Book Expo America offers expanded access to the public
BookExpo America is expanding its program of opening the show to the general public, allowing exhibitors to sell books to those attendees and by promoting the show to them directly. "Power readers"...
View ArticleEuropean Union will accept an offer from Apple & four publishers to end...
European Union regulators will accept an offer by Apple and four publishers - Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette and Holtzbrinck, parent company of Macmillan - to end an antitrust probe into...
View ArticleWorld Book Night announces titles of books to be given away and opens...
World Book Night U.S. have announced the books to be given away during World Book Night 2013 on April 23, and have also opened the application process for those who would like to give away books. To...
View ArticlePhilip Roth confirms that he will write no further novels
In an interview with a French magazine, Philip Roth, aged 78, said that he does not intend to write any more novels, and has not been working on anything new since his last novel, Nemesis, was...
View ArticleNational Book Awards planning big splash ceremony
It's looking like the National Book Awards dinner this Wednesday evening in Manhattan will be a considerably more glamorous event than in recent years. In addition to moving the event from a midtown...
View ArticleBridget Jones fans rejoice - musical, movie and new book on the way
Author Helen Fielding announced on U.K. radio today that the perennially lovelorn Bridget Jones will return for a third installment. "The new novel is set in present-day London, with an entirely new...
View ArticleGoogle's ad revenue exceeds all U.S. print combined
Google generated $20.8 billion in ad revenue in the first six months of 2012, while newspapers and magazines in the U.S. made $19.2 billion, according to Statista. While an astounding figure, it should...
View ArticleLouise Erdrich wins National Book Award for Fiction; Katherine Boo wins...
The winners of 2012 The National Book Awards are: Fiction: The Round House by Louise Erdrich Nonfiction: Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooPoetry: Bewilderment by David Ferry Young Readers:...
View ArticleWill the Big Six Publishers become the Big Two?
Having lost out on their prospective bid to buy Penguin (which is to merge with Random House), News Corp, who already own Harper Collins, appears to have its eyes on Simon & Schuster which is...
View ArticleBryce Courtenay, author of the bestselling "Power of One", dies aged 79
Australian author Bryce Courtenay, who wrote about the struggles of life in Australia and South Africa, has died at his home in Canberra, his publisher said on Friday, just two weeks after his latest...
View ArticleSaturday, December 1st is Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day
The third annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day is set for this Saturday, December 1. 400 stores in the USA took part last year, as did stores in the UK, Canada and Australia. This year it's...
View ArticleLast chance to sign up to be a host location for World Book Night USA, April...
Bookstores and libraries wishing to be a host location for the 2013 World Book Night USA event (Apr 23) need to apply by December 1. Forms available at worldbooknight.org.
View ArticleAmazon to open European publishing division in 2013
Amazon is to open a European publishing wing, focused on English-language titles for the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Jeff Belle, Amazon Publishing vice-president, said Amazon was "determined...
View ArticleDreamworks Studios look to be acquiring rights to Light Between Oceans, debut...
DreamWorks Studios is in exclusive talks to acquire M.L. Stedman's debut novel The Light Between Oceans, studio co-chairman/CEO Stacey Snider confirmed. Harry Potter series producer David Heyman will...
View ArticleKevin Powers wins the Guardian First Book Award for The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers has won the Guardian first book award for The Yellow Birds, which takes its title from a US army marching song and has drawn comparisons with Cormac McCarthy and Ernest Hemingway.
View ArticleE.L. James Named PW's Publishing Person of the Year
The author of the Fifty Shades Trilogy, E.L. James, has been named Publishers Weekly's Publishing Person of the Year for 2012.
View ArticleThree Cups of Tea author dies aged 49
David Oliver Relin, a journalist and adventurer who achieved acclaim as co-author of the best seller Three Cups of Tea (2006) and then suffered emotionally and financially as basic facts in the book...
View ArticleJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Casual Vacancy to be serialized by...
The BBC has commissioned a six-part series based on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke which is scheduled for release in 2013. The BBC is also planning an adaptation of J.K. Rowling's A...
View ArticleThe Kindle Store, now available in Canada
Amazon has launched a Kindle Store in Canada, but has yet to officially announce its existence.
View ArticleAmazon to collect sales tax in Massachusetts from Nov 2013
Under an agreement announced Tuesday between Amazon and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Amazon will begin collecting and remitting sales tax in Massachusetts beginning Nov. 1, 2013. In a statement...
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