After a broadly-drawn shortlist which featured mainstream literary fiction and a novel for young adults, the Arthur C Clarke award returned to its roots with last night's award of the 2008 prize to Richard Morgan.
Sebastian Faulks has been named by the bookseller Waterstone's as the first curator of its The Writer's Table and he had free rein in choosing each of the 40 titles to be showcased.
A 24-hour picket remains on the gates at printers Butler & Tanner (B&T), in Frome, Somerset, after the dismissal of 287 staff last weekend following a dispute over cost reductions, changes in working practices, collective bargaining agreements and pensions. The
Taschen has recorded a fall in sales but an increase in profit for the year ending 31 December 2007. Turnover fell from £6.9m to £6.5m, but gross profit increased to £2.1m from £1.7m, with pre-tax profit rising from £299,687m to
What a time it is for independents. Emma Hayley, the indie graphic novel publisher at Metro Media's SelfMadeHero, was this month named UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur (UKYPE) 2008, beating nominations from Random House and Penguin while, on Monday 28 April,
Nearly a third of children ages 6 to 10 are regular users of digital audio players, according to market research firm the NPD Group. And thanks to entrepreneurs like Don Katz, they can now use them to listen to bedtime
If everyone's getting a book deal for their blog, why aren't you? Mostly because your writing hasn't gone anywhere better than a Gawker comment thread, but also because you haven't followed these three steps (note: not a joke article! Real
Mystery Writers of America has announced its Winners for the Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2008, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2007.
Amanda Ross's Cactus TV is to team up with ITV3 to launch a set of new crime thriller awards. The awards will cover tv, film and books and will be launched at the Harrogate Festival with the awards ceremony being
Using consumption habits as a sort of self-expression shorthand has become so ubiquitous that we don't even blink. Hi, I'm Megan, I'm from New York, and I like the Jam, Prince, Nina Simone, mid-1990s D.C. punk, "The Colbert Report," "Little
HarperCollins has signed a deal with a social networking site backed by retailer Mothercare to launch a series of books on parenting over the coming year.
