This week: Vanity Fair has gotten a boost thanks to an unlikely source, Penguin Random House deals with union fallout, Indie Publishers review the year, Pantsuited Nation gets a book deal. but some of its members are unhappy, and J.K. Rowling is writing two more novels.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

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