Monday, 26 May 2014
Amazon has increased its pressure on Hachette US in its dispute over sales terms by removing the pre-order button on a number of forthcoming titles, reports the Bookseller. As Amazon and Hachette US negotiate...

Monday, 26 May 2014
UK bookselling chain Foyles will run literary tours to international and UK destinations from mid-2014, reports the Bookseller. The first international tour will be a 13-day trip to India with...

Friday, 23 May 2014
In the UK, Hachette will launch a number of ‘social selling’ campaigns across its divisions, reports the Bookseller. The publisher is teaming up with social commerce firm Buyapowa for the...

Friday, 23 May 2014
In the UK, Iraqi author Hassan Blasim has won the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his short-story collection The Iraqi Christ, translated by Jonathan Wright (Comma Press). Blasim was...

Thursday, 22 May 2014
In the US, a new deal will see Simon & Schuster make its backlist ebooks available to Oyster and Scribd subscribers, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the new agreement, S&S will...

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
In the UK, Pan Macmillan will launch a new nonfiction imprint specialising in ‘parenting, inspirational memoir, wellness and self-realisation, including cookery, business books and self-help’, reports the Bookseller. The as-yet-unnamed...

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
In the UK, the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been awarded to This Boy by Alan Johnson (Bantam), reports the Bookseller. The £10,000 (A$18,200) prize is presented annually for ‘distinguished work...

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Ebook provider OverDrive will distribute titles from self-publishing platform Smashwords, reports Publishers Weekly. As part of a new deal, OverDrive will distribute more than 200,000 Smashwords titles from around 80,000...

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
In the US, the Authors Alliance has officially launched as an advocacy body to help authors increase public access to their works that are ‘out-of-print, un-digitized and subject to copyrights’...

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
US environmental magazine Orion has announced the winners of the Orion Book Award, presented annually to books that ‘deepen the reader’s connection to the natural world’. The winner in the...

Tuesday, 20 May 2014
US ebook distributor INscribe Digital has launched a product called INstore that allows publishers to track the real-time availability of their ebooks at major ebook retailers, including Amazon, Apple iBooks,...

Tuesday, 20 May 2014
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has created a consumer marketing development and operations group, reports Publishers Weekly. The newly named senior vice president and director Amanda Close will...

Monday, 19 May 2014
The BBC is expanding its website to include more coverage of books in a dedicated books section called ‘Books at the BBC’, reports the Bookseller. The section, which has been launched in...

Friday, 16 May 2014
Chinese publisher Phoenix Media is set to acquire Publications International Ltd (PIL)’s children’s division for US$80 million (A$85.5 million), reports Publishers Weekly. The purchase, which is expected to be completed...

Thursday, 15 May 2014
In the UK, three authors nominated for this year’s Hugo Awards for science-fiction have criticised their publisher Orbit for not allowing their whole books to be distributed to voters as...

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
In the UK, the winners of the Bookseller Industry Awards (BIA) have been announced, reports the Bookseller. Bookselling chain Blackwell’s won the Book Retailer of the Year Award for its...

Monday, 12 May 2014
In the UK, the Publishers Association has appointed Palgrave Macmillan chairman Dominic Knight as its new president, reports the Bookseller. Knight, who was previously vice-president, replaces outgoing president Nick Fowler, director...

Monday, 12 May 2014
International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) has written an open letter to European Commission President José Barroso and the European Union Parliament highlighting the dangers of a treaty on copyright...

Monday, 12 May 2014
Gillian Cross has won the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for radical children’s fiction for her book After Tomorrow (OUP), reports the Bookseller. Cross’ novel, a dystopian tale set in...

Friday, 9 May 2014
‘Artemis Fowl’ author Eoin Colfer has been named as the third Laureate na nÓg, the Irish laureate for children’s literature. Colfer replaces illustrator Niamh Sharkey in the two-year position, which...

Thursday, 8 May 2014
The Russian government has passed legislation banning swearing in books, films, television broadcasts and public performances, reports the Telegraph. The new law, which comes into effect on 1 July, bans four...

Thursday, 8 May 2014
UK-based book wholesaler Bertrams has made 20 roles redundant following a drop in profits in the past six months, reports the Bookseller. The company, which employs around 600 staff, would...

Thursday, 8 May 2014
In the US, ebook-subscription service Oyster has added approximately 500 publishers to its service, reports Publishers Weekly. Oyster CEO Eric Stromberg told Publishers Weekly that the service now includes titles...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Harlequin has launched an ‘online story world’ based on the ‘Chatsfield’ series of Mills & Boon titles, reports the Guardian. The online story world centres on a fictional hotel called...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The longlists for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards have been announced. Among the awards is the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize, worth US$25,000 (A$27,000), which is presented to an author whose debut work...

Monday, 5 May 2014
In the US, the Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television’ published...