Piccadilly Press has acquired a new title in the Alien Schoolboy series by author Ros Asquith.

Piccadilly Press m.d. Brenda Gardner bought world rights in An Alien Schoolboy's Guide to Earth from Jodie Marsh at United Agents, with plans to publish in autumn 2012.

In the book, which follows on from...

Random House Children's Books and Andersen Press are making some changes to their editorial teams, with RHCB commissioning editor Ruth Knowles joining Andersen Press on a year's secondment.

Knowles will step into an acting editorial director for fiction role from Monday, 9th January, covering for Charlie Sheppard's...

Penguin Children's Group has created the role of acquisitions manager for its media and entertainment division, with Richard Haines moving from HarperCollins to take up the post.

Haines joined Penguin this month, and reports to publishing director Eric Huang, taking responsibility for finding up-and-coming media brands to grow...

Strong e-book sales over the festive period compensated for the decline in physical sales, publishers are reporting, as printed book sales fell by more than £100m in 2011.

The value of printed book sales through Nielsen BookScan's TCM in the 52 weeks to 31st December 2011 was down 6.3%, or £106m, year on year to...