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@SAGEPublishing confirms that 50 positions are to go in a process that begun in September. More here: (£)
Call to "get on the front foot" and "tirelessly" lobby Boris Johnson's new government from publishing insiders – trade reactions to the historic results from #GeneralElection2019 . More here: (£)
@LidoWriters memoir about waking from a coma “determined to stop sleepwalking” through life has been pre-empted by @wnbooks the memoir, The Cure for Sleep, will be published in Spring 22:
#TheBookseller150 list for 2019 is out! New names on the list include @rebeccafolland , @GadsbyOliver , @Gill_Books ' Ruth Gill and @ABCoverD co-founders @gray318 and @MrKeenan . See all the entries here:
The British Book Awards are back for 2020 – celebrating the best of the book trade for its 30th year. To be in with a chance to win a coveted gold #Nibbie , like 2019 winners @MichelleObama , @BoshTV and @LeeChildReacher enter by 7th February. Find out more:
@penguinrandom ends year with a positive note as c.e.o Markus Dohle hails "successful" 2019 in a year end letter to staff. Read more from the annual staff letter here:
#TheBookseller150 list for 2019 is out – a massive congratulations to everyone on the list! 🥳 Have a look at all the entries here:
@catherinecooper French Alps-set thriller – The Chalet – has been pre-empted by @HarperCollinsUK in a two-book deal. Publication is set for November 2020. Find out more about the novel here:
Trade figures rally to “get on the front foot” – find out more as publishing insiders react to last nights historic election: (£)
@TheHistoryPress will launch a new imprint, Flint, for "books that spark" – the launch is set for @LondonBookFair in March 2020 – Laura Perehinec to head, supported by Joanna de Vries: (£)
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Hillary Clinton speeches released by @wikileaks to be published:
"The Nazis targeted books because they knew how important radical ideas are for challenging racism and fascism. The same is true today, and that is why we have to show that we won’t be intimidated." - ' manager responds to bookshop attack:
Netflix is reportedly on a book-buying spree, with around 50 literary works being turned into series projects:
YouTuber @Joe_Sugg is publishing a second graphic novel with @HodderBooks :
British pop rock group @TheVampsband is releasing an autobiography this autumn:
@LittleBrownUK has revealed the cover for @jk_rowling 's #FantasticBeasts screenplay:
We're calling on readers, authors, agents and publishers to sign this petition, urging the government to give bookshops the same business rate discount as pubs:
Sales of 's Becoming and "substantial" growth for audiobooks drove revenues up at Penguin Random House worldwide in 2018: (£)
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