European book sales up slightly in 2015
Friday, 9 December 2016
The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) has released a survey showing a ‘small increase’ in total sales revenue in 2015 for publishers in the European Union and the European Economic...
US writers’ groups Authors United and the Author Guild merge
Thursday, 8 December 2016
In the US, campaign group Authors United has merged with the country’s largest writers’ organisation, the Authors Guild, reports the Bookseller. Originally set up to protect authors’ interests in Amazon’s...
Abrams pulls ‘intentionally offensive’ book after social media response
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
In the UK and US, publisher Abrams is discontinuing publication of Bad Little Children's Books after criticism on social media over the book’s ‘unabashedly un-PC, rude, tasteless, inappropriate—or all the above’...
FutureBook Award 2016 winners announced
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
In the UK, the Bookseller has announced the winners of this year’s FutureBook Innovation Awards. Pan Macmillan digital communications director Sara Lloyd was named Digital Leader of Year because of...
Tax likely to come down on ebooks in the EU
Monday, 5 December 2016
Ebooks sold in the European Union are likely to face a lower VAT (value-added tax) next year following the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to ‘enable Member States to apply the...
De Luca wins 2016 Bad S-x in Fiction Award
Friday, 2 December 2016
Italian author Erri De Luca has recieved the 2016 Bad S-x in Fiction award, the Literary Review’s annual prize for ‘poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in...
New Hawkins novel publishing in April
Thursday, 1 December 2016
In the UK, Doubleday has announced details of a new novel by Paula Hawkins, the bestselling author of The Girl on the Train, to be published on 2 May 2017,...
Oxford Literary Festival commits to paying authors after backlash
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
In the UK, the Oxford Literary Festival has ‘rebalanced its budgets’ and will pay authors £150 to speak at its 2017 festival and for all future festivals, reports the Bookseller....
Children’s book sales up 15% in China; publishers warn of overcrowded market
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
In China, sales of children’s books are up 15% year-on-year in value terms in 2016 to date, on the back of double-digit surges in recent years, reports the Bookseller. Book...
Finnegan wins Sports Book of the Year Award for ‘Barbarian Days’
Monday, 28 November 2016
In the UK, US journalist and author William Finnegan has won the £28,000 (A$46,900) William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for his surfing memoir, Barbarian Days (Little, Brown),...
Essay collection by BAME writers voted Britain’s favourite book of 2016
Friday, 25 November 2016
The Good Immigrant (ed by Nikesh Shukla), an essay collection written by emerging black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, has been voted Britain’s favourite book of 2016 at the...
Lonely Planet increases turnover in 2015
Friday, 25 November 2016
Lonely Planet has released its full-year results for the 2015, revealing a 6.7% growth in turnover from £16.1m (A$27.1m) in 2014 to £17.2m (A$28.9m) in 2015, reports the Bookseller. Operating...
‘Financial Times’ Business Book of the Year winner announced
Thursday, 24 November 2016
In the UK, Sebastian Mallaby’s The Man Who Knew (Bloomsbury) has won the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award. Chosen from a shortlist of six,...
Costa Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 24 November 2016
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2016 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The four titles shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award are: This Must be the Place (Maggie...
‘How Machines Work’ wins Royal Society young people’s book prize
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
In the UK, David Macaulay’s How Machines Work (Dorling Kindersley) has won the Royal Society young people’s book prize for the best science books for children, reports the Guardian. Macaulay’s...
BAME prize chair labels publishers ‘pathetic’ after lack of submissions to inaugural award
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
In the UK, the chair of the inaugural £1000 (A$1695) Jhalak prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has called publishers ‘pathetic’ after the award received fewer submissions...
Bad S-x in Fiction Award 2016 shortlist announced
Monday, 21 November 2016
In the UK, the Literary Review has announced the books shortlisted for the 2016 Bad S-x in Fiction Award. The six shortlisted titles are: A Doubter’s Almanac (Ethan Canin, Bloomsbury),...
Wheatle wins ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize
Monday, 21 November 2016
Alex Wheatle has won the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize for his YA novel Crongton Knights (Atom Books), the second book in a planned trilogy ‘set on a fictitious inner...
National Book Award 2016 winners announced
Friday, 18 November 2016
In the US, the winners of the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced. Colson Whitehead won the fiction award for The Underground Railroad (Fleet), which traces a slave’s flight...
Bloomsbury launches literary crime and thriller imprint
Friday, 18 November 2016
Bloomsbury has launched a new imprint that specialises in literary crime, thrillers and suspense, called Raven Books. The imprint, led by UK-based editorial director Alison Hennessey, will launch in January...
Sands wins 2016 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Philippe Sands has won the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize, for East West Street (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Sands’ investigation into the history...
Hachette UK mentorships target diversity among senior management team
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
In the UK, Hachette is introducing a diverse leaders mentoring scheme to target diversity in its senior management team, reports the Bookseller. The scheme is designed to give ‘up-and-coming stars...
Canadian licensing agency warns educational royalties could drop by 55% in 2017
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
In Canada, the national licensing agency Access Copyright has warned that royalties could fall from C$11m (A$10.75m) in 2016 to C$5m (A$4.88m) in 2017 due to a drop in revenue...
PRH to help employees with student loan repayments
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched a student loan repayment assistance program, which will contribute up to US$1200 (A$1588) annually towards student loan repayments for employees who...
Single-sentence novel ‘Solar Bones’ wins 2016 Goldsmiths Prize
Thursday, 10 November 2016
In the UK, Irish author Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones (Tramp Press) has won the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize for recognising fiction ‘at its most novel’, reports the Bookseller. Solar Bones is...
Thien wins Canada’s Giller Prize
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
In Canada, Madeleine Thien has won the C$100,000 (A$97,050) Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Granta), chosen from a shortlist of six. The judges...
European Network for Literary Translation launched
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Twenty-two literary bodies from 19 European countries have come together to launch ENLIT, the European Network for Literary Translation, reports Publishing Perspectives. Launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair, ENLIT will...
‘Kirkus’ Prize 2016 winners announced
Monday, 7 November 2016
US publication Kirkus Reviews has announced the winners of its annual literary prize. The fiction prize was awarded to C E Morgan’s The Sport of Kings (Fourth Estate), an ‘epic...
Amazon introduces illustrated children’s stories app
Friday, 4 November 2016
In the US, Amazon has introduced a new app featuring short, illustrated stories designed to look like text-chat for young readers, reports Publishers Weekly. The app, offered at an introductory price...
US children’s book sales up on back of ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Pokemon Go’
Thursday, 3 November 2016
US children’s book sales have risen across both fiction and nonfiction, boosted by the release of ‘Harry Potter’ and Pokemon Go titles, reports the Bookseller. The findings, which were presented...
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