HarperCollins US lays off ‘small number’ of employees
Monday, 17 October 2022
HarperCollins US has eliminated ‘a small number of positions’ due to slowing industry sales and rising costs, reports Publishers Weekly. In a memo to employees, CEO Brian Murphy said job...
T S Eliot Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 14 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s T S Eliot Prize for Poetry, worth £25,000 (A$45K), has been announced. The 10 shortlisted poetry collections are: Quiet (Victoria Adukwei Bulley,...
US print sales down 4.8% YTD
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In the US, unit sales of print books were down 4.8% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2021, reports Publishers Weekly. According...
Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Legacy of Violence: A history of the British Empire...
Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Friday, 7 October 2022
The Swedish Academy has announced French writer Annie Ernaux as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, worth 10 million Swedish krona (A$1.4m). Ernaux, whose work is mostly...
Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$17,500), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Somebody Loves You (Mona Arshi, And Other Stories) Seven Steeples...
National Book Award Finalists announced
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
In the US, the finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty, Knopf) The Birdcatcher (Gayl Jones, Beacon)...
Walker Books operating profit up 30% in 2021
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Walker Books's operating profit grew 30% in 2021 to £6.8 million (A$11.3m), up from £5.3 million (A$9.2m) in 2020, reports the Bookseller. Walker attributed its profit growth to cost reductions....
Authors accuse publishers of undermining libraries
Monday, 3 October 2022
More than 300 authors have signed an open letter asking publishers and trade organisations to ‘cease efforts to undermine the essential contributions of libraries to an accessible and inclusive world...
Amazon changes Kindle returns policy after author complaints
Friday, 30 September 2022
In the US, Amazon will shorten the Kindle ebook returns window following complaints from authors. Amazon’s current ebooks return policy allows readers to receive a full refund for up to...
Royal Society 2022 Science Book Prize shortlist announced
Thursday, 29 September 2022
In the UK, the Royal Society has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Science Book Prize for popular science books written for a non-specialist audience. The shortlisted tites are: Age...
FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Dead in the Water: Murder and fraud...
France to impose minimum €3 delivery fee for online orders
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
The French government has announced plans to impose a minimum €3 (A$4.50) delivery fee for online book orders of less than €35 (A$52), reports Reuters. The law is designed to...
US$75k Cundill History Prize shortlist announced
Monday, 26 September 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’, have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: In the Forest of No Joy: The...
Spotify US unveils audiobook catalogue
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
In the US, audio streaming platform Spotify has unveiled its catalogue of 300,000 audiobook titles, reports the Bookseller. Audiobooks on Spotify will sit alongside the platform’s music and podcast catalogues...
Hollis wins 2022 Klaus Flugge Prize
Monday, 19 September 2022
In the UK, Joseph Namara Hollis has won the £5000 (A$8495) Klaus Flugge Prize for most promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration for Pierre’s New Hair (Tate Publishing). The book...
Bologna rights centre to open to adult publishers
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) will expand its current BCBF Agents' Centre to include rights professionals from across the industry, including adult general trade publishers. BCBF director Elena Pasoli said:...
Harper wins Glass Bell Award for ‘The Wolf Den’
Monday, 12 September 2022
In the UK, Elodie Harper has won the £2000 (A$3390) Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for her novel The Wolf Den (Head of Zeus), reports the Bookseller. Harper’s novel is the first in a...
Shortlist for £25k British Academy Book Prize announced
Thursday, 8 September 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the £25,000 (A$42,650) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted books are: The Invention of...
Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$85,510) prize are: Glory (NoViolet Bulawayo, Viking) The Trees (Percival Everett, Influx) Treacle...
PRH earnings down 21% in first half of the year
Thursday, 1 September 2022
Penguin Random House’s (PRH) revenue was up but earnings were down in the first half of 2022, parent company Bertelsmann has reported. While global revenue in the six months to...
Ridgway, Chaudhuri win James Tait Black prizes
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
In the UK, Keith Ridgway and Amit Chaudhuri have won the James Tait Black prizes for fiction and biography respectively. Ridgway won the fiction prize for A Shock (Picador), a...
Gunty wins inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
Monday, 29 August 2022
In the UK, US author Tess Gunty has won the inaugural £5000 (A$8520) Waterstones Debut Fiction prize for The Rabbit Hutch (Oneworld), reports the Bookseller. The Rabbit Hutch describes the...
Jaigirdar wins YA Book Prize
Friday, 26 August 2022
In the UK, Adiba Jaigirdar has won the 2022 YA Book Prize for her second novel Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating (Hodder Children’s), reports the Bookseller. Described as...
Beijing International Book Fair delayed until November
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
The Beijing International Book Fair, which was scheduled to open tomorrow 24 August, has been delayed until November. The fair will now run from 24–27 November. According to Publishing Perspectives,...
DoJ, PRH present closing arguments
Monday, 22 August 2022
In the US, closing arguments in the Department of Justice (DoJ) antitrust case aiming to block the Penguin Random House (PRH) acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S) were heard on...
US market sales down 1.6% in first half of 2022
Friday, 19 August 2022
According to the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) latest StatShot report, the US publishing industry’s revenues were down 1.6% in the first half of 2022, with trade sales flat over...
HarperCollins global revenue up 10%; profits hit by higher costs
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
HarperCollins global revenue grew 10% in the financial year ending 30 June. Parent company News Corp reported the publisher’s full year revenue was up US$206 million (A$296m) to US$2.2bn (A$3.1bn)...
Gardners expands to US
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
The Little Group, the parent company of the UK’s largest book wholesale and distribution company Gardners, has opened Gardners US, reports Publishers Weekly. Based in Florida, Gardners US is offering...
DoJ, PRH case underway in US
Thursday, 4 August 2022
In the US, the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) trial to block Penguin Random House (PRH) from acquiring Simon & Schuster (S&S) began in Washington DC on 1 August. Witnesses called...
