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Difficult to stay positive about the world these days, isn’t it? A whole pandemic, the creeping rise of far-right nationalism, a cost of living crisis unprecedented in modern times, etc.… Read more »

The next, hottest, must-read author is from Idaho. Dillon Helbig has been on television talking about his Christmas themed, time-travel inspired graphic novel, and his rise to success has been written about by The… Read more »

It’s the little puzzle that could. Wordle started life last October, the simple invention of Josh Wardle, who grew up in Llanddewi Rhydderch, Wales, UK, and now works as a… Read more »

Blackwell’s is an institution in the UK. Benjamin Henry Blackwell opened the first family owned bookshop in Oxford to the public in 1849, making it one of Britain’s oldest booksellers. Benjamin Henry’s son,… Read more »

Last week, on January 27, Bookshop.org celebrated its second year of operation in the U.S., as well as its first year of operation in the UK. Through Bookshop.org, readers can… Read more »

Last week’s publishing news of the file-under-unbelievable stripe included the story that a shipment of cookbooks published by our partners at Penguin Random House were lost at sea during a… Read more »

Regular readers of this blog will know that we can’t resist a good Sir Terry Pratchett story, most recently bringing you news of the star-studded re-record of his Discworld audiobooks. Pratchett has… Read more »

Book banning is no novelty in American culture. It has ebbed and flowed throughout society since the dawn of books. When we examine the patterns behind banning books, it always… Read more »

It all began back in March 2011 when staff at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh noticed a stunning paper sculpture made from an old book had mysteriously appeared on a table.  The… Read more »

Last week, three U.S. senators introduced a new bill that could curtail Big Tech’s use of targeted advertising. The Banning Surveillance Advertising Act is sponsored by Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jan… Read more »

We were happily working away on some page proof, trying to remember the rules concerning the proper sequencing of front matter, when we received, out of the blue, a missive… Read more »

Take it from me, book shop customers are often a curious lot. There’s the entire-book-readers; the food leavers; spine breakers; letter writers; queue jumpers and, my personal favourite, the “take… Read more »

“UK children pick ‘anxiety’ as their word of 2021”—blares a headline in The Guardian. Of course they did, we mutter morosely. Have you seen Euphoria? The kids aren’t alright. But… Read more »

The directors of the UK’s first book shop and publisher dedicated to Black writing, New Beacon Books, have thanked supporters for a “lifeline” after a crowdfunding campaign saved their premises… Read more »

It’s a storyline that might have come from the mind of J.R.R. Tolkien himself. On December 19 it was reported that a thief had made off with rare first editions… Read more »

Last month three of our spring 2022 authors joined us for a day of virtual events with librarians across the country. Now, you can watch for yourselves!      … Read more »

The global COVID pandemic may have devastated many areas of life, but it has not quashed our love for reading. Figures from the Publishers Association showed that fiction sales for… Read more »

Happy 2022 to everyone! We thought we’d start off the new year by taking a close look at the logistics behind the supply-chain issues that have bedeviled the industry in… Read more »

An unimaginable loss for “one of the largest online and real bookshops in the North West,” based in Flintshire, UK, has been transformed into a hopeful new beginning, thanks to… Read more »

The Melville House holiday sale continues with 30% off all books! The holidays are fast approaching and the last day to place orders that will arrive before Christmas is Thursday 12/16… Read more »

It’s that time again where we look back at the words we’ve used most, seen most, and said “do I want to know what that means?” about most this year: Collins Dictionary… Read more »

Stellar news for fans of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series this week, as a raft of his audiobooks, newly recorded by a host of famous names, are set to grace… Read more »

Among the many hated and incompetent politicians in the UK, Matt Hancock rides high. Serving as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from July 2018, he resigned in June 2021 after… Read more »

Have you ever felt like you need to be in three places at once at work? Well, spare a thought for the cast of Rock/Paper/Scissors.  As reported this week in What’s On… Read more »

The Booksellers Association (BA) and Bookshop.org launched New Futures this autumn, a programme offering individuals from underrepresented communities across the UK the chance to develop their own bookshop business alongside industry experts.… Read more »

We were rooting around in the digital archives of the Brooklyn Public Library—an eccentric if benign habit practiced by some ’round these parts—when we came across an intriguing essay concerning… Read more »

A few weeks back we rounded up the printed exploits of Ian Fleming’s fictional spy James Bond, who recently returned to the big screen in No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s final… Read more »

Last November, it was announced that Bertelsmann has agreed a $2.2bn deal to buy Simon & Schuster from owner ViacomCBS. The deal would see Penguin Random House (PRH) merge with Simon & Schuster (S&S), meaning the… Read more »

This week the Newcastle Chronicle brought heartening news from Northumberland, UK, as local mum and Usborne Publishing sales partner Rachel Shayler donated £300 worth of children’s books to a women’s refuge in… Read more »

    The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd   Technically this one doesn’t come out until Tuesday, but we’re already spotting it on shelves in a lot of stores.… Read more »