Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Pearson will sell a 22% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to co-shareholder Bertelsmann, whose share of the company will increase to 75%, reports the Bookseller. Pearson will retain a...

Friday, 7 July 2017
Oxford University Press (OUP) has recorded a 3.3% increase in turnover to £847.4m (A$1450m) for the year ending 31 March 2017, reports the Bookseller. The results, which improve on last...

Thursday, 6 July 2017
In the UK, publisher the Quarto Group has issued a profit warning and admitted it had set its original guidance for 2017 and beyond too high, reports the Bookseller. Quarto...

Thursday, 6 July 2017
In the UK, Bloomsbury has signed up more than 7000 titles for a new textbook subscription service Perlego, reports the Bookseller. Describing itself as ‘Spotify for textbooks’, Perlego offers students...

Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Sudanese writer Bushra al-Fadil has won the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away’, first published in The...

Tuesday, 4 July 2017
French publishing sales rose in 2016 by 4.25% to €2.8bn (A$4.16bn) according to figures from the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE), reports the Bookseller. Sales by volume...

Monday, 3 July 2017
Ingrid Persaud from Trinidad and Tobago has won the 2017 Commonwealth Writers’ Short Story Prize for ‘Sweet Sop’, reports the Bookseller. Persuad’s story explores ‘harrowing themes of fractured families, death...

Friday, 30 June 2017
German service provider MVB Marketing, a subsidiary of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association Börsenverein, has purchased the US bookshop ordering systems Pubnet and PubEasy from NPD Group, reports Publishers...

Friday, 30 June 2017
In the UK, a Guardian survey of 80 women and 12 men working in publishing has found that the majority of women feel they are being discriminated against because of their...

Thursday, 29 June 2017
In the UK, Bonnier Publishing’s romance imprint Totally Entwined has launched an online store and self-publishing platform called First for Romance, reports the Bookseller. The store will sell titles from...

Monday, 26 June 2017
Barnes & Noble (B&N) reported a 6.5% sales decline in the fiscal year ending 29 April 2017, with sales falling to US$3.89bn (A$5.1bn), reports Publishers Weekly. Operating income for the...

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has launched a petition asking the European Council (EC) not to force booksellers to sell ebooks in different countries, reports the Bookseller. European booksellers,...

Friday, 16 June 2017
Tracey K Smith has been named the 22nd poet laureate of the United States, reports Publishers Weekly. Smith is the author of three books of poetry Life on Mars, Duende and...

Thursday, 15 June 2017
Israeli writer David Grossman has won this year’s Man Booker International Prize for his novel A Horse Walks into a Bar (trans by Jessica Cohen, Jonathan Cape), reports the Bookseller....

Wednesday, 14 June 2017
In the US, declines in John Wiley’s publishing division offset increases in other categories, reports Publishers Weekly. Total revenue stayed flat at US$1.72bn (A$2.28bn) in the fiscal year ending 30...

Wednesday, 14 June 2017
In Germany, book trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels has released data showing sales of books and journals in Germany in 2016 rose marginally for the first time since 2013,...

Friday, 9 June 2017
In the US, a new report by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) found audiobook sales grew 18.2% in 2016 compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly. Estimated sales totalled...

Friday, 9 June 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired the US-based literary merchandiser Out of Print, reports Publishers Weekly. Founded in 2010, Out of Print produces literary-themed clothing, accessories and home goods that...