Tuesday, 23 October 2012
British publisher Hodder & Stoughton is splitting into two distinct publishing divisions, reports Publishers Weekly. The publisher, which is owned by Hachette, will be divided into John Murray Press, which...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Social reading platform and retailer BookShout has announced it will introduce new technology that will ‘allow its users to legally import their previous and future ebook purchases into their BookShout...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Faber has announced it will be changing its branding and ‘slimming down the iconic “ff” logo’, reports the Bookseller. Faber sales and marketing director Will Atkinson outlined some of the...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Oyster, the US ebook subscription service founded in July this year, ‘has secured [US]$3 million [(A$2.9)] dollars in venture funding that it will use to build a sort of Spotify for...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has confirmed that the company will not make a profit from sales of its latest Kindle tablet and ereader devices, reports the BBC. ‘We sell...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Kobo has acquired the French digital software company Acquafadas for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller, which said it was a move ‘designed to bring ‘illustrated e-books and magazines and...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Actor Johnny Depp has launched his own imprint with HarperCollins US, reports the Bookseller. The imprint Infinitum Nihil—which means ‘nothing is forever’ and is also the name of his production company—has...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
German ebook retailer Txtr has announced plans to offer an eink ereading device ‘that can be ‘offered as an inexpensive premium through phone plans’, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘The new device,...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Amazon has launched an ‘author rank’ feature on its website, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘The new ranking is based on cumulative sales of all books by each author and like its...

Wednesday, 10 October 2012
In the UK, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Orange Prize, will be funded by individual donors in 2013, ‘while headline sponsorship negotiations for 2014 and beyond...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
In the UK, bookselling chain Waterstones has launched a new branding campaign that includes advertising on the London Underground and billboards, as well as in the press, in-house merchandise and...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
John Wiley has reached an agreement to acquire Deltak.edu for $220 million, (approximately A$215 million) reports Publishers Weekly. US company Deltak ‘works in partnership with colleges and universities to develop...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
In the UK, Egmont has signed the book and publishing rights associated with computer game Minecraft for all territories excluding the US, reports the Bookseller. The game ‘involves players creating...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
In the UK, Penguin is undertaking a review of its travel divisions, including its Rough Guides and Dorling Kindersley imprints, reports the Bookseller. The rise of digital publishing and a...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
In the US, John Wiley & Sons’ global education division will partner with educational software developer Kno to create interactive textbooks, reports Publishers Weekly. The arrangement will involve Kno creating...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Pearson has announced that chief executive Marjorie Scardino will step down from her role in 2013, to be replaced by chief executive of Pearson’s International Education division John Fallon, reports...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble and software giant Microsoft have announced the completion of a strategic partnership and the creation of the new subsidiary Nook Media LLC....

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
In the UK, the Bookseller reports that the Competition Authority in Ireland has found the acquisition of Irish book wholesaler Argosy by bookselling chain Eason, would lead to ‘increased prices...

Wednesday, 3 October 2012
A New Zealand writers’ walk has been launched in Germany to celebrate the country’s Guest of Honour status at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. The walk is situated on the...

Wednesday, 3 October 2012
In the US, Hachette issued a new ebook version of J K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy on the same day as its release after reports of issues with the ebook’s font colour...

Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Egmont has announced that it has appointed Sarah Hughes as publishing director for its fiction list, reports the Bookseller. Hughes takes up the role on 3 December, having been fiction...

Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Pearson will allow readers to access ebooks on technology before the finished book is released under a program called Early Edition, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘Readers can purchase the editions, which...

Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Ingram Content Group has announced the appointment of Kelly Gallagher to the role of vice president of content acquisitions. Gallagher, who is currently vice president of publishing workflow solutions at...

Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Delegates at the 78th PEN International Congress, held in Korea from 11 to 15 September, approved the PEN International Declaration on Free Expression and Digital Technologies. In a statement on...

Tuesday, 2 October 2012
The German Publishers and Booksellers Association has announced it will award its 2012 Peace Prize to Chinese writer Liao Yiwu, who ‘walked out on his native country and landed in...

Tuesday, 2 October 2012
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has announced it will launch two tablets—a seven-inch Nook HD and nine-inch Nook HD+—simultaneously in the UK and the US, and that UK supermarkets...