Jonathan Segura

One of the eight people in history to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation—and who made more than his fair share of headlines while doing it—is branching out into crime fiction.

Abby Jimenez tops our trade paper list and has the #2 bestselling title in the country with ‘Yours Truly,’ Susan Patterson’s ‘Things I Wish I Told My Mother’ is #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and ‘Life Worth Living’ by Miroslav Volf rounds out our top 10.

Jim Milliot, PW’s outgoing editorial director, has been awarded the first-ever Frederic G. Melcher Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of work covering the publishing industry.

A note from PW’s editorial director, Jonathan Segura.

For the first time, writes editorial director Jonathan Segura, we’re dedicating an issue of the magazine to independent publishing and bookselling.

We dig into the scope and scale of the historic wave of censorship attempts occurring today in the United States and talk with those who are doing the vital work of fighting back. Welcome to our Freedom to Read issue.

With Banned Books Week just a week a way, librarians across the country remain under attack just for doing their jobs. 'PW' editorial director Jonathan Segura introduces our new issue, highlighting the vital work of those protecting our freedom to read.

The publishing industry is stacked with talent, writes PW editorial director Jonathan Segura. And with all the chaos coming out of Washington, this is the time, he writes, for publishers to make the most of that talent and do their best work.

I know nobody out there is gasping at that revelation. But when I look back at my past year or so of reading, indie press books occupy a pretty big swath of it, probably more so now than ever.

For our second Freedom to Read Issue, we’re highlighting the work being done in communities across the country, from the Diet Coke–drinking mom who cofounded the Texas Freedom to Read Project to the members of PRHs Intellectual Freedom Taskforce.