News: international

Bloomsbury lands 'heart-racing' account of Trump's last year in office

Bloomsbury is to publish I Alone Can Fix It, a behind-the-scenes account of former US President Donald Trump’s final year in office, by Carol Leonnig and Philip... Read more

Walker Books launches Scouts Book Club

Walker Books has partnered with the Scouts to launch the first ever Scouts Book Club, which will be available to more than 220,000 members of... Read more

Brexit delays and high prices a 'disaster' for booksellers, LBF hears

Brexit is continuing to spell “disaster” for bookshops in Ireland while European booksellers are now facing delays and relying on UK shipping agents, a London... Read more

Faber acquires Yan Ge’s debut English language short story collection

Faber is to publish English languge debut short story collection Elsewhere and novel Hotel Destination, by Chinese author Yan Ge.... Read more

Platinum Equity to buy McGraw Hill in $4.5bn deal

Investment firm Platinum Equity has struck a $4.5bn (£3.2bn) deal to buy educational publisher McGraw Hill from current owner Apollo Global Management. Read more

Books2Door donates 1,000 books for rebuild of Gaza bookshop

Books2Door, an online bookseller specialising in children's literature, has donated 1,000 books for the rebuild of Gaza’s largest bookshop, which was recently destroyed in an airstrike.... Read more

Agents warn of publishers 'moving the goalposts' on author payments

Agents have warned of an “extremely disturbing trend” which has seen some publishers, mainly in the US, staggering more payments to authors later in the publishing schedule. ... Read more

Bertelsmann buys £430m stake in Afya

Bertelsmann is expanding its footprint in Brazil’s fast-growing education market, buying a major stake in medical company Afya. Read more

Scholastic chief exec Robinson dies, aged 84

Richard Robinson, chairman and c.e.o. of Scholastic, has passed away unexpectedly at the age of 84. Read more

AAP warned copyright 'under assault' and action needed on Big Tech

Copyright is “under assault” and publishers need to focus on antitrust policy to take on the power of Big Tech, the Association of American Publishers... Read more

Hachette UK wins inclusivity prize at LBF International Excellence Awards

Hachette UK has won at the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards for its work on inclusivity in publishing, in a prize sponsored by the Publishers'... Read more

'World first' scheme sees authors rewarded for used book sales

A new collaboration between online retailers and writers' organisations will pay authors on used book sales in what organisers say is “a world first”. ... Read more

US indie bookstores 'on the rise again' after pandemic challenge

Indie bookstores in the US are “on the rise again” but face challenges as the country opens up after a roiling 15 months, the American... Read more

US Book Show debates future of political books after Trump

What the future may bring to our ever-expanding definition of “political” books was explored at a US Book Show panel held on the first anniversary of... Read more

Macron promises French booksellers level playing field on delivery costs

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised a bill will be presented to parliament to tighten up on France’s 1981 fixed book price law, ensuring a level... Read more