Tuesday, 21 May 2013
In the US, Bowker, parent company of Books+Publishing owner Thorpe-Bowker, has launched SelfPublishedAuthor.com, a website designed to help authors self-publish their work. The website, which says its aim is to ‘guide independent authors...

Monday, 20 May 2013
In the US, another book discovery platform, BookLikes, has been launched. The platform allows users to create a personal webpage complete with blog, virtual bookshelf and reading timeline, and to...

Monday, 20 May 2013
European booksellers have urged the European Commission to act over big retailers’ use of closed ebook ‘ecosystems’, reports the Bookseller. At the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) conference held...

Friday, 17 May 2013
US novelist E L Doctorow has been awarded one of the 2013 Gold Medals for the Arts by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, reports the New York Times....

Friday, 17 May 2013
As Apple prepares to face the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in a courtroom on 3 June over the DOJ’s ongoing ebook pricing lawsuit, an email from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs...

Thursday, 16 May 2013
In the UK, Philip Hensher has won the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize, reports the Guardian. Hensher won the £10,000 (A$15,416) award for Scenes from Early Life (Fourth Estate), a novel about his husband’s upbringing in...

Thursday, 16 May 2013
In the US, author Jeff Kinney and illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser have taken out the top awards at this year’s Children’s Book Council (CBC) Children’s Choice Book Awards. Kinney was...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Amazon has purchased screen technology company Liquavista from Samsung, sparking rumours that the company is working on a colour version of its Kindle, reports the Digital Reader. Amazon confirmed the...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
In South Korea, the CEO of book publisher Jaeum & Moeum has stepped down amid allegations he inflated company sales figures, reports the Korea Times. Kang Byung-chul stepped down following...