2014 Orwell Prize goes to Alan Johnson
Less than a month after its shortlist was revealed, the 2014 Orwell Prize for political writing has gone to Labour MP Alan Johnson for his…
Jonathan Safran Foer has Chipotle print prose on packaging
In news whose tolerability likely correlates directly to your own patience for its chief proponent, American restaurant chain Chipotle has begun printing specially commissioned short…
Kim Scott Walwyn Prize goes to Anne Perry
Continuing a big week for industry prizes, this year’s Kim Scott Walwyn Prize has been awarded to Anne Perry, editor with Hodder & Stoughton. The…
Little, Brown and Blackwell’s top Bookseller Industry Awards
The Bookseller Industry Awards took place last night in London, with a crowded field of winners led by Blackwell’s, named Book Retailer of the Year,…
The Digital Challenge: Disintermediation [AN EXTRACT FROM ‘THE CONTENT MACHINE’]
This is an extract from The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network, by Michael Bhaskar. …
Penguin Random House launches My Independent Bookshop
Penguin Random House today launched My Independent Bookshop, a combination social network and e-commerce platform that hopes to benefit independent booksellers whilst providing a virtual…
Mills & Boon launches multi-platform digital project
Paperback romance maven Mills & Boon isn’t a literary brand you would normally associate with formal or technological innovation – unless your sole exposure to…
One Big Book Launch [EVENT]
Last week, 10 outstanding authors presented their novels at CompletelyNovel and LiterallyPR‘s ‘One Big Book Launch‘. Even the tube strike didn’t stop hoards of existing…
Orion pays over £1 million for Bear Grylls thriller series
DAN RANGER. Breathe that name in: DAN. RANGER. Magnificent. Like a piece of Alan Partridge-penned Chris Ryan fanfic made wonderfully real. But I’m getting ahead…
Two Sides to Every Story: London Book Fair through the eyes of a Fledgling Print Author and a Digital Native
Gill Guest (56) Gill Guest is an aspiring children’s author and sheep-keeper based in Shropshire. Previously a freelance garden journalist, her work has appeared in…
Harper Lee allows publication of To Kill a Mockingbird ebook
On the occasion of her 88th birthday, HarperCollins has announced that it will finally release an authorised digital edition of Harper (no relation) Lee’s Pulitzer…
BookMachine London Publishing Events – dates for your diary
If you’ve ever organised an event in London, you’ll know that the list of possibilities is endless. With publishing types travelling in from all corners,…
2014 Orwell Prize shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year’s Orwell Prize, awarded annually to political books and journalism, have been revealed. Nominated books are: Gaiutra Bahadur’s Coolie Woman (Hurst);…
David Foster Wallace’s family does not support upcoming film
Last month the first pictures emerged of Jason Segel in costume as the late, celebrated American author David Foster Wallace in the upcoming film End…
R.I.P. Gabriel García Márquez
Several outlets are reporting the death of Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author of 100 Years of Solitude and Love in the Time…
