The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.K.’s competition regulator is investigating Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of rival publisher Simon & Schuster, a deal that would create a behemoth in the book industry. The Competition and Markets Authority...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today (March 12, 20210), the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law is holding a hearing titled "Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Pres." In advance of the hearing, the National...
Current Executive Director of Seattle Arts & Lectures to begin new role in May 2021. The National Book Foundation announced February 11, 2021 that Ruth Dickey, who since 2013 has served as Executive Director of Seattle Arts & Lectures, will be the Foundation’s...
The International Latino Book Awards is accepting manuscript submissions until March 15, 2021, according to its website, though the early deadline has passed. The 2021 awards ceremony apparently will be held in September 2021. Application forms are available for 2021....
Penguin Classics is launching a new podcast series – On The Road with Penguin Classics – hosted by author and editor Henry Eliot. In each episode, Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a work of world literature with a guest. The first episode...
Returning to Olympia London in June 2021, The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Don’t miss out, sign up to attend now! Uniting the most...
Now that 2021 has finally arrived, it's time to look through your best work of 2020 and submit it to the ASJA Annual Awards! Don't forget the new content categories. For the first time, we have special opportunities for business-to-business and business-to-consumer...
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Jennifer Croft awarded the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing by Stanford Libraries Adjei-Brenyah and Croft were selected as winners, among 247 eligible submissions, for their ability to evoke raw emotion and masterfully...
If you haven't yet, go ahead and RSVP now to attend the National Book Awards Ceremony at 7pm ET. Once you RSVP, you'll be on our list to get all the information about this year's Awards, where as always, the Winners for Young People's Literature, Translated...
Authorlink® Books N’ Flix Report A preliminary report compiled at Authorlink® Books N’ Flix shows that the greatest revenues for movies specifically made from books during the last nine years occurred in May and August of 2010. In May that year, the book, Twilight...
