Hodder & Stoughton has won a seven-way auction to acquire rights to Infinity in a Reed, an account of the invention of books in the ancient world by classicist Irene Vallejo. 

Simon & Schuster Children's UK has acquired I Love Paris!, the 15th title in the bestselling Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell.

DK and Walker have unveiled new initiatives to support families, readers, authors and illustrators during the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Independent Publishers Guild will host a virtual conference for its members in June.

Young Adult horror author Darren Shan has "sneak-released" digital versions of his new Archibald Lox series months early, in order to "offer fans escapism" in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Profile imprint Serpent's Tail has acquired a "powerful" new historical novel by Beatrice Hitchman. 

Blackwell's is hosting a virtual festival to continue its author events programme while the nation is under lockdown.

Mrs Hinch's The Little Book of Lists (Michael Joseph) has swept straight into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, ending the four-week reign of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light (Fourth Estate) at the top.

Penguin Random House UK has revealed it is furloughing "some" of its staff across the business, extending to staffers in its London office.

Charity Libraries Connected has launched Libraries From Home, a page on its website rounding up remote services libraries across the country are delivering during the coronavirus crisis. 

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The public-facing ReedPop program, now postponed from May to late July, is producing a fund-raising Saturday afternoon program to help booksellers. The post BookCon, Still Planned for July, Announces a Virtual ‘Read-a-Thon’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The public-facing ReedPop program, now postponed from May to late July, is producing a fund-raising Saturday afternoon program to help booksellers. The post BookCon, Still Planned for July, Announces a Virtual ‘Read-a-Thon’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The FEP is stressing to a meeting of EU culture ministers that publishing industries face 'a cumulative loss of some 25 percent' in the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Federation of European Publishers: ‘How Terribly Our Sector Has Been Hit’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The FEP is stressing to a meeting of EU culture ministers that publishing industries face 'a cumulative loss of some 25 percent' in the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Federation of European Publishers: ‘How Terribly Our Sector Has Been Hit’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.