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Proving the old adage that all good things come to those who
wait, Emma Healey scores her first UK number one with her debut smash hit Elizabeth is Missing
(Penguin), first released on January 1st.
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Sales at The Folio Society fell by almost a quarter in the
year to the end of August 2014, compared to the year before, results for
the 12-month period show. However the company made a small profit, after
losing nearly £3m the previous year.
In accounts filed on Companies House this week, The Folio
Society, which specialises in the high quality production of physical
books, revealed its turnover was £14.8m in the year to 31st August 2014,
down from £19.3m for the same period the year before - a decrease of 23.5%.
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Bloomsbury, Edward Elgar Publishing and Nosy Crow have three
shortlistings each at the ninth annual Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)
awards.
The IPG Awards today (18th February) revealed its 12 category
shortlists. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Thursday 5th
March as part of the IPG annual spring conference.
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Faber is ending its partnership with American publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) after 17 years, ahead of announcing new
plans for its business in the US.
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Pan Macmillan will this autumn launch a children’s book
imprint within Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB), to be run by Suzanne
Carnell.
Carnell is currently publishing director of picture books and
pre-school of the MCB Under 6 division.
Under the new imprint, which is yet to be named, she will
publish around 12 books annually. She will curate her own list and take
some backlist authors, such as Emily Gravett, with her. Most of MCB’s
picture book authors, including Julia Donaldson, will continue to be published
as part of the Under 6 list.
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Little, Brown has acquired a book in a “hotly-contested
five-way auction” by former England cricket captain Mike Brearley about
being “in the zone”.
Andreas Campomar bought UK and Commonwealth rights to On Form from Matthew
Hamilton at Aitken Alexander Associates.
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Not enough is being done in the UK to “stimulate or realise
the creative potential of individuals”, with publicly-funded creative arts
reaching a narrow section of people, the 2015 report by the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value has
said.
There is “low cultural and social diversity” among audiences,
consumers and the creative workforce, which “remains a key challenge for
future success”.
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Walker Books is marking the 15th anniversary of Anthony
Horowitz’s first Alex Rider novel by releasing new editions of the entire
series.
The publisher has also organised a writing competition with
the NLT to mark the anniversary.
All 10 books in the spy series, which started with
Stormbreaker in 2000 and ended with Russian Roulette in 2013, will be
released with new cover art and bonus content on the 2nd April (p.b,
£7.99). The cover images were designed by Two Dots, the studio that created
the packaging for Ubisoft’s video games Assassins Creed and Far Cry.
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 Oscar nominee Felicity Jones and Indian star Irrfan Khan have
been cast alongside Tom Hanks in the upcoming film adaptation of Dan
Brown’s Inferno
(Corgi).
Jones, currently nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actress for her role in “The Theory of Everything”, will star as Dr Sienna
Brooks, while Khan, best known for his roles in “Slumdog Millionaire” and
“Life of Pi”, will take on the role of Harry Sims, also known as The
Provost.
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The Bookshop Band is appealing to authors, publishers and
writers to help it record around 80 songs before a key member of the band
departs.
The Bookshop Band has earned its reputation writing songs
inspired by books, including For an Ending based on A Monster Calls by
Patrick Ness and How not to Woo a Woman based on the Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,
which has seen them take on several tours and play live on BBC radio.
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