Friday, 20 February 2015
In the US, the Cooperative Children’s Books Centre (CCBC) has released figures indicating US children’s books embraced greater diversity in 2014, reports Publishers Weekly. The CCBC figures report significant increases...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
In the US, Amazon has expanded its one-hour delivery service Amazon Prime Now across most of Manhattan, reports Mashable. Two-hour delivery is also available in all of Manhattan and parts...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
Random House US has announced it will publish a recently ‘discovered’ picture book by Ted Geisel aka Dr Seuss on 28 July, reports Publishers Weekly. The book, entitled What Pet Should I Get?,...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has relaunched its website offering a ‘simpler and more pleasurable experience’ for customers, reports the Bookseller. The new website, which is optimised for tablets and smartphones,...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
US-based Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) and UK’s Faber and Faber have ended their 17-year affiliation, reports Publishers Weekly. FSG will no longer publish titles under the US-based Faber and Faber Inc. imprint,...

Tuesday, 17 February 2015
UK independent bookseller Foyles has reported a £600,000 (A$1.18m) loss in the 2013/14 financial year despite a 2.2% rise in sales, reports the Bookseller. The bookseller, which has five shops in...

Friday, 13 February 2015
Multinational media company Bertelsmann, the majority owner of Penguin Random House, has announced it will increase investments in its operations in Brazil, China and India. The company said in a statement that...

Friday, 13 February 2015
In the US, Simon & Schuster’s (S&S) parent company CBS Corporation has released its full-year results, which reveal a fall in revenue and operating profits for the publisher in 2014, reports Publishers Weekly. Revenue...

Thursday, 12 February 2015
In the UK, children’s publisher Chicken House and film production company Altitude have partnered to develop book and film projects simultaneously, reports the Bookseller. Chicken House managing director and publisher...

Thursday, 12 February 2015
Hachette UK net sales in 2014 dropped 4.6% compared to the previous year, reports the Bookseller. Parent company Lagardere attributed the drop to the ‘exceptional success’ of former soccer manager Alex Ferguson’s...

Wednesday, 11 February 2015
The Toronto International Book Fair, a three-day consumer event that attracted 20,000 to 25,000 attendees at its inaugural event last year, will not go ahead in 2015, reports Publishers Weekly....

Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2015 Folio Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted titles are: 10:04 (Ben Lerner, Granta), All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews, Faber), Dept....

Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In the US, publisher Grove Atlantic and publication Electric Literature have partnered to create Literary Hub, a website styled as ‘a Huffington Post for the literary world’ that will aggregate bookish content,...

Monday, 9 February 2015
In the UK, Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) has awarded the Diamond Dagger award to Catherine Aird, reports the Bookseller. The CWA presents the award to authors who have ‘sustained excellence in their...

Monday, 9 February 2015
Research in the UK has found that people who read regularly have greater self-esteem, are more empathetic and have a greater ability to cope with difficult situations, reports the Bookseller....

Friday, 6 February 2015
In the UK, Penguin Random House has announced it will use the Penguin brand for its consumer activity across all social media, reports the Bookseller. From 4 July, all consumer-facing...

Thursday, 5 February 2015
Harper Lee’s international rights agent Andrew Nurnberg said the author is ‘increasingly excited at the prospect of her second novel finally seeing the light of day’ after ‘mounting concern’ followed...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of To Kill a Mockingbird (various imprints), will publish her second book in July, reports Publishers Weekly. Go Set a Watchman, published by HarperCollins in the US...

Tuesday, 3 February 2015
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced its awards for children’s and young adult literature, including the Printz, Newbery, Caldecott and Stonewall. The Michael L Printz Award for excellence in...

Monday, 2 February 2015
Amazon has released fourth-quarter and full-year figures, reports Publishers Weekly. For the full year, the online retailer’s sales increased 20% to US$88.99 billion (A$1.14 billion), but operating income was only US$178...

Monday, 2 February 2015
Simon & Schuster US has launched North Star Way, an imprint and service to help authors to build their public profile, said the company in a statement. North Star Way...

Friday, 30 January 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: The Girl with All the Gifts...

Friday, 30 January 2015
Anne Enright has been appointed the inaugural laureate of Irish fiction, reports the Bookseller. As part of the role, which is worth €150,000 (A$218,630) over its three-year term, Enright will...

Thursday, 29 January 2015
In China, the government has introduced measures that require authors to provide their real names when they publish online, reports the New York Times. Under the new guidelines on online...

Wednesday, 28 January 2015
In the UK, Helen Macdonald’s H is For Hawk (Vintage) has won the £30,000 (A$57,460) Costa Book of the Year award after previously winning the Biography category. The judges described Macdonald’s...