Emma Viskic’s Resurrection Bay
Caleb Zelic’s deafness has made him an astute observer of the minute details of world around him, and of people in particular, a skill he has parlayed into a career...
Apple loses US court appeal on ebook price-fixing decision
In the US, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple conspired to fix ebook prices with publishers, reports Publishers Weekly. Cote previously ruled...
Neurosurgery memoir wins PEN/Ackerley Prize
The £3000 (A$6115) PEN/Ackerley Prize for a work of memoir or autobiography has been awarded to neurosurgeon Henry Marsh for his memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and...
Disney combines publishing and interactive media divisions
In the US, the Walt Disney Company will combine the division that includes its publishing arm with its interactive media division, reports Digital Book World. Disney Consumer Products, which houses...
Pearson tops global publishing ranking, China enters top 10
Pearson has topped the ‘Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry’, an annual survey of publisher revenues, compiled on behalf of Livres Hebdo, Buchreport, the Bookseller and Publishers Weekly, while two...
ALA Andrew Carnegie Medals 2015 winners announced
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals. Anthony Doerr won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for...
French publishers’ income down 1.3% in 2014
French publishers’ net income fell by 1.3% to €2652m ($A3842m) in 2014—the fourth year running that French publishers have recorded a decline, reports the Bookseller. Book sales dropped by 1.7% to...
Cohen wins inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing
Bernard Cohen’s The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies (HarperCollins) has won the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing. The book was chosen for the $10,000 biennial prize from a shortlist...
S&S UK signs debut Australian author
Simon & Schuster UK has purchased UK, Commonwealth and ANZ rights for a novel by Australian author Aoife Clifford.All These Perfect Strangers is the first novel from Clifford, who was...
Amazon UK website records £5.3bn sales in 2014
Amazon’s UK website has recorded sales of £5.3bn (A$10.8bn) for the year ending December 2014, up 14% from £4.49bn (A$9.1bn) the previous year, reports the Bookseller. The net sales for...