Thursday, 22 September 2016
The finalists have been announced for the 2016 Kirkus Prize, sponsored by the US publication Kirkus Reviews. The awards are presented in three categories—fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature—and each...

Wednesday, 21 September 2016
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced it will close its digital entertainment business—including its ebook sales platform—later this year, reports the Bookseller. The supermarket’s customers will be invited to transfer...

Wednesday, 21 September 2016
The UK independent publishing sector is showing ‘many signs of growth’ according to the Independent Publishers Guild’s (IPG) second annual report, reports the Bookseller. Out of the 184 IPG members...

Tuesday, 20 September 2016
In the US, men who worked in publishing in 2015 earned an average of US$96,000 (A$127,310), compared to women who earned an average of US$61,000 (A$80,900), according to Publishers Weekly’s...

Monday, 19 September 2016
In the US, the longlists for the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. Longlisted for fiction are: The...

Friday, 16 September 2016
The European Commission (EC) has released its draft proposals for copyright reform as part of its Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, reports the Bookseller. Society of Authors president Philip Pullman...

Thursday, 15 September 2016
In the US, Disney has announced it will launch a new imprint called ‘Rick Riordan Presents’ that is ‘devoted to mythology-based books for middle grade readers’, reports Publishers Weekly. Riordan,...

Tuesday, 13 September 2016
The UK Booksellers Association (BA) has launched the Booksellers Network, an ‘informal’ group for young and new booksellers that is backed by ‘significant players’ in UK publishing, reports the Bookseller....

Friday, 9 September 2016
In the UK, the shortlist for the £30,000 (A$52,160) Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: What Works (Iris Bohnet, Harvard University...

Thursday, 8 September 2016
A new collection of previously unpublished short stories by F Scott Fitzgerald will be published in the US in April 2017, reports the Guardian. Titled I’d Die for You and...

Wednesday, 7 September 2016
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) is lobbying the government to focus on keeping European Union (EU) trade barriers to a minimum and to encourage investment in the UK...

Monday, 5 September 2016
In the US, a new report by the Pew Research Center has found overall book readership and ebook readership rates are steady, among other findings. The Book Readership 2016 report...

Thursday, 1 September 2016
Penguin Random House’s (PRH) global revenues fell more than 10% in the first half of 2016 due to a drop in ebook sales, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann, which owns 53%...

Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Pearson has been ranked as the world’s largest book publisher in 2015, despite revenue falling from over US$7bn (A$9.31bn) in 2014 to US$6.6bn (A$8.8bn) last year due to asset sales...

Tuesday, 30 August 2016
In the US, Hachette Book Group is suing Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith for breach of contract, reports Locus Magazine. The publisher filed papers in New York...

Monday, 29 August 2016
US author Marilynne Robinson has been named the winner of the Richard C Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award as part of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The award is presented...

Thursday, 25 August 2016
UK author Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the 2016 Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction writing for his novel Children of Time (Pan). Tchaikovsky’s book was chosen from a shortlist of...

Monday, 22 August 2016
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has reached a milestone of US$100m (A$132m) in pledges for general-publishing projects since launching in 2009, reports Publishers Weekly. On Kickstarter, the general-publishing category includes nonfiction, fiction,...

Friday, 19 August 2016
In the US, a recent survey of 1,100 Sisters in Crime members found that white, non-Hispanic people make up 93% of the total membership, reports Publishers Weekly. The organisation, which...

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Not the Booker Prize, which is run by the Guardian in the UK and voted on by the public. The shortlisted titles,...