Free children’s book celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee criticised as too ‘Anglocentric’ by Welsh and Scottish governments
Last October, we wrote about the UK government’s plan to create a new children’s book in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, which would be given away free to… Read more »
Book said to reveal Anne Frank’s betrayer is pulled after being discredited
In January 2022, Dutch publisher Ambo Anthos, and English publisher HarperCollins brought out the book The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation which controversially revealed the likely betrayer of Anne Frank and… Read more »
Fantasy author raises $25 million on Kickstarter to self-publish 4 new novels
Brandon Sanderson has just created the number one Kickstarter project of all time. Backed by over 110,000 people, more than $25 million dollars has been pledged as of time of writing … with 23… Read more »
Solving the mystery: literary puzzle book first published in 1934 becomes bestseller thanks to TikTok
Cain’s Jawbone is a fiendish literary puzzle book that is almost impossible to solve. The author, Edward Powys Mathers, created cryptic crosswords for The Observer under the pseudonym Torquemada from… Read more »
Paper problems plague publishing, part II
We have written in this space before about the supply chain issues that threaten all of manufacturing, merchandising, and retail—very much including books! The element of the current manufacturing landscape… Read more »
Paper problems plague publishing: scary shortfalls seen soon
The coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath continue to create problems across American industry—of which book publishing is very much a part. The latest bad news, as reported in the Washington… Read more »
Boris Johnson willing to pay for expert to help write “his” new biography
Back in May we wrote about British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s long overdue biography making headlines, amidst accusations the PM missed important COVID meetings to put pen to paper. The pending… Read more »
The world’s largest university press to close its only remaining printing arm
The city of Oxford has a rich literary history. The University of Oxford was established as early as 1095 and the first book printed in the city was in 1478,… Read more »
Protest or PR stunt? Jeanette Winterson burns her own books in anger over cover blurbs
Author Jeanette Winterson had an impromptu little bonfire on Friday 4th June … burning her own books. Why, you might ask, would an author do such a thing? Winterson herself is… Read more »
Did Dean Koontz predict coronavirus?
It’s an unlikely bestseller, but Dean Koontz’s thriller The Eyes of Darkness, first published in 1981, is experiencing an unprecedented revival. Currently number one in fiction on Amazon UK and… Read more »