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
The London Book Fair’s CAMEO awards (Creativity Across Media: Entertainment and Originality), which celebrate the central role that books play in all those adaptations for film and TV, stage, games ... Read more
It is perhaps too early to call it a ‘Bookseller Spring’, and Waterstones shop floor staff haven’t been burning cars on Piccadilly and elsewhere in the country. But the strength ... Read more
The Bookseller’s 1 April story ‘Brexit hits Bologna’ was a delight – and could so nearly have been true. Snow White and the 27 Member States and Goldilocks and the ... Read more
Inevitably, one subject was never very far from people’s minds at The London Book Fair, aided of course by the presence of a Café Europe and the deliberate, special invitation ... Read more
Publishers and booksellers go into The London Book Fair next week on a wave of optimism. The (soon to be) Booker Prize has found a benevolent new home, Foyles’ future ... Read more
Companies from Botswana, Kenya and Zambia are shortlisted for the first time in this year’s London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. With South Africa’s Virtual Reading Gym shortlisted in two ... Read more
Virtually the entire book industry must have thought: ‘Well, if that’s ‘the enemy’, bring ‘em on. After all, the Man Group’s investment of an estimated £25m in the Man Booker ... Read more
The first row of the New Year has emerged and it’s always upsetting when there is broad agreement on the aim of something, but disagreement on the how. Authors around ... Read more
It’s that time for industry predictions and it has been interesting to compare the Bookseller and Publishers Weekly’s (PW) surveys of newer voices to see the similarities – and differences. ... Read more