John Green’s book on tuberculosis scheduled for release in March
Novelist John Green will return to shelves with “Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection.”
Publishing
New book details first 80 years of architecture in Indianapolis
With a belief that older structures give a city its personality, architectural historian and historic preservation consultant James Glass spent the past four years investigating a century’s worth of Indianapolis traits.
IBJ Podcast: Indy’s ‘A Couple Cooks’ on becoming internet famous, publishing new cookbook
From the kitchen in their home south of Broad Ripple, Sonja and Alex Overhiser have created, tested and posted more than 3,000 recipes to their 14-year-old food-influencer website, which receives millions of pageviews per month.
Q&A with Sonja and Alex Overhiser, whose newest cookbook hits bookstores Oct. 15
The couple talked with IBJ about what it takes to publish a cookbook and how it fits into their overall business strategy.
Tess Gunty, Maurice Broaddus among nine honored Indiana authors
The Indiana Authors Awards, administered every other year by Indiana Humanities, were announced Wednesday in nine categories.
‘Hot Dog Money’ recounts wide-ranging NCAA scandal involving former Indiana Pacer
Investigative journalist Guy Lawson’s new book looks at the NCAA bribery scandal that got former Indiana Pacers player Chuck Person and nine other men in legal trouble.
IBJ wins 8 national awards; Inside INdiana Business wins an Emmy
IBJ’s AABP awards covered design, graphics, photography, podcasts and reporting published in 2023. IBJ designer Sarah Ellis won awards in three categories.
Eight major newspapers join legal backlash against OpenAI, Microsoft
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft used copyrighted newspaper articles to train their algorithms without compensating content owners.
IBJ wins 11 honors, Indiana Lawyer wins five at SPJ’s Best of Indiana awards ceremony
IBJ’s design team, which does work for Indiana Lawyer as well, swept the graphics and illustration category.
Greg Weaver: Transition brings change to Indiana Lawyer
Look for more business-related coverage in the future, especially as it relates to attorney involvement in lobbying and government affairs. We also plan to extend our coverage of county courts, new lawsuits and interesting trials across the state.
Viral rapper Tevin Studdard writes three children’s books
The books written by Tevin Studdard feature an A-to-Z format with a two-sentence description for each character or business.
Gannett, McClatchy news chains say they will stop using Associated Press content
The decision by Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, severs a century-old partnership.
Dan Wakefield, Indianapolis author of ‘Going All the Way,’ dies at 91
Shortridge High School alum Dan Wakefield worked as a magazine correspondent at the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial.
New book explores feminism through the lens of 20 rock musicians
Katherine Yeske Taylor will participate in an author talk presented by Tomorrow Bookstore at IndyFringe Theatre.
Franklin-based author Brian Allen Carr goes low in ‘Bad Foundations’ novel
The newly published ‘Bad Foundations’ story unfolds in crawlspaces, quantum mechanics and Indiana’s gray area of Delta-8.
Sports Illustrated employees left in limbo as publisher faces money troubles
The staff layoffs could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism.
IBJ’s 10 most-read stories of 2023 include reports about ‘Good Bones,’ Circle Centre
Two stories about Two Chicks and a Hammer—the company behind “Good Bones”—made the list: one about the house-flipping show ending after eight seasons and the other about the closing of its Bates-Hendricks shop.
New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over use of stories used to train chatbots
The suit says OpenAI and Microsoft are advancing their technology through the “unlawful use of The Times’s work to create artificial intelligence products that compete with it.”
Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm for $1.62B
The acquisition comes months after a federal judge blocked Simon & Schuster’s purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market.
IBJ Podcast: List of most influential Hoosiers contains dozen of new names
For this week’s edition of the IBJ Podcast, Nate Feltman, co-owner and CEO of IBJ Media, shines a spotlight on 10 of the Hoosier leaders making their first appearances on the list.