HarperCollins to roll out new global publishing software with Publishing Technology
HarperCollins has announced that it will roll out a new global publishing software system in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand during the next financial year. The new...
Milne to join HarperCollins; Leading Edge Books to become part of new entertainment division
Leading Edge Group has announced that Leading Edge Books general manager Simon Milne is leaving the group to join HarperCollins Australia in the newly created role of marketing communications director. Leading Edge Group...
Milne to join HarperCollins
Simon Milne will finish in his roles of Leading Edge Books general manager and Leading Edge Group marketing and communications manager on 9 November. Milne is leaving the roles to join HarperCollins...
‘Bring up the Bodies’ wins 2012 Man Booker Prize, second for Mantel
Hilary Mantel has become the third author to win the Man Booker Prize twice, after she was announced the winner of the 2012 award for her novel Bring Up the Bodies...
Collins, Kobo, HarperCollins and the ‘Australian’ launch ‘Australian Selection’ ebook giveaway
In a two-week long coordinated promotion, readers of the Australian newspaper will be given the opportunity to download 12 HarperCollins ebooks titles for free through Kobo and Collins Booksellers. The...
EU Competition Commission reaches agreement with Apple, publishers in agency pricing investigation
The European Union Competition Commission has reached agreements with Apple and four publishers that will involve the parties modifying or terminating their agency pricing agreements. However, the Bookseller reports that it...
Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster to pay in preliminary ruling in US court case
In the US, a settlement has been granted preliminary approval that will involve Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster paying a combined amount of almost $70 million as part of...
HarperVoyager to accept unsolicited manuscripts in October
In a call-out that will span three publishing markets, HarperCollins science-fiction and fantasy imprint HarperVoyager has announced that it will accept unsolicited manuscripts for digital publication in Australia, the UK...
Farmer to leave HarperCollins; marketing & publicity divisions merged
Christine Farmer will finish in her role as publicity and communications director for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand later this month, following an amalgamation of the publisher’s publicity and marketing...
Farmer to leave HarperCollins
Christine Farmer will finish in her role as publicity and communications director for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand this month, following an amalgamation of the publisher’s publicity and marketing divisions....
HarperCollins launches digital-native first
HarperCollins has launched its first Australian-authored digital-native enhanced ebook—a title conceived as a digital product and created using Apple’s free iBooks Author software—which is unlikely ever to appear in printed...
NewsCorp results: Ebook sales ‘more than doubled’ for HarperCollins
Sales of its ebooks have ‘more than doubled’ for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand for the 2011/12 financial year, according to CEO James Kellow. Kellow’s comments come after HarperCollins worldwide...
Hachette, HarperCollins and S&S to pay US$69 million to consumers if ebook settlement approved
In the US, consumers who purchased ebooks from Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster between 1 April 2010 and 21 May 2012 will receive a share of approximately US$69 million (A$67.5...
Ruby Red Shoes (Kate Knapp, HarperCollins)
Ruby Red Shoes is a white hare, so named after footwear given to her by her grandma when she was a baby. Raised by her gentle babushka to be ‘an...
Barnsley predicts 50% of HarperCollins fiction revenue to be digital in 18 months
HarperCollins UK CEO Victoria Barnsley has predicted that digital sales will account for 50% of the company’s fiction revenue within the next 18 months. In an interview with the Observer, Barnsley...
HarperCollins launches a ‘Project Runway’ for ebooks
Publishers are constantly being told that to succeed in digital publishing they need to experiment—but where to start? Some publishers, such as Pan Macmillan, have created a digital-only imprint that...
Pfaff to join HarperCollins
Karin Pfaff, currently digital account manager at Murdoch Books, will join HarperCollins in the role of digital business executive on 27 August.
HarperCollins combines Zondervan, Thomas Nelson
HarperCollins is now the largest Christian publisher in the US, after combining its newly acquired Thomas Nelson business with its Zondervan division in a new Christian publishing division, reports Digital...
HarperCollins finalises Thomas Nelson acquisition
HarperCollins has announced that it has finalised its acquisition of US-based publisher Thomas Nelson. HarperCollins first announced its intention to acquire the publisher, which produces Christian books, videos and digital...
No change for HarperCollins Australia, New Zealand in News Corp split
HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will be business as usual at the publisher following the division of News Corporation's publishing and entertainment assets. A...