Redwall author Brian Jacques dies aged 71
A former merchant sailor whose children's books sold millions worldwide has died aged 71. Brian Jacques' Redwall series of books were translated into 29 languages and sold 20m globally. He died after a...
View ArticleBorders Reportedly to Declare Bankruptcy This Week
As early as today or tomorrow, Borders will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, close between 150 and 250 of its 500 superstores and 165 smaller stores and lay off thousands of its 19,500...
View ArticleRowling wins at Baftas
J K Rowling was awarded the "Outstanding British Contibution to Cinema" at the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) last night as "The Kings Speech" swept the boards...
View ArticleStore Closing List Released by Borders
Citing a lack of capital and a desire to "reposition itself successfully for the long term," Borders Group has filed for bankruptcy owing $1.29 billion, at least $230 million of which is owed to book...
View ArticleChildren's book publisher Margaret K. McElderry dies aged 98
Margaret K. McElderry, the grande dame of children's book publishing, has died aged 98, having continued to edit books into her 90s. According to the New York Times, as a book editor she "employed...
View ArticleGoogle Undercuts Apple with Subscription Service
Google Inc. unveiled a digital-content service that gives publishers a bigger cut of subscription sales than a competing program introduced yesterday by Apple Inc. Google will keep about 10 percent of...
View ArticleFamily maid files suit against author of 'The Help'
Ablene Cooper, a 60-year-old woman who has long worked as a maid has filed a law suit against Kathryn Stocket, author of the bestselling novel, The Help claiming that the character of Aibileen Clark is...
View ArticleAustralia's largest bookselling chain in administration
REDgroup, the holding company that owns Australia's largest bookstore chain, Angus & Robertson, has collapsed unexpectedly. REDgroup, also owns the Borders stores in Australia (which are no longer...
View ArticleBorders & REDgroup insolvencies pose challenge for Kobo e-Reader
In the last two days, the two major partners of the e-reader and e-book company Kobo have declared bankruptcy: Borders Group in the USA and REDgroup Retail in Australia and New Zealand (see earlier...
View ArticleLost Daphne du Maurier stories discovered
A bookseller's dedicated attempts to root out the early works of Daphne du Maurier have resulted in the recovery of five lost tales by the author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn. They will be published in...
View ArticleB&N's Self Publishing Imprint PubIt! Comes To Stores
Since launching four month's ago Barnes & Noble's self-publishing software PubIt! has published more than 65,000 eBooks. Now the program is expanding with a PubIt! bestseller list, as well as the...
View ArticleTwenty-five new independent bookstores open for business
The American Booksellers Association reports twenty-five new bookstores opened in 2010, with several filling voids left by the closing of chain stores. The openings, and neighborhood response, suggest...
View ArticleHarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations
In the first significant revision to lending terms for ebook circulation, HarperCollins has announced that new titles licensed from library ebook vendors will be able to circulate only 26 times before...
View ArticleRandom House adopts agency model for ebook sales
Effective today, Random House is adopting the agency model for e-book sales in the U.S., joining the other large publishers in setting the retail prices for its e-books and giving a commission to...
View ArticleBlogger proposes strike against Huffington Post
Following The Huffington Post's purchase by AOL for $315m, Visual Art Source publisher Bill Lasarow has stopped posting his publication's content on The Huffington Post and called for a strike by other...
View ArticleSteven Kroll, author of 90+ children's books, dies aged 69
Publishers Lunch reports that children's author Steven Kroll died Wednesday night at the age of 69. He was the author of more than ninety picture books, chapter books, and young adult novels, with...
View ArticleKnopf editor to achieve lifetime achievement award
Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing by the London Book Fair...
View ArticleDavid S. Broder dies aged 81
Author and political columnist David S. Broder, who won a Pulitzer for his coverage of Watergate, has died aged 81-years-old.
View ArticleWinners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards
The winners of this year's National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced: NBCC Award for Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan NBCC Award for Nonfiction: The Warmth of Other...
View ArticleUK report finds that changing copyright laws could stifle creative sector...
Changing copyright laws in the UK could strike a blow to investment in literature, a report has found.... "Therefore changing intellectual property regulations to 'benefit' companies such as Google,...
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