Torstar Corporation (TSX:TS.B) announced today that it has received the approval of its Class A shareholders to proceed with the sale of Harlequin Enterprises Limited to 0999531 B.C. Ltd. or another subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. The transaction remains...

Gallery Books has entered into a co-publishing agreement with Omnific Publishing, an independent publisher of romantic fiction.   Under the agreement, which is effective July 7, 2014, the Gallery Books and Pocket Books imprints will co-publish with Omnific a select...

The 2014 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best stories from the world of dogs, cats, horses, wild beasts, birds, insects, reptiles and other creatures great and small. The Animals, Animals,...

The 2014 New England Book Festival's has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The competition will accept entries in non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, young adult, how-to,...

According to BookStats Volume 4, the industry remained flat in 2013 as compared to 2012, with $27 billion in net revenue. However, e-book and audio book downloads hit an all-time high. New 2013 figures show some notable trends: 2013 defied conventional wisdom...

Simon & Schuster announced today that, following a successful pilot program in more than twenty library systems, it was moving to expand access to its catalog of ebooks to libraries nationwide.   Effective immediately, public libraries across the United States can...

Barnes & Noble 2014 Performance Improves, Nook Splits Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full-year ended May 3, 2014, and that its Board of Directors authorized management to separate the...

The 2014 Halloween Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the season. The Halloween Book Festival (www.halloweenbookfestival.com) will consider works in science fiction, horror, general fiction, non-fiction,...

Novelist and award-winning children's book author Daniel Handler will host the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony on November 19. Handler joins the illustrious company of Fran Lebowitz, Steve Martin, Faith Salie, Garrison Keillor, and many other distinctive voices of...

PEN American Center has announced the shortlists for its prestigious Literary Awards in categories spanning fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translation, essay, and more. For the first time, PEN this year issued a longlist for the awards in May, recognizing more authors...