Author Stuart MacBride is moving to Transworld from HarperCollins, after the publisher triumphed in a seven-way auction for the author's next three books.
Inaugural Sceptre Bookshop Award shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the first Sceptre Bookshop Award shortlist has been revealed, featuring independent retailers across the UK.
Barbara Marcus to headline Bookseller Children’s Conference
Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books in the US, will headline this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference, alongside speakers from World Book Day, Cocoa Girl and authors Andy Griffiths and Katherine Rundell.
Offil, Osman and Cleeves feature in first digital Durham Book Festival
Jenny Offil, Richard Osman and Ann Cleeves are among the authors taking part in the first digital Durham Book Festival this October.
National Book Foundation to honor Walter Mosley with lifetime achievement award
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Inaudible
I am emphatically not a self-published author: I did one short story collection on my own, made a goodly sum, but got no writing done for six months and realised that my publishers are definitely earning their keep. But this week, I launched a Kickstarter to sell pre-orders of my self-produced audiobook of my next novel, Attack Surface (the third volume in my bestselling Little Brother series), because the alternative was selling out to Amazon in ways that I simply can't accept.
Jacob P Avila wins Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
Jacob P Avila has won this year's Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript, for his contemporary thriller Cave Diver.
How to launch a successful start-up
Gauthier Van Malderen, who co-founded digital textbook subscription service Perlego with friend Matthew Davies in 2016 and was named one of 2020's Rising Stars, shares his top tips for launching your own start-up.
McAnulty, Demick and Summerscale make Baillie Gifford Prize longlist
Dara McAnulty has become the youngest Baillie Gifford Prize longlisted author ever, joining previous winners Barbara Demick and Kate Summerscale in the running for this year's £50,000 non-fiction award.
Bertrams administrators claim change in Amazon purchasing contributed to demise
A statement from Bertrams adminstrators, published on Companies House, has outlined some of the reasons why the wholesaler collapsed.
