US government responds to ‘NYT’ article on ‘bruising’ Amazon workplace
Thursday, 20 August 2015
In the US, a New York Times article that depicts Amazon is a ‘bruising workplace’ has drawn a response from the government, as well as much discussion in the book industry. Publishers...
Random House Germany to replace hard DRM with digital watermarks
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Random House Germany (Verlagsgruppe Random House) has announced it will switch from ‘hard’ DRM to ‘soft’ DRM, also known as digital watermarking, as of 1 October, reports the Bookseller. Random...
Rahman, Benson win 2015 James Tait Black Prizes
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
In the UK, the winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography have been announced, with debut novelist Zia Haider Rahman winning the fiction prize for In...
Borghino appointed IPA secretary general
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
International Publishers Association (IPA) policy director José Borghino has been promoted to secretary general, replacing Jens Bammel in the position. Borghino was appointed policy director in 2013, after previous roles...
Small press titles dominate ‘Guardian’ First Book Award longlist
Monday, 17 August 2015
The longlist for this year’s £10,000 ($21,238) Guardian First Book Award has been announced. The longlist for the award, which is presented to the year’s best debut in any genre,...
Harlequin boosts HarperCollins’ full-year sales results
Friday, 14 August 2015
HarperCollins’ parent company News Corp has reported the publisher’s revenue and earnings rose in the fiscal year ending 30 June, reports Publishers Weekly. HarperCollins’ total global sales increased 16% to US$1.67bn (A$2.27bn) for...
Pearson sells the ‘Economist’
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Pearson has sold its 50% stake in the Economist Group for £469m (A$992m) to focus on its ‘global education strategy’, reports the Bookseller. The sale, which is split between two...
Russian publishing house misattributing Western journalists as book authors
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
A Russian publishing house has printed a number of books about Vladimir Putin listing prominent Western journalists as the authors, reports the Guardian. Authors Luke Harding, Edward Lucas and Donald...
Anger at Holocaust romance novel’s award listings
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
In the US, an influential romance blogger has criticised the Romance Writers of America (RWA) for shortlisting a novel at its annual awards about the relationship between a Nazi officer and...
Ereader ownership increases to 28% in the UK
Monday, 10 August 2015
In the UK, the number of people who own an ereader has increased by four percentage points in the past year to reach 28% of the population, reports GoodEReader. The statistics, taken...
New magazine to focus on international children’s literature
Monday, 10 August 2015
A new magazine focussing on international children’s literature will launch in 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. The Read Quarterly is co-founded by UK-based children’s book specialists, Sarah Odedina, young readers’ publisher...
Not the Booker Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Friday, 7 August 2015
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,...
Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 August 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books—the only major international prize that celebrates science-writing for a non-specialist audience—has been announced. The finalists...
Amazon UK releases ebook bestseller charts over past five years
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Amazon UK has announced its top-selling Kindle books over the past five years to mark five years since the Kindle store opened in the UK, reports the Guardian. E L James’...
US bookshop offering refunds for ‘Go Set a Watchman’
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
US independent bookstore Brilliant Books is offering refunds to customers who purchased Go Set a Watchman expecting a ‘nice summer novel’ rather than a ‘first draft’, reports the Guardian. In...
Japanese readers spend the most on ebooks
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Japanese ebook users are spending the highest average amount of money on ebooks, according to a report released by online statistics portal Statista. Japanese ebook users will spend an estimated average of US$104.55(A$141.77) on ebooks in 2015, followed...
HarperCollins Brasil launched
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
HarperCollins and its Brazilian partner Ediouro Group have launched HarperCollins Brasil, a subsidiary that will publish around 350 titles a year, reports Publishers Weekly. The list will include children’s, Christian...
Harlequin UK to move to HarperCollins office, redundancies announced
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
In the UK, Harlequin will move into the HarperCollins office this month, with around 25 roles to go from the shared services team, reports the Bookseller. HarperCollins has confirmed ‘a...
Penguin offers free extracts for London Underground passengers
Monday, 3 August 2015
Penguin is offering London Underground passengers free extracts of new books and author interviews during August as part of the publisher’s 80th birthday celebrations, reports marketing news website the Drum....
Amazon to create ebook marketplace for NYC schools
Friday, 31 July 2015
In the US, the New York City department of education (DOE) is likely to approve a US$30m contract with Amazon to create an ebook marketplace for the city’s 1800 public...
Report finds new media a key threat to the UK book market
Friday, 31 July 2015
A new report warns it is ‘extremely dangerous’ to see ebooks as the key disruptive force in the UK publishing industry, describing the growth of mobile consumption, which reduces the amount...
US fantasy writer launches publishing company
Thursday, 30 July 2015
In the US, fantasy writer and game designer Ed Greenwood is launching a publishing company focussing on fantasy titles called The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG), reports Publishers Weekly. Greenwood is the...
Curtis Brown twitter pitch day attracts more than 2000 pitches
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
In the UK, more than 2000 book projects were pitched online to literary agents Curtis Brown and Conville & Walsh as part of the first ‘#PitchCB’ day, reports the Bookseller....
UK survey finds only 1% illegally download ebooks
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
A survey by the UK government has found only 1% of internet users aged 12 and over illegally downloaded at least one ebook between March and May 2015, reports the Guardian....
RITA Awards 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
In the US, the winners have been announced for the 2015 Romance Writers of America (RWA) RITA Awards, which recognise excellence in romance novels and novellas. Among the winners in...
US audiobook sales up 13.5% in 2014
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
In the US, audiobook sales have increased by 13.5% from 2013 to 2014 according to the Audio Publishers Association’s (APA) annual sales survey, reports Library Journal. According to the survey,...
Amazon announces surprise second quarter profit
Monday, 27 July 2015
Amazon has reported a US$92m (A$126m) profit and US$23.19bn (A$31.89bn) revenue in its second quarter ending on 30 June, surprising Wall Street analysts who were predicting revenue would be lower...
Pearson sells ‘Financial Times’, focusing on education business
Friday, 24 July 2015
Pearson has sold the FT Group, which includes the Financial Times (FT), to Japanese newspaper and magazine publisher Nikkei Inc for £844m (A$1780m), reports the Bookseller. Pearson CEO John Fallon...
Free children’s book vending machines placed in US ‘book deserts’
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Airline JetBlue, Random House and author Mary Pope Osborne have placed vending machines stocked with free children’s books in Washington DC communities it calls ‘book deserts’, reports Publishing Perspectives. Under...
HarperCollins launches agent portal in US
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
In the US, HarperCollins has launched an agent portal that will provide access to sales data, royalty statements and anti-piracy measures to agents representing HarperCollins authors. The agent portal will...
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