‘Girl Online’ voted UK schoolchildren’s favourite book; Kinney favourite author
Friday, 26 February 2016
In the UK, YouTube personality Zoella’s Girl Online (Puffin) has been voted the most popular book by secondary school children, reports the Guardian. The finding was released as part of...
S&S creates Muslim-themed children’s imprint
Thursday, 25 February 2016
In the US, Simon & Schuster has created a new children’s book imprint dedicated to publishing books that feature Muslim characters and stories, reports the New York Times. Salaam Reads...
Penguin to introduce ‘Pocket Penguins’ series in May
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
In the UK, Penguin is releasing a new classics series called Pocket Penguins in May, reports the Bookseller. The series, which the publisher is calling ‘the future of Penguin Classics’,...
Nebula Awards 2015 nominees announced
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
In the US, the 2015 Nebula Awards nominees have been announced. Seven books are nominated in the fiction category: Raising Caine (Charles E Gannon, Baen Books); The Fifth Season (N...
IRS reportedly seeking $2.1b from Amazon
Monday, 22 February 2016
In the US, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking to recover more than US$1.5b (A$2.1b) in back taxes, reports the Guardian. The report reveals details of Amazon’s ‘elaborate avoidance...
Scribd drops unlimited ebooks model
Friday, 19 February 2016
In the US, ebook subscription service Scribd has refined its subscription model by moving from an unlimited model to a two-tiered service, reports Publishers Weekly. Customers will have unlimited access...
PEN Pinter Prize opens to Commonwealth writers
Thursday, 18 February 2016
The PEN Pinter Prize, awarded annually to a writer of ‘outstanding literary merit’, has extended its eligibility to include Commonwealth and Irish writers, after previously being open only to British...
Rakuten writes off $96m from Kobo
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Kobo parent company Rakuten has revealed a ¥7.8bn (A$96m) write-down on Kobo in its 2015 financial report, reports the Digital Reader. The A$96m ‘goodwill impairment’ on Kobo, which the company...
US bookstore sales rise in 2015 after eight-year decline
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
In the US, annual bookstore sales have risen for the first time since 2007, with sales up 2.5% in 2015, reports Publishers Weekly. Based on preliminary figures released by the...
S&S sales up slightly in 2015
Monday, 15 February 2016
Simon & Schuster has recorded global sales of US$780m (A$1,098m) in 2015, up 0.25% from US$778m (A$1,095m) the previous year, report Publishers Weekly and the Bookseller. Parent company CBS released...
Hachette US and UK sales drop in 2015
Friday, 12 February 2016
Hachette parent company Lagardere Publishing has reported a rise in sales for 2015, despite a drop in sales at Hachette US and UK that was attributed to declining ebook sales. Overall,...
Cassandra Clare sued for copyright infringement
Friday, 12 February 2016
US fantasy author Sherrilyn Kenyon is suing Cassandra Clare, author of the ‘Mortal Instruments’ and ‘Shadowhunters’ series (Walker Books), for alleged copyright infringement, reports the Guardian. In a lawsuit filed...
Harry Potter play to be published in July
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The script of J K Rowling’s forthcoming play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be published on 31 July following the play’s opening in London on 30 July. Harry...
Ferrante’s ‘Neapolitan Novels’ to be adapted for TV
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Elena Ferrante’s bestselling ‘Neapolitan Novels’ are being adapted for television, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Italian TV production company Wildside and US-based Fandango Productions will co-develop and co-produce the adaptation, which...
Authors ask Supreme Court to hear appeal against Google ruling
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
In the US, the Authors Guild is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear its case alleging Google breached copyright by digitising millions of books, reports the Guardian. The petition has...
Google opens experimental ebookstore
Monday, 8 February 2016
Google has opened a new ebookstore for ‘mobile-first’ titles, reports the Bookseller. Editions at Play, created by London-based publisher Visual Editions and Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney, is designed to...
Waterstones sales increase in 2014-15
Friday, 5 February 2016
UK chain bookseller Waterstones has recorded a rise in sales for the year to 25 April 2015, leading MD James Daunt to comment that the company was ‘moving in the...
US mall operator comments on Amazon’s plans for physical bookstores
Thursday, 4 February 2016
In the US, the CEO of a mall operator has said Amazon plans to open up to 400 physical bookstores, but has since clarified his comments to say they were...
Ebook sales down 2.4% for ‘big five’
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
In the UK, ebook sales for the big five publishers—Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan and Simon & Schuster—have all declined in the past year, reports the Bookseller....
HarperCollins UK profits tripled in FY 2014-15
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
HarperCollins UK’s profits have tripled in the 2014-15 financial year, with revenues up by £6.6m (A$13.4m) to £186m (A$377m) and profit before tax up by £8.9m (A$18.1m) to £13.1m (A$26.6m),...
Amazon revenue up 20% in 2015
Monday, 1 February 2016
Amazon’s fourth-quarter financial results show net sales increased to US$107bn (A$151.3bn) in 2015, a 20% increase on 2014, although net income remained marginal at just US$596m (A$842.52m) for the year....
CWA Diamond Dagger awarded to Peter James
Friday, 29 January 2016
In the UK, the Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) has awarded its Diamond Dagger award to Peter James, best known for his series about the detective superintendent Roy Grace. The Diamond...
US survey finds publishing industry workforce 79% white, 78% female
Thursday, 28 January 2016
In the US, the results from publisher Lee & Low’s ‘Diversity Baseline’ survey of the workforce at 34 book publishers and eight review journals have been released. The survey found...
Report finds Amazon responsible for $1.43bn in lost revenue
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) and retail research organisation Civic Economics have released a report blaming Amazon for US$1bn (A$1.43bn) in lost revenue to state and local governments in 2014,...
Children’s book ‘The Lie Tree’ wins Costa Book of the Year
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
In the UK, Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree (Macmillan Children’s Books) has won the 2015 Costa Book of the Year award. It was previously the Costa Book of the Year...
Print sales up slightly in Canada in 2015
Monday, 25 January 2016
Print book sales rose 1% in volume and 3% in value in Canada in 2015, reports Publishers Weekly. The increase follows several years of declining print book sales in the...
Pearson to cut 4000 jobs
Friday, 22 January 2016
Pearson will cut 4000 jobs—around 10% of its global workforce—by the middle of 2016, reports the Bookseller. The publisher announced the news in a trading update on 21 January, blaming...
Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 finalists announced
Friday, 22 January 2016
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has announced the shortlist for the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The finalists for the 2016 award in the author category...
Welsh Books Council funding reinstated following industry protests
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Plans to cut £374,000 (A$768,000) from the Welsh Books Council’s budget have been cancelled following protests from writers and publishers, reports the Bookseller. Wales deputy culture minister Ken Skates said...
Sales up for travel guides after seven-year slump
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
In the UK, the travel guide market has recorded an increase in sales in 2015 for the first time in seven years, reports the Bookseller. After averaging sales of £103m-£104m...
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