National Book Award nominations announced
Potentially ending our long national nightmare of not having heard Lorraine Kelly read aloud from Fifty Shades of Grey, the nominees have been revealed for…
Philip Roth retired last month and no one noticed till now
In what may or may not be a hissy fit reaction to yet another Nobel snub (legal note: it isn’t), Philip Roth kind of sort…
#Amazonageddon Halts US Online Book Purchase For… Several Hours
At some stage last week while I was asleep, buy buttons were removed from Big 6 (5?) publishers Hachette, Penguin, Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and…
Macmillan Dictionary moves definitively from print to digital
Macmillan Education has announced that, as of 2013, its dictionaries will now only be released in digital formats, thus forever depriving future generations of schoolchildren…
5 questions for Caroline Moore on mobile language learning [INTERVIEW]
Increasingly, Publishers and content creators are getting their material onto mobile devices. It makes perfect sense to be doing so, putting learning tools directly into…
Fourth Estate publishing Lena Dunham in the UK
In a piece of fortuitous timing on this election Tuesday, Fourth Estate has acquired the UK rights to the first book by American writer, actress…
Can Publishers Succeed at Social Media?
Last week, I went to a workshop on social media at Main Headquarters called a Social Media Social, which unfortunately isn’t a social where you…
Spotlight on 3 speakers: SYP Conference 2012 [REPORT]
The SYP committee did a great job this weekend of bringing together speakers from all areas of the publishing industry to share tips and learn…
Simon Callow’s audiobook for dogs is now a thing that exists
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-peZNCkRzzw] The above is video footage of Simon Callow – who, up to this point, has been most widely acclaimed for his performances…
Faulkner estate sues Sony over Woody Allen quotation
Roused from its afternoon slumber in a fantasia of the southern USA from the days when the air smelled of magnolias and fair use was…
ValoBox introduces ‘pay as you go’ books
Last year at Publishing Now, we were intrigued by Anna Lewis and Oliver Brooks, and their plans to launch Valobox, a platform to allow bite-sized…
Mergers and Acquisitions: Random House and Penguin
“The two companies have not reached agreement and there is no certainty that the discussions will lead to a transaction.” I think it’s safe to…
6 questions for Joe Pickering, Publicity Director at Random House UK [INTERVIEW]
Joe Pickering is a Publicity Director at Random House UK, in charge of the Jonathan Cape and Bodley Head imprints. With a mega Twitter following…
Censored “Night Before Christmas” lights up debate
Parents, lock up your kids: The Guardian brings news of the latest apparent threat to their wellbeing, and this one hasn’t been dead and buried…
At Halloween Stand Up For Books [EVENT]
This is a guest post from Helen Joanna Youngs. She is currently working for an independent niche genre publisher. Alongside her day job Helen is…
