News: digital

Publishers must be 'transparent' with authors, Missingham tells IPG

Sam Missingham, founder of The Empowered Author coaching website, has called on publishers to ensure greater transparency and effective communication with their authors, following research conducted... Read more

Summer Reading Challenge to have Wild World Heroes theme

The Reading Agency has announced this year's Summer Reading Challenge theme is the nature-focused Wild World Heroes. Read more

Bookshop.org kicks off virtual events programme with Ishiguro

Bookshop.org is to launch a series of online events for its customers, partnering with Faber to deliver a conversation with Kazuo Ishiguro and indie bookseller Nic Bottomley for... Read more

Emerald launches platform to support women researchers

To mark International Women’s Day, Emerald Publishing has launched a support network to help women in research overcome the challenges that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.... Read more

Digital World Book Day garnered over 100k views

Over 110,000 peope tuned into this year's World Book Day's Share a Story Live digital events programme over three days, far exceeding the 10,000 person... Read more

Bloomsbury launches Book House platform

Bloomsbury has launched a platform to make it easier to purchase books from its popular categories. The move comes as the publisher reveals a shift... Read more

Bloomsbury launches latest Allende paperback with Flowerbx

Bloomsbury has partnered with Flowerbx, the online floral delivery service, as part of its campaign to launch the paperback version of Isabel Allende's latest novel,... Read more

Octavia Butler's legacy celebrated at Barbican feminist literary festival

The legacy of science fiction author Octavia Butler is to be explored at the Barbican's New Suns feminist literary festival this month. Read more

Parthian Books launches podcast

Welsh publisher Parthian Press is to launch a podcast, with the first series focusing on queer Welsh writing. Read more

Edna O’Brien to receive France’s highest cultural distinction

Irish author Edna O’Brien is to be named Commander in the French “Ordre des Arts et Lettres” by the French minister of culture, in recognition of... Read more

Duchess of Cornwall, Kay and O'Leary help celebrate World Book Day

The organisers of World Book Day have launched an all-day programme of free digital events to celebrate today (4th March), including guest appearances from the... Read more

International Booker winner to be announced in City of Culture Coventry

The International Booker Prize 2021 winner is to be announced in Coventry, as part of the UK City of Culture celebrations. Read more

Bloody Scotland to launch virtual book club

The Bloody Scotland Crime Festival is to launch a virtual, international book club, to be broadcast via Facebook Live. Read more

Charlotte Ritchie to narrate Middleton's 'gripping' debut

Charlotte Ritchie, the star of “Ghosts” and “Feel Good”, will narrate the audiobook of Lia Middleton's debut thriller When They Find Her (Michael Joseph).... Read more

International pandemic book trends discussed at ReBoot workshop

The resilience of the print market, digital library borrowing and the appetite for backlist titles during the pandemic were among topics discussed at the ReBoot Books Business and Reading workshop held... Read more