Thursday, 21 July 2016
Penguin Random House has sold the Random House film development unit known as Random House Studio to Bertelsmann-owned television production company Fremantle Media North America (FMNA), reports Publishers Weekly. PRH...

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
In the US, Amazon has announced the launch of its new nonfiction series ‘Kindle Singles Classics’, which will include ‘hard-to-find’ essays and stories by established authors, including John le Carré,...

Tuesday, 19 July 2016
In the US, online music subscription service eMusic is relaunching and rebranding its audiobook service under the name eStories, reports Publishers Weekly. The service includes over 80,000 titles, and is...

Monday, 18 July 2016
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) annual StatShot survey estimated book sales in the US fell slightly in 2015 from the previous year, with revenue down 0.6% to US$27.78bn (A$36.40bn)....

Friday, 15 July 2016
Alice Jolly’s crowdfunded book Dead Babies and Seaside Towns (Unbound) has been awarded the 2016 PEN/Ackerley Prize for a work of memoir or autobiography, reports the Bookseller. Jolly received a cheque for £3000 (A$5252)...

Thursday, 14 July 2016
In the UK, retail tech start-up  NearSt is aiming to connect readers in London with their local high street bookstores by offering customers one-hour delivery through their newly launched website,...