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Simon & Schuster and Macmillan US also pull out of Frankfurt

Simon & Schuster and Macmillan US have followed HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan in announcing that they will not attend this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.... Read more

Richard Adams' estate wins back Watership Down rights

The estate and family of author Richard Adams has won back the rights to Watership Down, in a High Court case against American film producer... Read more

OUP agrees first Read & Publish deal in China

Oxford University Press (OUP) and the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) have announced a new Read & Publish agreement said to be... Read more

Karp named S&S president and c.e.o.

Simon & Schuster in the US has promoted Jonathan Karp to president and c.e.o. following the unexpected death of Carolyn Reidy earlier this month.... Read more

John Donovan appointed m.d. of W W Norton

W W Norton has appointed John Donovan to succeed Edward Crutchley as managing director, effective as of 1st July 2020. Read more

Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 to go ahead

After weeks of speculation the Supervisory Board of the Frankfurt Book Fair decided yesterday (Wednesday 27th May) that the fair will take place as scheduled from... Read more

Cundill History Prize finalises judging panel for 2020

Anne Applebaum, Lyse Doucet, Eliga Gould and Sujit Sivasundaram are joining The Silk Roads author Peter Frankopan as judges for the $75,000 Cundill History Prize.... Read more

RWA axes RITA awards and launches new prize after racism row

The Romance Writers of America (RWA) is ditching its annual RITA Awards in favour of a new prize following a racism row that engulfed the... Read more

US book sales fell 8.4% in March

US book sales fell by 8.4% in March compared to the same period last year, although adult titles saw a 3.5% upswing. Read more

Further tributes paid to 'shining light' Carolyn Reidy

More tributes have been paid to Simon & Schuster president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy, “one of the fiercest, brightest shining lights of our industry”, following her... Read more

Chapman leads tributes to 'empowering' Reidy

Tributes have been paid to "empowering" leader Carolyn Reidy, following the shock death of the Simon & Schuster president and c.e.o. on Tuesday morning.... Read more

Bologna names Best Children's Publishers of the Year, as event moves online

The winners of the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year have been revealed as an online edition of the 57th Bologna Children's... Read more

Left-wing indies form international alliance for pandemic support

A group of international publishers have a formed a coalition, the Radical Publishers Alliance, to support each other during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

International publishers flock to new Facebook community

International publishing consultant Emma House has co-founded a Facebook community, Publishers Without Borders, to help publishers globally during the pandemic. Read more

IPA calls on global government stimulus to help book trade

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has called on world governments to help the global book trade using economic stimulus packages during the coronavirus pandemic.... Read more