No one could have known what we were heading into back in January. Yet the year that would have so much sadness in it began with sadness in the book ... Read more
With the arrival – to the trade at least – of the US-owned Bookshop.org, this is potentially a momentous week for UK independent booksellers. The company’s USP is the help ... Read more
When this is all over – and don’t we all long for that day – a publishing PhD student will perhaps explore why there were so many long books published ... Read more
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
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
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
Is it the Netflix effect? Fiction revenues fell 3% in 2018, according to the Publishers Association’s Publishing Year Book 2018, the lowest figure for the last five years. Are box ... Read more
