Tuesday, 3 June 2014
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2014 Forward Prizes for poetry have been announced. The books shortlisted for the £10,000 (A$18,115) prize for Best Collection are: Faithful and Virtuous...

Monday, 2 June 2014
US-based start-up Next Big Book has won the inaugural Book Expo Startup Challenge at Book Expo America, reports Digital Book World. One of 18 start-ups that competed for the $10,000...

Friday, 30 May 2014
US publication Kirkus Reviews has created three new annual literary prizes, reports the New York Times. The US$50,000 (A$53,685) prizes will be awarded in fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ categories....

Friday, 30 May 2014
Hachette US has responded to Amazon’s statement about the companies’ dispute over sales terms, reports Digital Book World. The publisher has criticised Amazon for considering ‘books to be like any...

Thursday, 29 May 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair has relaunched its magazine with ‘a shortened name and a fresh layout’. The Frankfurt Quarterly, previously known as the Frankfurt Academy Quarterly, examines a ‘single focal topic’...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
UK-based, Swedish-owned Bonnier Publishing has launched a US children’s imprint called little bee books, reports Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Simon & Schuster in the US and Canada, the imprint targets readers aged...

Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Kobo has announced that it will begin featuring book reviews ‘in the near future’. ‘Customers will be able to write reviews and choose star ratings for your titles and post...

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...