Thursday, 13 June 2024
Former Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry has launched a new group of publishing houses in France, reports the Bookseller. The company, Les Nouveaux Éditeurs, has entered a partnership with Simon...

Thursday, 6 June 2024
In the US, several educational publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that it violates the Copyright Act and supports piracy, reports Publishing Perspectives. Plaintiffs Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Macmillan...

Thursday, 30 May 2024
UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired the academic publishing business of US publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group (RLPG), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The purchase—for US$83 million (A$125.5m)—marks the biggest acquisition...

Tuesday, 28 May 2024
In the UK, Bloomsbury has reported its highest revenue and profit in its 37-year history, reports the Bookseller, which also said sales of titles by Bloomsbury author Sarah J Maas...

Thursday, 23 May 2024
Spotify has announced that audiobooks from Bonnier Books UK and Blackstone Publishing have been added to the platform’s Premium audiobook offering. In announcing the ‘two new publishing partners’, Spotify audiobook...

Tuesday, 21 May 2024
In the UK, Penguin Random House has announced it is merging its Penguin Business and Penguin Life imprints with immediate effect, under the name Penguin Life, reports the Bookseller. Publishing...

Thursday, 9 May 2024
Hachette has announced a restructure, involving changes to its UK and US operations, that the publisher says is ‘designed to meet consumer needs in all formats and fuel Hachette’s growth...

Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Netherlands publisher VBK (Veen Bosch & Keuning). ‘In the months since we became a standalone, independent publishing...

Monday, 6 May 2024
In the US, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) has filed a motion with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seeking to add independent bookstores to the FTC’s antitrust complaint against Amazon,...

Thursday, 2 May 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, worth £25,000 (A$48,000), has been announced. Chosen from a longlist announced in February, the titles shortlisted for...

Tuesday, 30 April 2024
In the UK, the Royal Society of Literature has announced the shortlist for this year’s £10,000 (A$19,133) Ondaatje Prize, reports Publishing Perspectives. The shortlisted titles are: Falling Animals (Sheila Armstrong,...

Tuesday, 23 April 2024
HarperCollins UK has announced a partnership with US-based audio AI company ElevenLabs to create audiobooks for its non-English language business, reports the Bookseller. Under the partnership, ElevenLabs' text-to-speech technology will...

Monday, 22 April 2024
The 2024 shortlists for the Jhalak Prize and Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize have been announced. Titles in the running for each prize are: Jhalak Prize A Flat Place...

Thursday, 18 April 2024
Data released by Spotify shows that 25% of the platform’s Premium users are ‘engaging’ with its audiobooks offering, reports the Bookseller. Spotify said users aged 18 to 34 make up...

Monday, 15 April 2024
In the UK, a survey of members of the Society of Authors (SoA) has found a quarter of illustrators (26%) and over a third of translators (36%) have lost work due...

Thursday, 4 April 2024
The value of the book market in China increased by 4.72% in 2023, with sales revenue at list price of 91.2 billion yuan (A$19.3 billion), according to Beijing OpenBook, reports...