Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun (Atom), this week's print number one, also dawned gloriously into the Bookstat e-book number one position for the week ending 8th August.

Lily Cole is launching a podcast in association with Penguin Random House, with guests including Elon Musk, Patti Smith and Sir Paul McCartney.

Hodder & Stoughton has bagged Borough Market: Edible Histories, Epic Tales of Everyday Ingredients by Mark Riddaway, with illustrations by Emily Langford.

Lucy Hale, previously of Hachette UK, has been appointed to the newly created role of publisher for Pan.

Warner Bros TV has acquired TV rights to Diane Cook's Booker-longlisted novel The New Wilderness, published this week by Oneworld. 

Tate has announced it is making 313 redundancies in its commercial operations, Tate Enterprises, including at its bookshops and publishing arm.

Simon & Schuster is releasing Rage, a second book on Donald Trump by journalist Bob Woodward that includes material from letters between the President and North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un.

Thirty-four pictures drawn by children have been picked to illustrate J K Rowling's fairytale The Ickabog.

Cengage's revenues fell 17% year on year in the first quarter of its fiscal year (to end June 2020), to a total of $191m, as the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

As Canada's Wattpad Books buys a 'lockdown romance' for 2022, Constantin Film acquires a Wattpad story with more than 80 million reads. The post Germany’s Constantin Film Acquires a ‘Rocky-esque’ Story From Canada’s Wattpad appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

As Canada's Wattpad Books buys a 'lockdown romance' for 2022, Constantin Film acquires a Wattpad story with more than 80 million reads. The post Germany’s Constantin Film Acquires a ‘Rocky-esque’ Story From Canada’s Wattpad appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 2020 Singapore Book Awards include three newly added digital-publishing categories including audiobook, ebook, and digital marketing. The post Singapore Book Awards 2020: A Dessert Guide Wins Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 2020 Singapore Book Awards include three newly added digital-publishing categories including audiobook, ebook, and digital marketing. The post Singapore Book Awards 2020: A Dessert Guide Wins Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The US book trade continues an upward trend in unit sales over some 15 weeks, says NPD's Kristen McLean, especially good 'for the dog days of summer.' The post US Book Industry: NPD Sees More Gains in July, 16 Percent Over 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The US book trade continues an upward trend in unit sales over some 15 weeks, says NPD's Kristen McLean, especially good 'for the dog days of summer.' The post US Book Industry: NPD Sees More Gains in July, 16 Percent Over 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.