Friday, 27 January 2017
Author Roxane Gay has pulled her book How to Be Heard from Simon & Schuster (S&S) in response to the far-right journalist Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal with the US publisher’s conservative imprint Threshold Editions,...

Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Swedish author Fredrik Colting and his partner are facing a legal complaint from publishers Penguin Random House (PRH) and Simon & Schuster (S&S), as well as the estates of Arthur...

Wednesday, 25 January 2017
In the UK, Amazon will launch a £20,000 (A$33,040) literary prize for self-published books, reports the Telegraph. The Kindle Storyteller Prize will be open to any English-language book published through...

Tuesday, 24 January 2017
In the UK, ebook sales for the five biggest publishers have declined for the second year in a row, reports the Bookseller. According to data supplied to the Bookseller, the...

Monday, 23 January 2017
Apple and Amazon have ended an exclusive audiobooks deal following ‘pressure from anti-trust regulators in Germany and the European Commission’, reports the BBC. Under Apple and Amazon’s deal, Amazon-owned audiobooks...

Friday, 20 January 2017
In the UK, Nielsen Book has published its inaugural Bestseller Hall of Fame, recognising titles that have sold more than one million copies between 1998 and the end of 2015,...

Thursday, 19 January 2017
Pearson has announced it intends to sell its 47% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH), reports the Bookseller. Pearson will issue an exit notice to joint venture partner Bertelsmann, which...