11 Facts About Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents.

In 1912, Publishers Weekly began to publish its own bestseller lists, patterned after the lists in The Bookman.

Publishers Weekly moved to Indianapolis in 1913 for another bookstore job.

Publishers Weekly applied to Richard Rogers Bowker for the job, was hired, and moved with his family to Montclair, New Jersey.

In 1943, Publishers Weekly created the Carey–Thomas Award for creative publishing, naming it in honor of Mathew Carey and Isaiah Thomas.

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Subject areas covered by Publishers Weekly include publishing, bookselling, marketing, merchandising and trade news, along with author interviews and regular columns on rights, people in publishing, and bestsellers.

Book review section of Publishers Weekly was added in the early 1940s and grew in importance during the 20th century and through the present day.

Publishers Weekly's was, notably, the first reviewer to insist that her name be appended to any blurb of her reviews, thus drawing attention to herself, to the review and to the influence of the magazine in predicting a book's popularity and salability.

Publishers Weekly's called out particular books of merit by starting the practice of boxed reviews, a precursor to the PW "signature reviews, " boxed reviews that are attributed to the reviewer.

Publishers Weekly's introduced the magazine's Quill Awards, with nominees in 19 categories selected by a nominating board of 6, 000 booksellers and librarians.

Publishers Weekly had enjoyed a near monopoly over the past decades, but it was getting vigorous competition from Internet sites, e-mail newsletters, and daily newspapers.