US student groups urge government to block Cengage and McGraw-Hill merger
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
In the US, more than 40 college student organisations are urging the Department of Justice (DoJ) to block the proposed merger of educational publishers Cengage and McGraw-Hill, reports the Bookseller....
RITA Awards 2019 winners announced
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
The Romance Writers of America (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2019 RITA Awards, which recognise excellence in romance novels and novellas. Among the winners in the 13 categories...
Scholastic income down 55% despite sales rise
Monday, 29 July 2019
In the US, Scholastic has reported a 2019 fiscal year operating income of US$25 million (A$36.2m), a 55% drop on the previous year despite sales rising 2% to US$1.65 billion...
Amazon UK begins releasing weekly sales charts
Thursday, 25 July 2019
Amazon UK has this week launched Amazon Charts, a weekly book bestseller list tracking sales and reads of fiction and nonfiction, reports the Bookseller. Its the first time print and...
Booker Prize 2019 longlist announced
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Booker Prize has been announced. The 13 books longlisted for the £50,000 (A$88,875) prize are: The Testaments (Margaret Atwood, Chatto & Windus, September) Night Boat...
UK Booksellers Association launches green bookselling manifesto
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) has launched ‘Green Bookselling: A Manifesto for the BA, Booksellers and the Book Industry’, as it calls on the trade to reduce its...
Publishers, authors concerned over Audible’s audio-to-text program
Monday, 22 July 2019
In the US, publishers, literary agents and authors have expressed concern that Audible’s proposed program Captions, which transcribes audio to text alongside its audiobooks, infringes on rights holders, reports Publishers...
Two women awarded Japan’s top literary awards
Friday, 19 July 2019
In Japan, novelists Natsuko Imamura and Masumi Oshima have been awarded two of the country’s top literary awards, reports Kyodo News. Imamura was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for her novel...
Thompson wins 2019 Arthur C Clarke Award for ‘Rosewater’
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Tade Thompson’s Rosewater (Orbit) has won the 2019 Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction, reports the Guardian. Set in a future Africa, the events of Rosewater take place in a...
US audiobook sales up 25% in 2018
Thursday, 18 July 2019
In the US, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) has reported audiobook revenue in 2018 grew by 24.5% to total US$940 million (A$1.34b), reports Publishing Perspectives. Unit sales were up 27.3%,...
Pearson shifts to digital-first model
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
UK-based educational publisher Pearson will shift to a digital-first model, reports Publishers Weekly. The publisher has announced that it will only update the digital editions of its 1500 American university...
BA says UK government’s digital services tax ‘a step in the right direction’
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
The Booksellers Association (BA) has welcomed the UK government’s decision to introduce a digital services tax on big tech companies from next April, but says it does not resolve the...
Crime writers condemn Staunch Prize after organisers suggest thrillers could ‘bias jurors’
Monday, 15 July 2019
In the UK, crime writers have condemned the organisers of the Staunch Prize—awarded to thrillers without violence against women—for claiming the genre could bias jurors, reports the Guardian. The Staunch...
Winners of inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize announced
Friday, 12 July 2019
In the UK, the winners of the inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP) have been announced. In the published author category, Laura Steven was awarded for her YA novel...
Cypriot writer Soteriou wins 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Cypriot writer Constantia Soteriou has been named the overall winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story 'Death Customs'. It is the first time in the history...
US bookshops raise $48k for #BookstoresAgainstBorders campaign
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
In the US, around 150 independent bookshops, small presses and other literary organisations have raised more than US$48,000 (A$68,860) for the #BookstoresAgainstBorders fundraising campaign, reports Publishers Weekly. Initiated by Wisconsin...
Frankfurt Book Fair to allow book sales during public access days
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
For the first time, exhibitors will be allowed to sell books during the closing weekend of the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair, reports Book Brunch. The last two days of the...
UK Society of Authors launches £5000 prize for illustrated children’s books
Friday, 5 July 2019
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has launched the Queen's Knickers Award, a new £5000 (A$8950) prize for children’s illustrated books aimed at readers aged 0–7. Aimed at...
Locus Awards winners announced
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
In the US, the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing have been announced. Winners include: The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal, Tor) in the...
UK publishing employment up 3.9% in 2018
Monday, 1 July 2019
In the UK, publishing industry employment was up 3.9% in 2018, growing from 192,000 jobs in 2017 to 199,000 in 2018, reports the Bookseller. The figures from the Department for...
UK survey finds that older women feel misrepresented in fiction
Friday, 28 June 2019
In the UK, a survey of more than 1000 women over 40 has found that 51% of respondents feel that older women tend to fall into stereotyped roles in fiction,...
Amazon responds to NYT feature alleging widespread sales of counterfeit books
Thursday, 27 June 2019
In the US, Amazon has responded to claims made in a New York Times (NYT) feature that the company takes a lax approach to policing counterfeit books, reports Publishers Weekly....
UK publishing revenue down two percent in 2018
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
The UK Publishers Association (PA) has found the UK publishing industry’s revenues in 2018 fell two percent on the previous year, with a five percent drop in print book sales,...
Keefe, Burns win 2019 Orwell Prize
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
In the UK, two authors writing about the conflict in Northern Ireland have been awarded £3000 each (A$5470) as part of the Orwell Prize, reports the Guardian. Patrick Radden Keefe,...
US book market contracts slightly for fifth year in a row
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) annual StatShot report on the US book industry, published on 21 June, found the total US book market to have contracted slightly for the...
PEN America condemns death of Uighur author following detention in Chinese camp
Friday, 21 June 2019
PEN America has condemned the death of prominent Uighur writer Nurmuhammad Tohti, who died after being held in one of Xinjiang’s internment camps, reports the Guardian. Tohti, aged 70, had...
Harjo becomes first Native American poet laureate
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Joy Harjo has been named the 23rd poet laureate of the United States, becoming the first Native American poet to hold the post, reports Publishers Weekly. Harjo is the author...
Adam wins 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Claire Adam has won the 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for Golden Child (Faber). The winning novel, which follows the lives of a family living in rural Trinidad,...
Acevedo, Morris win 2019 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Dominican-American writer and slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo won...
Robertson wins Walter Scott Prize for ‘The Long Take’
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
In the UK, Robin Robertson has won the 2019 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Long Take (Picador). The first Scot to win the award, Robertson’s book also...
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