US arts agency awards US$325,000 in translation grants
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
US federal arts-funding agency National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the 25 recipients of its Literature Translation Fellowships worth US$325,000 (A$451,000) in total. The fellowships enable American and...
Ebook marketer ordered to pay Amazon US$75,000
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Amazon has won US$75,000 (A$104,000) in an arbitration case against ebook marketer Thomas Glenn of the Dominican Republic, reports GeekWire. The case was one of five arbitration demands that the company...
Audible UK revenue grows by 45%
Monday, 3 September 2018
Audible UK has reported a 45% growth in revenue in 2017 to £97 million (A$174.4m), up from £67.1 million (A$120.7m) in the previous year, reports the Bookseller. According to accounts filed...
Alternative Nobel literature prize shortlist announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
In Sweden, the New Academy has announced a shortlist of four authors for a new prize in literature, reports the Guardian. The shortlisted authors are French-Caribbean novelist Maryse Condé, British fantasy author...
South African publishers to be investigated over price fixing
Thursday, 30 August 2018
The South African Competition Commission will investigate the Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and its 91 members over allegations of fixing the prices and trading conditions of books, reports...
‘100 Dogs’ named Sainsbury’s children’s book of the year
Thursday, 30 August 2018
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced the winners of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. The children’s book of the year prize was awarded to 100 Dogs (Michael Whaite, Puffin), which...
Former CEO sues B&N for defamation
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Former Barnes & Noble (B&N) CEO Demos Parneros has sued the retailer, charging it with breach of contract and defamation, reports Publishers Weekly. A lawsuit filed on 28 August included...
Amazon to merge CreateSpace and KDP
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Amazon has announced that its print-on-demand platforms CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) will merge, reports the Digital Reader. Authors are being asked to move their books from CreateSpace to...
US study finds digital media has displaced reading for teens
Friday, 24 August 2018
In the US, the American Psychological Association (APA) has released a report showing that for teens, the time spent online has displaced the time spent engaging with 'legacy media' such...
Oceanofpdf piracy website returns
Thursday, 23 August 2018
US-hosted ebook piracy website Oceanofpdf, which was recently shut down, has returned under a .net domain, reports the Bookseller. The Bookseller reported on 22 August that the website was offering...
Chronicle launches Chinese-language children’s books imprint
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
US publisher Chronicle Books has launched an imprint for Chinese-language editions of its children's titles, reports Publishers Weekly. Chronicle Books is partnering with international investment firm Trustbridge Global Media to...
Hugo Awards 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
For the third year running, N K Jemisin has won the best novel category at the Hugo Awards for science-fiction and fantasy titles. Jemisin picked up the award for her...
Brown, Williams win 2018 James Tait Black Prizes
Monday, 20 August 2018
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Craig Brown’s Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret (HarperCollins) has won the...
SAGE acquires Talis
Friday, 17 August 2018
In the UK, journal publishing company SAGE Publishing has acquired education-technology company Talis, along with its course list management system Talis Aspire, for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Used...
UK working class writers’ festival planned for 2020
Thursday, 16 August 2018
In the UK, authors, publishers and trade professionals will launch a working class writers’ festival, reports the Bookseller. Author Natasha Carthew initially tweeted to her followers in July: ‘Comrades! This is a call...
Bonnier sells Weldon Owen to Insight Editions
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Bonnier Books has sold illustrated books imprint Weldon Owen to US-based illustrated publisher Insight Editions, reports the Bookseller. The business will operate as Weldon Owen International, a newly formed subsidiary of...
Turkish agency seeks support from international publishers during economic crisis
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
In Turkey, the Istanbul-based Kalem Agency is urging publishers and agents to support the country's book trade in light of the current economic crisis, reports the Bookseller. Kalem Agency owner Nermin...
China: book copyright imports, exports up; millions of pirated books confiscated
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
A Chinese government report says the export and import of book copyrights in China has increased, and the country has cracked down on copyright infringement, reports Xinhua News. The report...
Children’s publishing fair to run during Beijing International Book Fair
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
A new dedicated children’s publishing fair will run in conjunction with this year’s Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which runs from 22-26 August. Covering an area of 14,000 square metres,...
HarperCollins revenue up 7% in 2018
Monday, 13 August 2018
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a 23% rise in earnings to US$244 million (A$335m) in the financial year ending 30 June, and a 7% rise in revenue to US$1.76...
UK comedian launches Comedy Women in Print prize
Friday, 10 August 2018
UK comedian, actor and author Helen Lederer is launching the Comedy Women in Print (CWIP) prize, reports the Bookseller. The award will be presented in two categories: the prize for...
Frankfurt Book Fair launches human rights campaign
Friday, 10 August 2018
In Germany, Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) and the German Publishers and Booksellers Association have launched the ‘On the Same Page’ campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations (UN)...
UK government refuses visas for Edinburgh book festival authors
Thursday, 9 August 2018
In the UK, about a dozen authors who were planning to attend this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) have had their visas refused, reports the Guardian. Many of the authors...
Socialist London bookshop attacked; three UKIP members suspended
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Bookmarks bookshop in central London was attacked by a group of far-right protesters as the store was closing on Saturday, 4 August. While no arrests have been made since the...
Oceanofpdf piracy website taken down
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
US-hosted ebook piracy website Oceanofpdf, which was giving away ebooks for free, has been shut down, reports the Bookseller. The site, which was active for seven months, had offered thousands...
Hachette adds LibraryThing reviews to US website
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Tens of thousands of book and audiobook reviews written by members of social book cataloging app LibraryThing have been added to Hachette’s US website. Hachette Book Group (HBG), a division...
US book-industry survey finds one in five women report sexual harassment
Monday, 6 August 2018
US book-industry journal Publishers Weekly has released the results of its survey on sexual harassment in the industry, with almost one fifth of the 664 respondents reporting that they have...
Royal Society 2018 Science Book Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 3 August 2018
In the UK, the Royal Society has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Science Book Prize for ‘outstanding popular science books’ written for a non-specialist audience. The shortlisted books are:...
India reduces GST on ebooks
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
In India, the GST Council has announced that GST on ebooks will be reduced from 18% to 5%, but the lack of clarity has left publishers ‘perplexed’, reports the Hindu. The...
UK study finds 8% of YA books written by authors of colour in past decade
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
In the UK, a new study has shown that 8% of YA books published in the UK between 2006 and 2016 were by authors of colour. In the study, titled 'The...
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