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Scholastic has announced the illustrated edition of The Hunger Games, which will publish on 1st October 2024 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, with a US first printing of 250,000 copies.

Library bodies and campaigners have broadly welcomed the Sanderson Report on libraries, published last week.

The broadened offer of Sage journals on Germany's ResearchGate 'Journal Home' is to number 100 open-access titles. The post Academic Publishing: Berlin’s ResearchGate Expands Sage’s Journals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

A UK-US deal, the Open Road-owned Bloodhound in the UK is to see Dreamscape produce at five audiobooks from its list monthly. The post UK-US: Open Road’s Bloodhound Books in Audiobook Deal With Dreamscape appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Former HarperCollins Ireland publisher Conor Nagle has started up an eponymous literary agency based in Dublin, prioritising Irish-focused publishing. 

French book sales rose by a slight 1% in value in 2023 to nearly €4.3bn, according to Vincent Montagne, president of the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition).

The Works saw revenue growth of 3.1% in the 26 weeks to 29th October with total like-for-like sales up 1.6% “against a challenging backdrop and softened consumer demand”.

Bloomsbury Children’s Books and Cocoa Magazine have announced a partnership that aims to demystify the publishing industry and demonstrate to children the career paths that could be available to them in the future.

The report is set to inform a new government strategy on libraries to be published later this year.

Tom Clark has been announced as the new c.e.o. of Boydell & Brewer.