Macmillan employees banned from attending DBW conference over ebook embargo
Digital Book World (DBW) has banned Macmillan employees from attending its 2020 conference in solidarity with the American Library Association’s (ALA) campaign against the publisher's restrictions on new release ebooks....
Macmillan, Scholastic report gender pay gaps
Macmillan and Scholastic are the latest UK publishers to report gender pay gaps as part of government regulations that require companies with 250 or more employees to report the difference...
The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan)
In the tiny town of Kiewarra, a mother and son are found murdered. The likely culprit is the father, also found shot dead in the back of his truck. It...
Macmillan acquires Cookstr; Schwalbe joins Macmillan
Macmillan US has acquired cookbook and recipe website Cookstr, reports Publishers Weekly. Will Schwalbe and Katie Workman founded the website in 2008, with the aim to organise ‘the world‘s best cookbooks...
Palgrave Macmillan to be renamed Macmillan Science and Education
Palgrave Macmillan will be renamed Macmillan Science and Education next year. The publisher said in a statement this week that the change will take place on 1 April 2014, at...
Macmillan Children’s Books split into two divisions
In the UK, Macmillan Children’s Books will be split into two divisions, Macmillan Under 6s and Macmillan Over 6s, reports the Bookseller. The Under 6s will look after books for...
International Library News
Macmillan US makes backlist ebooks available to libraries In the US, Macmillan will expand its pilot ebook lending program for libraries to include its entire backlist, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Breaking bonds: Frances Whiting on ‘Walking on Trampolines’
Reviewer Jessica Broadbent recommends Frances Whiting’s new novel Walking on Trampolines (October, Macmillan) to readers who are looking for ‘something lovely and comforting to cheer them up in the cold...
Hachette US president and COO to join Macmillan
In the US, Hachette Book Group president and chief operating officer Ken Michaels will leave his position to join Macmillan Science and Education in the newly created role of global chief...
Changes at Pan Macmillan
At Pan Macmillan, Tracey Cheetham, previously head of publicity, has been promoted to the newly created role of publicity and marketing director, and is now a member of the Macmillan...
Cheetham promoted at Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan has announced that Tracey Cheetham has been appointed to the newly created role of publicity and marketing director. Cheetham, who has already started in the new role, was...
Macmillan to close MDS
Macmillan Australia has announced that it will close Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) by the end of March 2014. Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb told Books+Publishing that as a result of...
Macmillan Education expands presence in United Arab Emirates
Macmillan Education UK is expanding its presence in the United Arab Emirates and the wider Gulf region, appointing Matthew Hayes to manage the publisher’s operations in the region, reports the...
Macmillan settles US states’ ebook pricing case, consumer class action
Following its recent announcement that it would settle with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over its anti-trust lawsuit relating to ebook pricing, Macmillan US has agreed to settle a...
Macmillan settles in US DOJ ebook case
In the US, Macmillan has settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its anti-trust lawsuit relating to ebook pricing, reports Publishers Weekly. The publisher is the last of the...
International library news
Macmillan announces ebook library lending program with OverDrive In the US, Macmillan will launch a library lending program with ebook distributor OverDrive, the publisher announced in a statement. As part...
Macmillan dictionaries online-only from 2013
Macmillan Dictionaries will only be available online from the new year, reports the Bookseller, which said Macmillan Education was currently printing the final ever physical copies of the reference works....
Interview with Amanda Hooton on ‘Finding Mr Darcy’
Amanda Hooton thinks Jane Austen would agree with her that finding a partner is not the sole point of life. Jessica Broadbent spoke to the author. Jane Austen seems to...
International Library News
Macmillan US developing ebook lending pilot program In the US, Macmillan has said that it is working on a pilot program for ebook lending in libraries, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
APA Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2012 winners announced
The winners of this year’s Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Educational Publishing Awards were announced in Melbourne on 6 September. At the awards ceremony held at Fed Square’s BMW Edge,...