‘Tentative agreement’ in Anthropic copyright lawsuit
Monday, 1 September 2025
AI company Anthropic has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement with attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class action lawsuit, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Anthropic has been charged with illegally using...
US publishing sales: ‘modest gains’ in 2024
Thursday, 28 August 2025
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced its final publishing industry sales estimates for 2024. In 2024, total sales ‘rose 4.1%, to $32.5 billion (A$50b)’ from the 1281 publishers...
S&S CEO to step down, launch Simon Six imprint
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
In the US, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp has announced he will step down to launch and lead a new imprint, Simon Six, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) yesterday. Karp will...
Polari Prize ‘paused’ following author, judge withdrawals
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
In the UK, the Polari Prize organisation has announced that the 2025 awards are ‘paused’, reported Book Brunch. This follows news earlier this month that more than half of the...
Denmark drops taxes on books to combat reading crisis
Monday, 25 August 2025
The Danish government announced it will abolish a 25% sales tax on books, ‘in an effort to combat a “reading crisis”’, reported the BBC. The move to abolish the tax...
Inaugural Sustainable Story Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 21 August 2025
World of Books has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Sustainable Story Award. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction ‘AYAH’ (Annabelle Sami) ‘The First Years’ (Kate Evans) ‘Life or Death’ (Rebecca...
Sally Rooney ‘could face prosecution’ for pledging funds to Palestine
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Irish novelist Sally Rooney has pledged proceeds of her work and public platform to support British advocacy group Palestine Action, which could lead to possible legal ramifications in relation to...
Hugo Awards 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The 2025 Hugo Award winners have been announced. A selection of winners are: Best novel The Tainted Cup (Robert Jackson Bennett, Hodderscape) Best novella The Tusks of Extinction (Ray Nayler,...
Future Library announces Ghosh as 2025 author
Monday, 18 August 2025
The Future Library Project announced Indian author Amitav Ghosh as the next Future Library author at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 13 August. Ghosh's next manuscript will be stored and...
OUP reports ‘hampered’ financial progress
Thursday, 14 August 2025
In the UK, Oxford University Press has announced its annual results. The company reported a turnover of £796 million (A$1.65b), and a surplus from trading of £75m (A$156m), however when...
Polari Prizes to proceed despite withdrawals after ‘terf’ longlisting
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
In the UK, the Polari Prize organisation has announced plans to undertake a ‘full review’ following the withdrawal of a significant proportion of authors on its longlists (and several judges)...
AP to stop publishing book reviews
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
The Associated Press (AP) will stop publishing its weekly book reviews effective 1 September, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). In an email from AP global entertainment and lifestyles editor Anthony McCartney to...
HarperCollins reports sales up 3%, profits up 10%
Monday, 11 August 2025
In the US, HarperCollins parent company News Corp has announced its fourth quarter and annual results. The company reported that its book publishing division saw sales rise six percent for...
Penguin SEA to publish ‘Stories from the Island’
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Southeast Asia (SEA) has announced the publication of Stories from the Islands, its first bilingual short story anthology of writers selected as part of the Ubud...
Pearson: first half of 2025 stable, ‘stronger growth expected’ in second half
Monday, 4 August 2025
In the UK, educational publisher Pearson has reported a stable financial performance for the first half of 2025, with sales up two percent, to £1.7bn (A$3.5bn), and adjusted operating profit...
Taylor & Francis ‘further strong growth’ in first half of 2025
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Informa has published its half-year results, with the organisation reporting ‘20%+ reported revenue growth, increasing operating margins and confirming £150m of additional share buybacks,’ reported BookBrunch. In the report, the...
Booker Prize 2025 longlist announced
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Booker Prize has been announced. Longlisted for the £50,000 (A$102,449) prize are 13 titles: Love Forms (Claire Adam, Faber) The South (Tash Aw, Fourth Estate)...
Hachette 2025 first-half revenue up in the UK, US
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Hachette’s UK sales were up 4% in the first half of 2025, reported BookBrunch. Hachette UK CEO David Shelley said, ‘We’ve had an extremely strong first half in terms of...
HarperCollins acquires Crunchyroll’s French/German manga operations
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
In the US, HarperCollins has announced the acquisition of the manga publishing operations of entertainment company Crunchyroll in France and Germany, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). The deal is subject to...
US print book sales decline in first half of 2025
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Print book sales in the United States have declined by 1.6% in the first half of 2025, compared to the same period last year, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) earlier this...
Hodder & Stoughton closes Coronet
Monday, 21 July 2025
In the UK, Hachette division Hodder & Stoughton has announced the closure of fiction and nonfiction imprint Coronet, reported the Bookseller. Four staff members have been made redundant as a result....
France: Tax AI to pay cultural remunerations
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
In France, a new senate report has suggested taxing artificial intelligence suppliers in order to remunerate the cultural sector, should current strategies fail, reported the Bookseller. Negotiations between AI suppliers...
McGraw Hill files for public offering
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Educational publisher McGraw Hill has filed a prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, reported Publishers Weekly yesterday. According to Publishers Weekly, the initial share price is...
African publishing could ‘double in value’
Monday, 14 July 2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a new report that ‘maps the book publishing industry across Africa, identifying trends, obstacles, and strategic recommendations to unlock...
Open letter sets terms for generative AI in the book industry
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
In the US, more than 70 authors have signed an open letter on LitHub calling on publishers to ‘make a pledge that they will never release books that were created...
CWA Dagger 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
In the UK, the winners of the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards have been announced, reported BookBrunch. Among the winners was Book of Secrets (Anna Mazzola, Orion), praised as...
Frankfurt 2025 to allow book sales ‘from the moment the Fair opens’
Monday, 7 July 2025
The Frankfurt Book Fair will allow publishers to sell books from their stand ‘from the moment the Fair opens on the Wednesday,’ reports BookBrunch. PR manager for the fair Frank Krings...
Amelina wins posthumous Orwell Award
Thursday, 3 July 2025
The Orwell Foundation has announced the 2025 winners for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing and The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, reported BookBrunch. Ukrainian novelist and war crimes investigator Victoria...
Marsh appointed inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Selina Tusitala Marsh has been appointed the inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate, serving until 31 May 2027, reported BookBrunch. Born in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, Marsh is of Samoan, Tuvaluan, English,...
UK, US audiobook markets experience ‘double-digit growth’ in 2024
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) has reported a 31% increase in audiobook sales in 2024. Spotify director of audiobook partnerships and licensing Duncan Bruce told BookBrunch, ‘We're seeing...
