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‘Financial Times’ 2018 Business Book of the Year shortlist announced

Tuesday, 18 September 2018
In the UK, the shortlist for the £30,000 (A$55,180) Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted titles are: Bad Blood: Secrets and...

EU Parliament approves digital copyright reforms

Monday, 17 September 2018
In France, the European Parliament has voted in favour of copyright reforms that aim to update digital copyright laws for the internet age. The legislation supports Europe’s creative industries and...

National Book Award 2018 fiction longlist announced

Monday, 17 September 2018
In the US, the National Book Award fiction longlist has been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: A Lucky Man (Jamel Brinkley, Graywolf Press) Gun Love (Jennifer Clement, Hogarth) Florida (Lauren...

National Book Award 2018 longlists announced

Friday, 14 September 2018
In the US, longlists in four categories of the National Book Award have been announced, including the inaugural award for translated literature. The longlists announced so far are: Nonfiction One...

Digital Book World Awards finalists announced

Thursday, 13 September 2018
The finalists of the Digital Book World (DBW) Awards have been announced. The awards are presented as part of the DBW conference, and recognise 'worldwide achievement in publishing'. Finalists in...

IPA condemns issue of international arrest warrant for exiled Turkish publisher

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
In Turkey, a court has issued an Interpol red notice for exiled Turkish publisher and human rights activist Ragip Zarakolu, reports Turkish newspaper Ahval. Zarakolu is the director of Belge Publishing House,...

Queer literature festival to launch in India

Tuesday, 11 September 2018
In India, a new literary festival for LGBTIQIA+ readers and writers will be hosted by the city of Lucknow in November, reports the Times of India. Organised by the the Awadh...

Waterstones buys Foyles

Monday, 10 September 2018
British bookshop chain Waterstones has acquired independent bookselling chain Foyles, reports the Bookseller. Foyles has been a family-run business for 115 years, and currently operates four shops in London, and...

Vietnamese publisher recalls book with disputed Chinese map

Friday, 7 September 2018
In Vietnam, Hanoi-based publisher the Gioi (World) Publishing House and its partner Dinh Ti Books Company have recalled an educational book, after readers spotted the controversial Chinese 'nine-dash line' on...

National Translation Award 2018 shortlists announced

Thursday, 6 September 2018
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) has announced the shortlists for the National Translation Awards for poetry and prose. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Poetry Directions for Use (Ana...

Rights deals up at 2018 Beijing International Book Fair

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) has reported a 7.9% increase in rights deals at this year’s fair compared with deals made at the 2017 fair. Organisers say that a...

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...