If last year’s erotica boom has taught the publishing industry anything it is that the old cliché is true—sex really does sell. Something that publishers will be hoping stays true for this year too, with New Adult the latest sexy genre getting publishers excited.

So, what is New Adult? Well it is often billed as...

Barnes & Noble is offering the Nook Simple Touch e-reader for £29 for a limited period in an attempt to boost its UK footprint.

The price point, down from £79, beats the Amazon Kindle and Kobo equivalent by around £20-30, and will be offered through all partner retailers including Foyles, Blackwell's, John...

An Australian bookseller is calling on customers to dump their Kindles in a bin as part of a 'Kindle Amnesty'.

Pages & Pages in Sydney, run by the Australian Booksellers Association president Jon Page, said it will give customers a $50 gift voucher when they buy an e-reader from his shop and at the same time as dumping...

Canongate has seen steep rises in profits and turnover for the year ended 31st December 2012, with publisher and m.d. Jamie Byng describing the upturn as “hugely rewarding”.

In 2012 the company had a turnover of more than £9.6m, a rise of £1.9m (25%) on 2011’s turnover, adjusted for the sale of its 70%...