Tuesday, 2 July 2013
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction at this year’s ALA conference in Chicago. Richard Ford’s Canada (Bloomsbury) has won the...

Tuesday, 2 July 2013
In the UK, a new survey suggests most British book-buyers think action needs to be taken to support high street retail, reports the Bookseller. According to a survey of more...

Monday, 1 July 2013
In the US, Hachette Book Group will acquire the majority of adult titles published by Disney under its Hyperion imprint, reports Publishers Weekly. The deal, which is expected to close...

Friday, 28 June 2013
UK poet Ros Barber has won the Desmond Elliott Prize for her novel in verse, The Marlowe Papers (Sceptre). Barber was presented with the £10,000 (A$16,500) award, which is offered...

Thursday, 27 June 2013
In the UK, Random House has commissioned well-known authors Jeanette Winterson and Anne Tyler to re-imagine Shakespeare’s plays The Winter’s Tale and The Taming of the Shrew as part of...

Thursday, 27 June 2013
Canada’s largest bookseller Indigo Books and Music is opening Apple technology shops within its larger bookstores and plans to open stores outside of Canada, reports the Financial Post. The bookseller,...

Wednesday, 26 June 2013
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has announced that it will discontinue production of its Nook tablet devices, reports DigitalBookWorld. The Nook Simple Touch and Glowlight e-ink ereaders will continue...

Tuesday, 25 June 2013
In the US, Penguin and its self-publishing subsidiary Author Solutions have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against them in April by three authors, labelling the suit as...

Tuesday, 25 June 2013
French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti has revealed that the French Government plans to introduce a law to prevent Amazon from offering both discounts and free delivery for books in France, reports Reuters....

Monday, 24 June 2013
In the US, a sales rep has been charged with stealing US$2.8 million (A$2.58 million) worth of textbooks from his former employer, the US arm of John Wiley & Sons,...

Monday, 24 June 2013
UK-based publishers have topped the 2012 ‘Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry’, an annual survey of publisher revenues, compiled on behalf of Livres Hebdo, Buchreport , the Bookseller and Publishers...

Friday, 21 June 2013
Testimonies have concluded in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ebook pricing trial against Apple, which began on 3 June, with Judge Denise Cote commenting that the issues over the...

Thursday, 20 June 2013
In France, the Paris Commercial Court has ordered the Virgin Megastore retail chain into liquidation, reports the Bookseller. The order comes a week after the court rejected two final partial...

Thursday, 20 June 2013
In the UK, Sally Gardner has won the Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon (Hot Key Books) and Levi Pinfold has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Black Dog (Templar Publishing)....

Wednesday, 19 June 2013
In the US, Penguin has launched a new book discoverability platform called First to Read, reports Publishers Weekly. The platform allows users to access digital proofs of forthcoming books, months before the...

Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute is working on a new digital rights management (DRM) system called SiDiM, which aims to prevent ebook piracy by altering the text of an ebook, reports PaidContent. Using SiDiM,...

Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng has won the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his second novel The Garden of Evening Mists (Canongate). His win marks the first...

Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Pottermore, the website designed for J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series, will unveil a new design to broaden its user base and publishing business, reports the Bookseller. The company has also launched an offshoot...

Monday, 17 June 2013
The winners of the 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize have been announced. The winner of the international prize was Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me: And Other Poems by Fady Joudah...

Friday, 14 June 2013
The Book Depository’s pre-tax profit has surged since it was acquired by Amazon in 2011, reports the Bookseller. In its first financial statement released since the acquisition, the Book Depository...

Friday, 14 June 2013
UK publisher Rebellion has launched the children’s imprint Ravenstone at Book Expo America (BEA), along with the imprint’s first book, reports Publishers Weekly. Rebellion is best known for publishing books featuring the...

Thursday, 13 June 2013
In the US, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation has created the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, with a US$50,000 (A$52,800) prize to be awarded for the first time in February 2014. A...

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Amazon-owned audiobooks provider Audible is ending its Author Services program, which pays authors a US$1 ‘honoraria’ for every audiobook sold through Audible.com, Audible.co.uk and iTunes, reports paidContent. Authors have been sent...

Wednesday, 12 June 2013
In Russia, the national government has announced plans to invest US$100 million (A$105 million) in the country’s book industry over the next five years, reports Publishing Perspectives. The new funding...

Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Bowker Market Research has found that self-published titles accounted for more than 20% of crime, science fiction, romance and humour ebooks sold in the UK in 2012, reported the Guardian....

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
In the UK, Random House has launched a consumer insight website to collect information from readers on book discovery and consumption, reports the Bookseller. Readers will be invited to sign...

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Kim McArthur, owner of the independent Canadian publisher McArthur & Company, has announced that she is closing the business. According to Publishers Weekly, the company has been experiencing financial difficulties...