The publishing group denied the cuts were linked to a delivery delay of the author Dan Brown’s new manuscript, or to a change of leadership at Random House, its parent company.

Mr. Giroux introduced some of the major authors of the century and rose to join a distinguished publishing house, making it Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Hundreds of small, independent publishers will have easier access to digital book technology under a new service offered by Perseus Books Group.

Vincent Bugliosi has written three No. 1 best sellers, but his latest entry on the best-seller list — a polemic with a provocative title — has largely been ignored by the press.

The new Progressive Book Club is inviting readers to join and buy three books at $1 apiece in exchange for the obligation to buy four books over the next two years.

Accounts differ on the timeline of events that led Jane Friedman, the chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, to unexpectedly announce her resignation on Wednesday.

The publisher of the ubiquitous burgundy-clad guidebooks said it is has ended its effort to sell itself.

Is the electronic book approaching the tipping point? That topic both energized and unnerved people attending BookExpo America in Los Angeles.

Markus Dohle’s promotion to chief executive of Random House, the world’s largest consumer book publisher is just one part of a broader cultural makeover at Bertelsmann.

The final Harry Potter installment gave a much-needed jolt to the publishing industry last July, but publishers still struggled to sell more books overall than they did in 2006.