Publishing ‘sleepwalking into oblivion’ over library e-book lending barriers, says librarian The book world is “sleepwalking into oblivion” if there are not changes to the terms under which e-books are made available to libraries, a chief librarian has warned. In recent weeks, the US has seen a number of controversies on the issue, including a demand…
Audio ‘booming’ with 13% growth last year Audiobooks are the fastest growing publishing format with 13% growth in 2018, according to Nielsen BookScan. Revealing the figures at The London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference, Nielsen said the audiobook boom is continuing with volume up 13% since 2017 and up 87% since 2014. Audiobooks now account…
The Bookseller acquires BookGig website from HarperCollins BookGig, the publisher-agnostic website dedicated to book events, launched by HarperCollins in October 2016, has been acquired by The Bookseller. BookGig helps readers connect with their favourite authors by listing book related events for as many different authors and genres as possible. Since launch, BookGig has featured thousands of events across…
Clays sold to Italian printers Elcograf Suffolk-based book printers Clays has been bought by Italian printers Elcograf S.p.A for £23.8m. No redundancies will follow the acquisition, and the senior management team will remain as it is, Clays managing director Paul Hulley told The Bookseller. The sale of Clays, a 200-year-old business and the largest single-site manufacturer of printed monochrome books for…
HC and Red magazine hunt for African cookery star Published May 6, 2016 by Natasha Onwuemezi HarperCollins has joined forces with lifestyle magazine Red to find a new cookery star to bring their style of African cookery to the masses. Entrants are asked to select their category of cuisine (West, South, North or East…
HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has launched a new short story series, 4th Shorts, which is intended to “introduce curious readers to 4th Estate’s rich back catalogue on an easily digestible scale”. The publisher has launched a new short story hub – a mobile-friendly online reading service that offers visitors short stories from “big-name authors…
Tom Adams and John Curran | Tom Adams Uncovered | HarperCollins 9780008113797 | hbk | £25 | 27 Aug The Agatha Christie covers painted by Tom Adams constitutes probably the most famous body of paperback art ever produced by a single artist. Between A Murder Is Announced in 1962 and Miss Marple’s Final Cases in…
A Message from Authonomy It is with great sadness that we must announce the closure of Authonomy. We created Authonomy in 2008 as a way of discovering new talent by throwing open our doors to unagented, aspiring writers, and asking likeminded writers and readers to help us discover and champion great work. Through Authonomy,…
Official Scrabble Words | HarperCollins 9780007589166 | hbk | £17.99 | 21 May (UK) Based on Collins English Dictionary, Collins Official Scrabble Words is the most comprehensive Scrabble wordlist ever, including World English from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, and USA brought together in a single list. With over 276,000 permissible words, including inflected…