Friday, 12 June 2015
The European Commission (EC) has opened a formal investigation into Amazon’s ebook practices, reports the Bookseller. The EC said it will focus on clauses ‘which seem to shield Amazon from...

Friday, 12 June 2015
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has reported that US book sales increased by 4.6% in 2014 compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly. The increase was led by a...

Thursday, 11 June 2015
In the US, the Library of Congress has named Juan Felipe Herrera as the country’s next Poet Laureate, reports the New York Times. Herrera, who was Poet Laureate of California from 2012-2014,...

Thursday, 11 June 2015
The German book trade association Börsenverein has released figures on the performance of the German book market in 2014, reporting a 2.2% fall in overall sales to €9.32bn (A$13.63bn). The...

Wednesday, 10 June 2015
UK book trade publication the Bookseller has announced its fifth annual list of ‘up-and-comers and leaders of the future in the book trade’. The list features 39 people working in...

Wednesday, 10 June 2015
In the UK, children’s author and illustrator Chris Riddell has been appointed the ninth Waterstones Children’s Laureate, taking over from outgoing Laureate Malorie Blackman, who has occupied in the role...

Wednesday, 10 June 2015
In the US, PEN America has announced the second round of winners for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. Following the announcement of the majority of the award-winners in May, the...

Tuesday, 9 June 2015
In the US, the winners of the 2014 Nebula Awards have been announced. Best Novel was awarded to Annihilation (Jeff VanderMeer, Fourth Estate); Best Novella to Yesterday’s Kin (Nancy Kress,...

Tuesday, 9 June 2015
In the UK, ebook market share has decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2015, reports the Bookseller. A report from Nielsen Book Research found that ebook share increased from...

Friday, 5 June 2015
In the US, Jacqueline Woodson has been selected as the new Young People’s Poet Laureate and will succeed current laureate Kenn Nesbitt., reports Publishers Weekly. The Poetry Foundation president Robert...

Thursday, 4 June 2015
Scottish author Ali Smith has won the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel How to be Both (Penguin). Smith’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six,...

Thursday, 4 June 2015
In the UK, Nielsen is developing a ‘festival sales measurement’ to record book sales from the Hay and Edinburgh literary festivals in its bestseller charts, reports the Bookseller. According to...

Thursday, 4 June 2015
In the UK, the High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block seven websites that hold a combined 10 million ebook titles in breach of copyright laws, reports...