News: digital

FutureBook teams with The Pigeonhole for writing competition

FutureBook is partnering with social reading app The Pigeonhole to run a short story competition exploring the future of the book. Read more

Bibliotech raises $4m, will double London staff

E-textbook platform Bibliotech has raised $4.2m in its latest funding round and plans to double the size of its 15-strong software and sales team in... Read more

Amazon introduces updated Fire HD 8 tablets

Amazon has brought out two updated tablet devices: the next generation Fire HD 8 and the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition. Read more

Pan Mac teams up with The Pool and Pigeonhole for Morton's latest

Pan Macmillan has teamed up with The Pool and digital book club The Pigeonhole to offer readers of Kate Morton’s sixth novel a shared reading... Read more

Audible UK revenue soars 45%

Audible UK grew its revenue by 45% last year to over £97m and posted its first operating profit to date of almost £2m (£1,936,981). Read more

Ex-Netflix exec and producer launch database for book adaptations

A US producer and former Netflix executive are embarking on a joint venture, 'TaleFlick', which offers a library of searchable books for adaptation across film, TV... Read more

Hugh Bonneville to narrate Peter James' Absolute Proof

Actor Hugh Bonneville is voicing the audiobook of Peter James' upcoming new thriller Absolute Proof. Read more

Mooney and Naidoo found commercial digital publisher

Lindsey Mooney and Keshini Naidoo are launching a female-fronted digital-first publisher ‘Hera’ with support from Canelo, The Bookseller can reveal. Read more

Twelve Ken Follett classics get new audio editions

Pan Macmillan is releasing new audio editions of 12 classic Ken Follett thrillers, read by well-known actors including Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox. Read more

Natalie Dormer to narrate Harry Potter: A History of Magic

This October, Audible will release an audiobook of Pottermore Publishing’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic, read by Natalie Dormer. Read more

Turnover soars, corporation tax halves at Amazon UK Services

Turnover at Amazon's UK Services arm soared again in 2017, rising nearly 36% to £1.98bn (from £1.46bn the previous year). Read more

ST/PFD Young Writer award creates digital hub for aspiring authors

The Sunday Times Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award is extending its digital offer and featuring high-profile authors and literary experts as part of... Read more

First ever AR-powered novel to open Sprung ghosthunting series

Carlton is to publish its most expensively originated book on Super Thursday (4th October), an augmented reality (AR) novel for children. Read more

WatAdventure crowdsources with kids via PopJam

A new publishing company has teamed up with PopJam to allow children to help create assets for its upcoming picture book, WatAdventure in Australia.... Read more