Hedge fund’s departure as £1.6m backer of the UK’s leading fiction award has prompted feverish speculation about the prize’s future Previous Man Booker prize winners are among those keenly awaiting the announcement of the new sponsor of the prestigious literary award, after the prize’s sponsor of almost two decades, Man Group, became the latest in a wave…
Published January 7, 2019 by The Bookseller news team Following on from The Bookseller‘s ‘alternative’ predictions for 2019, senior figures from across the book trade share their hopes and expectations for the year ahead. David Shelley, c.e.o., Hachette UK Some of these are as much hopes as aspirations, but in 2019 I hope and believe we will…
Amazon may have lower prices, but it can never replace a real shop with a book lover on hand to guide us When asked to think of a bookshop, most of us are likely to conjure up an ineffable sense of calm and cosiness, a general notion of wisdom and aspiration, rather than an…
In 2008, Blyton was voted Britain’s best-loved author. But we should remember that sexism, racism, snobbery and xenophobia all featured in her children’s books, says Ceri Radford Half a century has passed since Enid Blyton died on 28 November 1968, fading out of a world that was changing alarmingly from the sunlit chauvinism of her stories. She left…
Penguin Random House UK is today launching This Is Spoke, a new podcast series for Generation Z, the first episode of which goes live today.
Takeover will make business better able to ‘champion pleasures of real bookshops’ Zoe Wood Foyles was founded in 1903 but in recent times has struggled to make a profit. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images Waterstones is buying the historic family-owned book chain Foyles in a surprise deal billed as an antidote to the “siren call” of…
First impressions: If only Booklaunch’s online usability was as good as its contents. A brilliant idea rushed to market … Booklaunch is a project of New Premises Ltd 12 Wellfield Avenue, London N10 2EA. Published by Stephen Games Designed by Pearce Marchbank RDI Printed by Mortons Media Group Ltd. Registered in England at Media…
The Great American Read premieres Tuesday, May 22 at 8/7c. Official trailer The 100 List THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey). It investigates how and why writers create their…
The concept of ‘exhaustion of rights’ (from the blog post Amazon and Brexit fuel territoriality fears) is not something I am familiar with, and the following article, courtesy WIPR provides a helpful explanation: Brexit: changes ahead for exhaustion of rights If the UK leaves the EU without joining the European Economic Area, the principle of trademark…
How to Rig an Election Nic Cheeseman, Brian Klaas Price: £18.99 Format: Hardback Publication date: 24 Apr 2018 ISBN: 9780300204438 Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: 320 pages: 210 x 140mm Illustrations: 12 figs. An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian…