Much shock and sadness at the death of Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy who died from a heart attack on 12 May at the age of 71. ... Read more
It is a time of bold, universal statements of purpose in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic is forcing many reassessments of fundamentals – of the importance of publishing ... Read more
The whole industry, the whole world it seems, has now shifted online, making the digital space even more crowded than it was anyway. There has been a proliferation of online ... Read more
In an extraordinary week in the publishing industry – indeed, an extraordinary week in the world – the announcement that London Book Fair Director Jacks Thomas is to step down ... Read more
The global book industry’s most international evening is nearly upon us. The London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards, organised once again with the Publishers Association, takes place on 10 March ... Read more
The continuing furore over Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt (Flatiron/Macmillan US; Tinder/Hachette UK) which has already seen the cancellation of the author’s American tour, is fascinating to watch. Nearly 140 authors ... Read more
It’s the Chinese New Year celebrations this weekend, so let’s start in that part of the world. Stats body OpenBook hosted its annual Reading X Conference in Beijing earlier this ... Read more
It has been a sad start to the year with the death of Knopf editor-in-chief and president of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sonny Mehta, who died in New York on ... Read more
The importance of copyright is being flagged up on both sides of the Atlantic, regardless of who is in power or what stage the impeachment process has reached (these words ... Read more
James Daunt provided good value when he delivered the opening address at the Bookseller’s Futurebook conference this week. The Waterstones MD and Boring & Noble CEO – I’m sorry, that ... Read more
