‘Ada Twist’ wins 2017 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts (Abrams) has won the 2017 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award in the UK for radical children’s fiction, reports the...
B&N sales fall 6.5% in fiscal 2017
Monday, 26 June 2017
Barnes & Noble (B&N) reported a 6.5% sales decline in the fiscal year ending 29 April 2017, with sales falling to US$3.89bn (A$5.1bn), reports Publishers Weekly. Operating income for the...
Spufford wins 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize
Friday, 23 June 2017
Francis Spufford has won the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for Golden Hill (Faber). The winning novel, which is set in 18th-century New York, has already won the...
PRH to publish new John Green book in October
Friday, 23 June 2017
Penguin Random House is publishing a new YA novel by US author John Green, Turtles All the Way Down, in October. The book is Green’s first since The Fault in...
Agualusa wins 2017 International Dublin Literary Award
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Angolan writer Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s A General Theory of Oblivion (trans by Daniel Hahn, Vintage) has won the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Agualusa's novel about an exiled Portuguese woman who has bricked herself...
European booksellers launch geoblocking petition
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has launched a petition asking the European Council (EC) not to force booksellers to sell ebooks in different countries, reports the Bookseller. European booksellers,...
Sepetys, Smith win 2017 Carnegie, Greenaway medals; Fraillon wins Amnesty CILIP Honour
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Two US children’s book creators have won the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Ruta Sepetys won the...
Barry wins second Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Sebastian Barry has won the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Days Without End (Faber). This is the second time Barry has won the award after...
Bew’s ‘Citizen Clem’ wins Orwell Prize for Books 2017
Monday, 19 June 2017
In the UK, John Bew has won the the £3000 (A$5547) Orwell Prize for Books for Citizen Clem (Quercus), a biography of former UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, reports the...
Tracey K Smith named new US poet laureate
Friday, 16 June 2017
Tracey K Smith has been named the 22nd poet laureate of the United States, reports Publishers Weekly. Smith is the author of three books of poetry Life on Mars, Duende and...
Grossman wins Man Booker International Prize for ‘A Horse Walks into a Bar’
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Israeli writer David Grossman has won this year’s Man Booker International Prize for his novel A Horse Walks into a Bar (trans by Jessica Cohen, Jonathan Cape), reports the Bookseller....
Revenue flat at Wiley US, down in publishing division
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
In the US, declines in John Wiley’s publishing division offset increases in other categories, reports Publishers Weekly. Total revenue stayed flat at US$1.72bn (A$2.28bn) in the fiscal year ending 30...
German book sales up marginally in 2016; online retailers increase market share
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
In Germany, book trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels has released data showing sales of books and journals in Germany in 2016 rose marginally for the first time since 2013,...
IPR License launches online rights buying option
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Rights and licensing trading platform IPR License has launched a new service allowing sellers to place ‘buy rights’ buttons next to their titles on the IPR platform and their own...
US audiobook sales up 18.2% in 2016
Friday, 9 June 2017
In the US, a new report by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) found audiobook sales grew 18.2% in 2016 compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly. Estimated sales totalled...
PRH acquires literary merchandiser Out of Print
Friday, 9 June 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired the US-based literary merchandiser Out of Print, reports Publishers Weekly. Founded in 2010, Out of Print produces literary-themed clothing, accessories and home goods that...
Child named UK Children’s Laureate
Thursday, 8 June 2017
In the UK, children’s author Lauren Child has been appointed the 10th Waterstones Children’s Laureate. Child is best known as the creator of the ‘Charlie and Lola’ series (Orchard Books),...
Alderman wins 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Thursday, 8 June 2017
British author Naomi Alderman has won the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her fourth novel The Power (Viking). Alderman’s dystopian thriller is the first science-fiction novel to win...
Cengage introduces certification seal to fight piracy
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
In the US, Cengage has introduced a certification seal on its course materials in a bid to combat piracy, reports Publishers Weekly. The certification seal includes a QR code and...
Audies 2017 winners announced
Monday, 5 June 2017
In the US, the winners of the 2017 Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association, have been announced. The Audiobook of the Year award went to Hamilton: The Revolution (Lin-Manuel...
‘Orangeboy’ wins 2017 ‘Bookseller’ YA Book Prize
Friday, 2 June 2017
In the UK, Patrice Lawrence has won the Bookseller’s 2017 YA Book Prize, worth £2000 (A$3491), for her debut novel Orangeboy (Hodder). Orangeboy tells the story of 16-year-old Marlon, who...
Canada’s Indigo Books & Music reports highest ever revenue
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Canada’s largest bookselling chain Indigo Books & Music has recorded its highest ever total revenue of C$1.02bn (A$1.02bn), reports Publishers Weekly. The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year,...
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ tops Amazon bestsellers chart after UK TV debut
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (Vintage) has topped the Amazon bestsellers chart within hours of the TV adaptation debuting on UK television, reports the Guardian. Vintage Classics editor Charlotte...
Matar wins Folio Prize for his memoir ‘The Return’
Friday, 26 May 2017
In the UK, Hisham Matar has won the relaunched £20,000 (A$34,610) Rathbones Folio Prize for his memoir The Return (Viking), reports the Bookseller. Matar’s memoir details the author’s search, ‘both...
Nebula Awards 2016 winners announced
Thursday, 25 May 2017
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the winners for the 2016 Nebula Awards, which are presented in 2017. All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders, Titan)...
Scribd adds newspaper content, reports over 500k subscribers
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
US-based online reading subscription service Scribd has expanded its content to include newspapers, reports Publishers Weekly. Subscribers will now have access to selected articles from the New York Times, the...
Amazon introduces weekly bestseller lists
Monday, 22 May 2017
In the US, Amazon has introduced a weekly bestseller list that will rank titles based on sales and borrow-rates across all its platforms and formats, reports Publishers Weekly. The Amazon...
Hachette UK CEO Hely Hutchinson to retire
Friday, 19 May 2017
Hachette UK (HUK) has announced CEO Tim Hely Hutchinson will step down from the position at the end of the year, reports the Bookseller. David Shelley, current CEO of Little,...
Bloomsbury revenues up 15% overall, 48% in children’s
Friday, 19 May 2017
Bloomsbury’s revenues have grown 15% to £142.6m (A$249m) in the 12 months ending in February 2017, reports the Bookseller. The biggest growth came from children’s publishing, which was up 48%...
French publisher Nyssen appointed culture minister
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Françoise Nyssen, CEO of French publishing house Éditions Actes Sud, has been appointed Culture Minister in newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron’s cabinet, reports Artnet. Belgian-born Nyssen trained as an urban planner and...
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