Freedom of speech groups English PEN, Index on Censorship and Sense About Science have expressed concern about an amendment to the Defamation Bill tabled by Conservative MP Sir Edward Garnier.

According to a Guardian report, the...

Macmillan Distribution Service's Australian arm is reportedly to make 50 positions redundant, with 70% of its operations to move to a third-party provider in Sydney.

On 28th March, Macmillan Australia announced that it will close Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) by the end of March 2014.   

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The travel guidebook brand Frommer's has been reacquired from Google by its founder, Arthur Frommer, according to reports, with Google licensing 'certain' content back to the publishing business so it can continue to publish guidebooks.

In a statement to the Associated Press,...

Rebellion Publishing imprint Abaddon has appointed David Moore as new commissioning editor.

Moore, previously desk editor, will oversee new commissions at the imprint as well as creating more original shared worlds, such as the steampunk adventure pulp series Pax Britannia.

Editor-in-chief of Abaddon Books and Solaris,...