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Bonnier Publishing’s acting chief executive has told The Bookseller he
is working on a "new strategy" to ensure the company has a
"sustainable future", after it emerged that the firm has been
beset by profitability issues in recent years.
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Stanfords’ managing director Tony Maher is to leave the travel
business in March after five years at the helm, following a clash with the
company’s board over its future direction.
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The heavy snow plaguing the UK and Ireland this week will
"inevitably" have an impact on sales, retail chiefs have
told The Bookseller,
with several shops forced to close and deliveries postponed as the
blizzards continue.
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Philip Pullman is in the running for the YA Book Prize 2018
alongside previous winners Sarah Crossan and Patrice Lawrence, and début
author M A Bennett.
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Novelists Elif Shafak and Kamila Shamsie are set to headline
the UK’s first dedicated festival of Muslim culture, literature and ideas,
at the British Library in April.
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Libraries body CILIP has called for an urgent national enquiry
into Northamptonshire County Council's "unprecendented" plans to
cut 21 libraries.
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US-based author Sherman Alexie has apologised following
anonymous accusations of sexual harassment against him.
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Comedian Sofie Hagen’s debut, an "intelligent, funny,
provocative response to body shaming", will be published by 4th
Estate.
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Bela Shayevich’s "extraordinary" and
"fearless" translation of Second-Hand Time by Nobel Prize
in Literature winner Svetlana Alexievich, published by Fitzcarraldo
Editions, has won the inaugural TA First Translation Prize.
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4th Estate has won a five-way auction for a memoir by drag
troupe leader ‘Glamrou’, exploring their journey from
"god-fearing Muslim boy to an influential drag queen", in a
six-figure deal.
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Here’s an interesting statistic: this Weekly E-Book Ranking is
the first since launching in May 2016—that’s 95 weeks—in which no new
title featured.
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Canonagte has partnered with streaming service Zebralution to
distribute its audiobooks on streaming services such as Spotify.
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