Wednesday, 26 November 2014
PEN America has launched a new prize for emerging writers for ‘an unpublished work of nonfiction that addresses a global and/or multicultural issue’. The PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize, worth US$10,000...

Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Goodreads has published data analysis that shows its members prefer to read books by writers of their own sex, reports the Guardian. The data showed male authors accounted for 45...

Wednesday, 26 November 2014
In the US, author James Patterson has launched a new campaign called ‘Save Our Books’ to increase support early childhood education and generate more funding for public libraries and librarians,...

Tuesday, 25 November 2014
The French Booksellers Association has launched a national campaign for independent bookshops, reports the Bookseller. The campaign, which runs until the end of 2015, includes a logo to build recognition...

Tuesday, 25 November 2014
In the US, judge Denise Cote has granted final approval to a settlement deal in Apple’s ebook price-fixing case, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the terms of the deal, however, Apple...

Monday, 24 November 2014
In the UK, Penguin Random House has announced it will create a new PR director role for the children’s division, following the departure of Adele Minchin. The Bookseller reports that...

Monday, 24 November 2014
In the US, Hachette (HBG) has agreed to buy independent publisher Black Dog & Leventhal (BD&L), reports Publishers Weekly. Black Dog & Leventhal, which specialises in ‘creative’ nonfiction and illustrated titles,...

Friday, 21 November 2014
In the UK, Penguin Random House children’s book imprint Ladybird will no longer publish books labelled ‘for boys’ and ‘for girls’ in response to a campaign against gender-labelling, reports the...

Friday, 21 November 2014
In the US, the winners of the 2014 National Book Award have been announced. The fiction award was presented to Redeployment (Phil Klay, Canongate), a short-story collection about US soldiers who...

Friday, 21 November 2014
Ebook subscription service Oyster has launched a free online journal called the Oyster Review, which will publish original essays, reviews and interviews on books and writing, reports Publishers Weekly. Oyster’s...

Thursday, 20 November 2014
In the US, the Queens Library in New York has developed its own ereader app for Android and iOS, reports Good Ereader. The app gives users access to the library’s...

Thursday, 20 November 2014
In the UK, Oxford University Press (OUP) has partnered with education technology start-up ‘accelerator program’ Emerge Education, reports the Bookseller. As part of the partnership, OUP will sponsor a working...