Monday, 31 July 2023
In the US, private equity firm KKR is selling the audiobook publisher RBmedia to investment firm H.I.G Capital, reports Publishers Weekly. RBmedia is reportedly being sold for more than US$1...

Friday, 28 July 2023
Hachette parent company Lagardère Publishing’s sales grew 2.5% in the first six months of 2023, while higher costs pushed profits down, reports Publishers Weekly. Lagardère’s recurring EBIT (earnings before interest...

Thursday, 27 July 2023
In the UK, Barbara Kingsolver and Darryl Pinckney have been awarded the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography respectively. Kingsolver was awarded the fiction prize for Demon Copperhead...

Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Scholastic revenue grew 4% in the year ending 31 May, according to its fiscal 2023 report. Scholastic report revenue of US$1.7 billion (A$2.5b), up from US$1.6 billion (A$2.4b) in 2022....

Monday, 24 July 2023
In the UK, book sales in the first six months of 2023 represented the best-ever first half of a year results since accurate records began, reports the Bookseller. According to...

Friday, 21 July 2023
HarperCollins US will shut down its YA imprint Inkyard Press, with a number of staff to be laid off on 1 August, reports Publishers Weekly. Inkyard Press, which operated under...

Thursday, 20 July 2023
8th Note Press, the new publishing arm of TikTok parent company ByteDance, has begun approaching authors with publication offers, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, ByteDance filed a...

Friday, 14 July 2023
A new report published by the European and International Booksellers Federation presents a global overview of the bookselling markets in 2022, reports Publishers Weekly. The report is based on reporting...

Thursday, 13 July 2023
In the US, several publishers have told Publishers Weekly (PW) that a change in Amazon’s sourcing policy has raised costs and led to lost sales in European markets. Until recently,...

Tuesday, 11 July 2023
In the US, book sales in the first half of the year were down 2.7% compared to the same period last year according to data from Circana BookScan, reports Publishers...

Monday, 10 July 2023
British independent publishers are generating more than half their revenue from overseas, the Bookseller reports. The 2023 Independent Publishing Report, from industry group the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG), found that...

Thursday, 6 July 2023
Sales of books in Germany fell 1.9% in 2022 compared to the previous year, reports Publishing Perspectives. Germany’s publishers and booksellers association, Börsenverein, reported that turnover for the year totalled...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Sales by French book publishers fell 5.4% in 2022, to a total of €2.9 billion (A$4.7b), reports the Bookseller. The number of books sold fell 7.7% to 448.5 million, according...

Monday, 3 July 2023
Around 200,000 visitors attended the 29th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which ran from 15–18 June, reports Publishing Perspectives. This year’s fair was the first in-person event since 2019, when...

Friday, 30 June 2023
The UK government has launched a consultation into its Public Lending Right (PLR) scheme, which provides authors with up to £6,600 (A$12,570) from loans of their books from libraries in...

Thursday, 29 June 2023
Canada’s leading book retailer, Indigo Books & Music, recorded a small decline of 0.4% in sales in the year ending 1 April, while also recording a C$49.6 million (A$56.7m) loss...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
In the UK, the Publishers Association’s (PA) Year in Publishing Report for 2022 showed the export market was a ‘huge’ factor in last year’s industry growth, with an 8% rise...

Friday, 23 June 2023
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has received a buyout bid from investor Richard Hurowitz, with backing from Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing people familiar with...

Monday, 19 June 2023
HarperCollins and private equity firm KKR are among the bidders for Simon & Schuster (S&S), which owner Paramount Global is putting up for sale after the US government blocked Penguin...

Friday, 16 June 2023
In the US, 40% of 2022 children’s book released had a Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) author, illustrator or compiler, a new report has found, reports Publishers Weekly. The...