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Pottermore Claims Sales Up in Face of Negative Report
Pottermore, J.K. Rowling's digital company, has reported "a record-breaking month for sales of e-books and digital audio books," despite an 'Edinburgh Evening News' story that the company has recorded significant losses and cut staff.
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Follett Climbs the International Bestseller Charts
María Dolores Redondo’s novel Offering to the Storm debuted at #1 on Spain’s fiction bestseller list in December.
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HC Folding Harlequin U.K. Into London Operation; Aligning NA Sales Forces
As HarperCollins' integration of Harlequin moves forward, HC announced that it will be making Harlequin UK (HUK) a division of its U.K. business, while in North America it will align HC's and Harlequin's sales forces.
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Canadian University Acquires Novels With Oscar Wilde Link
The University of British Columbia Library has acquired two rare, 19th-century novels that scholars believe may have been written by Oscar Wilde.
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Behind the Israeli Bestseller, 'The History of Tomorrow'
The new book from the author of the global bestseller 'Sapiens' has spent nine months on the bestseller list in Israel.
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Marunas Named Publisher at Quercus U.S.; Shelley to CEO at Little, Brown U.K.
Nathaniel Marunas has been named publisher of the U.S. division of British publisher Quercus, and David Shelley has been named as the successor to Ursula Mackenzie at Little, Brown U.K., with MacKenzie set to retire.
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Four Questions for...Intrinseca Publisher Jorge Oakim
We talked to Oakim, publisher of the Brazilian house Intrinseca, about his knack for finding bestsellers, the challenges facing publishers in his country, and some of the titles he's most excited about on his forthcoming list.
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New Books Rule In November
David Foenkinos’s "Charlotte," the story of a German painter who died at Auschwitz at the age of 26, rose six spots to hit #1 on France’s fiction list in November.
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Four Questions for...Dutch Editor Diana Gvozden
We spoke with Diana Gvozden, acquiring editor for the new publishing venture Hollands Diep, about building a new imprint and her acquisitions strategy.
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Canadian Aboriginal Lit Finds New Success
Aboriginal writers in Canada have seen waves of success before, but some industry members believe the current wave could make a bigger impact on Canadian readers and literature than any in the past.
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Nobel Winner Modiano Tops the French Bestseller List
New releases nabbed the top spots on bestseller lists across international markets in October.
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Kinew Named New Host of Canada Reads Competition
Wab Kinew will be the new host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s annual battle-of-the-books competition, Canada Reads, replacing Jian Ghomeshi.
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Four Questions for...Australian Publisher Michael Heyward
We talked with Michael Heyward, who runs Australia's Text Publishing, about his house's classics list, a true crime title he's excited to launch in the U.S., and the advantages of being a small publisher.
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Casemate Buys IPM
The Oxford-based Casemate Group is to acquire International Publishers Marketing, the trade book distributor based in Dulles, Va.
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King Wins Canada's Governor General’s Award
Thomas King won in the fiction category for 'The Back of the Turtle' (HarperCollins Canada), his first novel in 15 years.
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Staff Restructuring at PRH Canada
Yesterday, the publisher announced that Lynn Henry, who has been with Doubleday Canada since 2010, will take on the newly created role of publishing director of Knopf Canada, now reporting to PRH Canada publisher Anne Collins.
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Debut Novelist Wins Canada’s Biggest Lit Prize
When the winner of the C$100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced at a gala in Toronto last night, the spotlight was on a new writer, Sean Michaels, and his debut novel 'Us Conductors,' published by Random House Canada.
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Shock as Odedina Steps Down at Hot Key
The world of children's publishing in the U.K. has been rocked by Bonnier's announcement that Sarah Odedina has "decided to leave Hot Key Books."
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Four Questions for...U.K. Publisher Lisa Highton
We spoke with Lisa Highton, publisher of the three-year-old U.K. imprint Two Roads, about the lure of debut authors, the difficulties of overseeing a young imprint, and what she's learned from attending literary festivals and talking to reading groups.
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PRH Canada Cancels Ghomeshi's Book
Penguin Random House Canada has canceled the forthcoming book by former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi, who is currently embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal.
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