Monday, 6 November 2023
In the US, a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) found reading rates among adults declined over the past five years, reports Publishers Weekly. The report...

Thursday, 2 November 2023
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) has proposed removing 38 roles as the publisher faces ‘longer-term’ challenges to profitability ‘in the face of increasing cost pressures’, reports the Bookseller....

Friday, 27 October 2023
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on the government to ‘urgently review’ a proposed 55% cut to the Public Lending Right (PLR) rate, reports the Bookseller....

Thursday, 26 October 2023
In the US, Scholastic will stop offering its diverse stories collection—Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice—following accusations its rollout aided censorship at book fairs, reports Publishers Weekly. In a letter...

Monday, 23 October 2023
In the US, Scholastic has denied accusations that the creation of its new collection—Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice—is censoring diverse stories at its book fairs, reports Publishers Weekly. In...

Thursday, 19 October 2023
A joint market report from Nielsen BookData and GfK Entertainment, analysing 16 countries, shows an increase in turnover for the majority of book markets in the first eight months of...

Tuesday, 17 October 2023
The Arab Publishers’ Association, the Emirates Publishers Association, the Sharjah Book Authority and the PublisHer network have withdrawn from the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), following the fair’s statement at the...

Monday, 16 October 2023
In the US, print book sales fell 4.1% in the first nine months of 2023 at outlets reporting to Circana BookScan, compared to the same period in 2022, reports Publishers...

Friday, 13 October 2023
The UK Society of Authors (SoA) has expressed ‘deep concern’ about Spotify’s deal with major book publishers announced last week, reports Publishing Perspectives. In a statement to Publishing Perspectives, the...

Thursday, 12 October 2023
In the US, Wiley president and CEO Brian Napack has resigned from the company, reports Publishers Weekly. Napack has held the roles of president and CEO since December 2017. He...

Monday, 9 October 2023
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$19,170), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Lori & Joe (Amy Arnold, Prototype) The Long Form (Kate...

Thursday, 5 October 2023
In the US, the finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Pantheon) Temple Folk (Aaliyah Bilal, S&S)...

Tuesday, 3 October 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’, have been announced. The shortlisted works are: The Huxleys: An intimate history of evolution...

Monday, 2 October 2023
In the US, a new Authors Guild survey has found that most authors are far from earning a living from their craft, reports Publishers Weekly. The survey drew responses from...

Monday, 25 September 2023
The Authors Guild—along with 17 authors including George R R Martin, Jodi Picoult, John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen—filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI in the United States last Tuesday, said...

Thursday, 21 September 2023
In the US, new data from the American Library Association (ALA) shows a continuing surge in attempts to censor books in libraries this year, reports Publishers Weekly. The ALA documented...

Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Bertelsmann has officially appointed Nihar Malaviya as Penguin Random House (PRH) CEO, reports Publishers Weekly. Malaviya was appointed interim CEO following Markus Dohle’s resignation in December last year. Bertelsmann chair...

Friday, 15 September 2023
Canadian bookselling chain Indigo Books & Music reported a 12% drop in revenue for the quarter ending 1 July, following a cyberattack on the company’s website in February, reports Publishers...

Thursday, 14 September 2023
Spotify is planning to offer US subscribers a free audiobook trial in the coming months, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Spotify is working with large US...

Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Amazon has updated its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) guidelines to require users to acknowledge AI-generated content, reports the Bookseller. The new guidelines distinguish between AI-generated content and AI-assisted content, which...

Thursday, 7 September 2023
In the UK, retailer WHSmith has reported a 28% year-on-year increase in revenue in the 12 months to 31 August, driven by a 42% spike in its travel business, reports...

Friday, 1 September 2023
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has called for greater transparency over the use of book jacket blurbs, amid controversy over the practice, reports the Bookseller. Earlier this...

Thursday, 31 August 2023
Penguin Random House’s (PRH) global revenue grew 9% in the six months to 30 June, compared to the same period last year. In its half-yearly results, parent company Bertelsmann reported...

Tuesday, 29 August 2023
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) is relaunching its Shopfloor Publishers scheme, which invites publishers to spend a day working in a bookshop, reports the Bookseller. The Shopfloor Publishers...