Monday, 24 March 2014
In the UK, How to Poo on a Date (Mats & Enzo, Carlton Books) has won the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, presented by the Bookseller. The...

Monday, 24 March 2014
The implementation of an agreement between the Competition Bureau of Canada and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster regarding the use of agency pricing for ebooks has been delayed...

Friday, 21 March 2014
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore (Allen Lane) has won the Political Book of the Year Award, worth £10,000 (A$18,265), at the Paddy...

Thursday, 20 March 2014
In a move that it says will ‘significantly’ boost its presence in Spain and Latin America, Penguin Random House has signed agreements to acquire the trade book businesses of Spanish-language...

Thursday, 20 March 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Disestablishment of Paradise (Philip Mann, Victor Gollancz); The...

Thursday, 20 March 2014
Barnes & Noble has announced that its self-publishing platform Nook Press is now available outside the US for use by authors and publishers in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The Netherlands will join with Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Northern Belgium, as joint Guests of Honour at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair, reports the Bookseller. The Guest of Honour program will...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014
In a bid to offer an alternative to Amazon that champions and supports independent publishers, Print on Demand Worldwide (POD-W) has launched a new online bookstore called the Great British...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The shortlists for this year’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced. Eight books have...