News: international

Bertelsmann unveils 'Content Alliance' between its German businesses

As of the start of February, Bertelsmann is to launch what it is calling a Content Alliance between all its content businesses in Germany, to... Read more

Pine's essay collection scoops An Post Irish Book of the Year

Academic Emilie Pine’s “vivid and powerful” Notes to Self (Hamish Hamilton) has won the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2018 following a public... Read more

Hachette Livre to acquire Gigamic

Hachette Livre is in exclusive talks to acquire French board game company Gigamic. Read more

Digital growth helps Haynes to half-year profit rise

Car manual publisher Haynes saw group profit before tax boom by almost a quarter (23%) for the six months ending 30th November 2018. Read more

Milburn bolsters rights department with Smith in new role

The Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency is expanding its international rights department with Liane-Louise Smith joining in the newly created role of rights... Read more

Robinson pulls out of Dubai festival amid Mansoor protests

Former Irish President Mary Robinson has pulled out of the Emirates Festival of Literature in Dubai in the wake of growing calls for the United Arab... Read more

'True original' López de Lamadrid dies, aged 59

Renowned Spanish editor Claudio López de Lamadrid has died, aged 59. Read more

Bourne and Phillips headline LBF

Caryl Phillips and Holly Bourne are some of the authors headlining the 2019 London Book Fair. Read more

Late Christmas rush, and Houllebecq, boost 'fragile' French book sector

A last-minute Christmas rush helped save the French book trade from what might otherwise have been a disastrous end of year because of protests and... Read more

Europa launches non-fiction imprint

Europa Editions has launched a non-fiction imprint, Europa Compass, with the first book coming from French author Antoine Compagnon in May. Read more

Bloomsbury teams up with MUP and R&L

Bloomsbury Digital Resources has launched strategic sales partnerships with US publisher Rowman & Littlefield and Manchester University Press (MUP). Read more

Vivendi's Editis takeover gets go-ahead

The French Competition Authority has cleared Vivendi’s takeover of Editis, the second largest French book publisher, from Planeta of Spain for €900m. Read more

Flat turnover for European publishers despite record output, finds FEP

Net turnover for the European publishing industry was roughly flat last year at €22.2bn (2016: £22.3bn) despite a "significant increase" in the number of new... Read more

Gilets jaunes protests hit French bookshops as sales fall

Bookshops were just one sector of the French economy to suffer from the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protests across France on five consecutive Saturdays between... Read more

Three UK publishers join 2019 Jerusalem International Book Forum

Three candidates from the British book trade have been selected as recipients of the 2019 Zev Birger Editorial Fellowships at the new Jerusalem International Book... Read more