Monday, 18 September 2017
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) has announced a 10-point inclusivity plan, with the aim of increasing the percentage of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees in the...

Thursday, 14 September 2017
Audible has announced it will open a Canadian store and spend C$12 million (A$12.4m) recording Canadian stories, reports Maclean’s. Audible CEO Don Katz launched the audiobook publisher and retailer’s Canadian...

Tuesday, 12 September 2017
In the UK, a new report commissioned by the British Booksellers Association (BA) has found that bookshops contribute an estimated £1.9bn (A$3.12bn) annually to the UK economy, support 46,000 jobs,...

Friday, 8 September 2017
In the US, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and the US Authors Guild have partnered on a new initiative to produce events in independent bookstores around the country, reports Publishers...

Thursday, 7 September 2017
A survey of more than 1000 people working in the UK publishing industry has found that more than 90% of respondents identify as white, reports the Guardian. Of the 1,023...

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
In the UK, Amazon vice-president of Kindle Content David Naggar, has suggested publishers lower ebook prices as a form of marketing, prompting a number of responses from the UK book...

Monday, 4 September 2017
UK publisher Canongate has revealed a profit increase of 7.6% to £128,506 (A$209,050) for the year ending December 2016, reports the Bookseller. Overall turnover for the publisher rose about one...

Monday, 28 August 2017
Pearson has retained the top spot in the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry for the ninth year in a row, reports the Bookseller. The annual Livres Hebdo/Bookseller list, compiled...

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Bloomsbury will launch an English-language imprint Bloomsbury China in February next year, reports the Bookseller. The imprint will be based at the publisher’s London office. It will publish works in...

Tuesday, 22 August 2017
In the UK, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has reversed its decision to block access to hundreds of articles in its journal The China Quarterly in China after a ‘justifiably intense...

Thursday, 17 August 2017
The Quarto Group has terminated discussions with an unsolicited bidder on the ‘mutual agreement’ of both parties, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Quarto announced the offer from...

Monday, 14 August 2017
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a decline in revenue of US$10m ($A12.7m) in the fiscal year ending 30 June, a drop of 0.6% compared to fiscal 2016, reports Publishers...

Wednesday, 9 August 2017
The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Not the Booker Prize, which is run by the Guardian in the UK and voted on by the public. The shortlisted titles...

Wednesday, 9 August 2017
The Quarto Group has received an unsolicited approach for sale from a third-party buyer, reports the Bookseller. Quarto said the board considers the price ‘attractive and reflective of the inherent...

Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Simon & Schuster UK has signed up to the Society of Authors’ (SoA) seven-point plan to ensure ‘special sales deals’ don’t affect writers’ earnings, reports the Bookseller. The SoA published...