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PW Insider 10: 2018 National Book Awards in Context
November 15, 2018

This year's National Book Awards were unique for a number of reasons. PW editors John Maher and Gabe Habash take us inside this year's ceremony, awards, and the books themselves.

PW Insider 9: Publishing the Trump Presidency
November 08, 2018

President Donald Trump is a cottage industry in publishing. PW senior correspondent Claire Kirch joins to talk about books and book sales related to the current political climate.

PW Insider 8: What%27s up with Barnes %26 Noble?
November 02, 2018

High profile firings, lawsuits, and bombshell disclosures. 'PW' editorial director Jim Milliot joins to catch us up on the ongoing saga that is Barnes & Noble. And don't forget to vote on November 6th!

PW Insider 7: The Best Books of 2018
October 26, 2018

A round table of 'PW' reviews editors discuss the best books of 2018. Read the full list of the best books of the year as chosen by 'PW' editors at publishersweekly.com/bestbooks

PW Insider 6: Phishing for Manuscripts
October 19, 2018

On this week’s PW Insider, we discuss a phishing scam that is affecting publishers, agents, scouts. We talk with PW’s Ed Nawotka, and Ziv Lewis, foreign rights and acquisitions manager at Kinneret Zmora Publishing in Israel.

PW Insider 5: A Conversation with Tana French
October 12, 2018

On this week’s PW Insider, we talk with bestselling author Tana French about her new novel The Witch Elm.

PW Insider 4: Completing the Circle
October 05, 2018

Ta-Nehisi Coates is following Walter Mosley's lead from 20 years ago, supporting a black-owned independent press with the French release of "We Were Eight Years In Power." We talk to Paul Coates---Mosley's publisher and Ta-Nehisi's father---about 40 year

PW Insider 3: Meet Harry Potter
September 28, 2018

Publishers Arthur A. Levine and marketing VP Rachel Coun join PW Insider to talk about discovering and acquiring Harry Potter, and introducing the series to American audiences.

PW Insider 2: Activism in Children%27s Publishing
September 21, 2018

From new books publishing to campaigns encouraging you to vote and against child separation, we're joined by PW's associate children's editor to discuss ways in which children's publishing is engaging in activism. Then, we talk to the founders of the Rai

PW Insider 1: Big Fall Books and DeRay Mckesson
September 14, 2018

We talk about some of our most anticipated books of the fall season, and then we're joined by DeRay Mckesson, author of one such title, "On the Other Side of Freedom," out now.