News: international

Cond made first UK board member at AUPresses

Liverpool University Press m.d. Anthony Cond has become the first non-North American board member of the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), formerly the Assocation of... Read more

US audio booms by 29% but overall publishing sales dip

American publishers’ total industry sales dipped slightly in 2017, but audio downloads continued to boom, rising by 28.8% year-on-year. Read more

Beijing invests millions to keep bookshops open

China is investing £5.7 million in preserving brick and mortar bookshops in Beijing as the country increasingly adopts digital. Read more

Obama reveals Africa-inspired summer reading list

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nelson Mandela and Ben Rhodes are among the authors featured on Barack Obama's summer reading list ahead of his trip to Africa.... Read more

Spicer's 'insider account' of Trump administration leaked

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s "insider account" of Donald Trump’s administration describes the president as "a unicorn, riding a unicorn over a rainbow".... Read more

Princeton University Press launches global audio strand

Princeton University Press has launched an audio arm, with one of the launch titles an anthology of socialist fairy tales edited by Michael Rosen.... Read more

German writer sues Random House

A German author is taking Random House to court for declining to release his book Hostile Takeover: How Islam Hampers Progress and Threatens Society which it originally signed on the basis of... Read more

Trade dismayed after controversial EU copyright law rejected

Publishers and authors have expressed their disappointment and "worry" after a controversial EU copyright law was rejected by parliament. Read more

B&N fires c.e.o. after company policy 'violations'

Barnes & Noble has abruptly fired another c.e.o. Read more

Festival America launches in London

A festival celebrating contemporary writing from the Americas is to launch in the UK for the first time this year. Read more

US police union objects to Angie Thomas novel

A police union in the US has called for The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan... Read more

Plagiarism suit against Emma Cline dismissed

A lawsuit against Emma Cline and her US publisher Random House alleging the author had plagiarised parts of her debut novel The Girls (Chatto & Windus) from her ex-boyfriend Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, has been... Read more

French book sales dipped 1.6% last year

The total value of French publishers’ book sales slipped by 1.61% in value from €2,837m to €2,792m last year, according to newly published figures from... Read more

Prescott's historical debut nets 20 international deals

Debut author Lara Prescott’s novel has now been sold into 20 territories, weeks after securing a £1.5m advance for her Doctor Zhivago-inspired tale.... Read more