to Publish and inaugural Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year awards, respectively. And Lena Atanassova takes the editorial reins at Tokyopop. The Guardian spotlights how activists are fighting against censorship in America's prisons. Robert Caro's The Power Broker is attracting legions of young fans more than 50 years after its publication, according to the Washington Post. The New Yorker considers how Ruth Krauss forged a new kind of children's literature, and the New York Times looks at how children's book character Strega Nona became the ultimate autumn inspo. Louise Erdrich and Elizabeth Strout discussed their latest novels with the Seattle Times and the Guardian, respectively. And Maris Kreizman explores her pre-publication jitters for Literary Hub.