Another no-show for small publishers as the Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist is announced
This year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates its 25th year. Previously know as the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Orange Prize for Fiction, it is one of… Read more »
Do soaring audiobook sales mean the physical book’s days are numbered?
The good news: audiobooks are doing well! Sales rose by 43% in the UK last year according to The Publishers Association (PA) Publishing Yearbook, and 37% in the US according… Read more »
Nothing is certain but death and taxes, so says the old proverb. Yet while we are all embarking on our slow decline to death (Merry Christmas everyone!) the tax we… Read more »
Movies are basically just Books 2.0
No one should write anything original ever again, all day long, forever until the rapture. This, it seems, holds especially true for screenwriters. So says new research by the UK-based… Read more »
In the UK, corporate publishing profits swell, as authors’ share dwindles, according to the Society of Authors
Authors have been footing the bill for growing profit margins at Big Five publishers like Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, according to analysis presented by Nicola Solomon, chief executive of… Read more »
Philip Pullman is not happy about bookshop discounting – could the UK be about to change its pricing laws…?
Bookselling is a strange, old business. In the US and the UK, book prices can fluctuate widely from shop to shop. But in some countries, this is not the case.… Read more »