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The first Chytomo Awards for 'outstanding achievement in the Ukrainian publishing and literary sphere' have been named in Kyiv. The post Ukraine’s Chytomo Announces Its Inaugural Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet will join Hachette UK’s distribution facility from 3rd June 2024.

Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh and Ann Cleeves will be headlining the Capital Crime crime and thriller festival led by Goldsboro Books’ co-founder and managing director David Headley.

Zadie Smith’s The Fraud, Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing and Chris van Tulleken’s Ultra-Processed People are among the 14-strong shortlist for Waterstones Book Of The Year 2023.

Kaveh Akbar, Raymond Antrobus and Zaffar Kunial have been shortlisted for the £5,000 Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize for second collections.

The updated statement presents "a zero tolerance approach" post BLM and MeToo.

The copyright pages most people flip past may 'represent both a history of the book and of our industry.' Richard Charkin reads them first. The post Richard Charkin: In Appreciation of Copyright Pages appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Potentially dwarfing its University of California deal, Switzerland's Frontiers opens a 223-journal flat-fee program with the University of Kansas. The post Research Publishing: Switzerland’s Frontiers Announces a Flat-Fee Partnership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The Amazon-owned ratings site Goodreads has revealed how it is preventing fake reviews.

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) will test virtual voice-narrated audiobooks in the US.