Bodour Al Qasimi talks about her first year as chair of the Sharjah Book Authority and her outlook for the emirate's place in world publishing. The post Sharjah Book Authority: Bodour Al Qasimi’s First Year as Chair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Revived in the States earlier this year, Simon & Schuster's imprint Summit Books is being introduced in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The post Mirchandani Leads Simon & Schuster UK’s Summit Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ravi Mirchandani is leaving Picador after a decade to head the newly revived Summit Books imprint for Simon & Schuster (S&S) UK this September. 

The administration of Frankfurt Book Fair is accepting program proposals for its various stages with a May 15 deadline. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Applications for Program Proposals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Creator with his design partner Colin Banks of corporate identities for clients including Royal Mail and British TelecomThe typographer and designer John Miles, who has died aged 92, had a partnership with Colin Banks that was responsible for some of the most high-profile public sector identity schemes of the 1970s and 80s. Chief among them…

Around 100 people gathered on Tuesday evening (16th April) to celebrate The Borough Press’ 10th anniversary. 

Spotify Audiobooks has revealed data showing 25% of Spotify Premium users engaging with its audiobooks.

Carrie Bloxson has been promoted to the senior vice-president of culture and diversity, equity and inclusion for Hachette Book Group (HBG) and Hachette UK.

The latest Bored of Lunch book turned up the heat, but genre fiction was most popular overall last week with a mix of crime, romance and SFF making the Top 50.

Bonnier’s Emilie Marneur is joining Joffe Books as managing director in a newly created role this September. 

Robert Harington discusses the value of preprints, the importance of peer review, research integrity and openness. The post Preprints, Journals and Openness: Disentangling Goals and Incentives appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Maison Valentino will sponsor the International Booker Prize 2024 while a new partnership with English PEN will support translators from the global majority. 

The new shopping centre Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier, one of the largest and most prestigious building projects in northern Germany, has announced that its widely advertised grand opening on 25th April will be delayed until the end of the summer.

Bloomsbury has announced plans to move its UK distribution and logistics operation from Macmillan Distribution (MDL) to Hachette UK Distribution from early April 2025 after 25 years with MDL. 

Sarah Porter has been appointed head of special sales at Bloomsbury, starting on 7th May 2024.