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'In the last year, we've really seen the importance of reliable digital products' amid the constraints of the pandemic, says David Clark. The post Oxford University Press Puts Its Full ‘World Classics’ List Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'In the last year, we've really seen the importance of reliable digital products' amid the constraints of the pandemic, says David Clark. The post Oxford University Press Puts Its Full ‘World Classics’ List Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Women 'are routinely overlooked for awards,' says Melinda Gates as she backs the forthcoming Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The post Melinda Gates Donates US$250,000 to New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction by Women appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Women 'are routinely overlooked for awards,' says Melinda Gates as she backs the forthcoming Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The post Melinda Gates Donates US$250,000 to New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction by Women appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

In what NPD's Kristen McLean calls 'a remarkable year' for US book sales, Publishers Lunch reports a decline in 2020 of translation rights deals. The post Reflections on the 2020 American Market in Sales and Deals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially highAmazon.com and the “Big Five” publishers – Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster – have been accused of colluding to fix ebook prices, in a class action filed by the law firm…

Icon Books has signed Ben Aitken's account of spending lockdown as companion to an 84-year-old, described as "an intimate portrait of an unlikely friendship". 

Simon & Schuster UK is to publish The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, a novel exploring love, friendship, identity and cooking. 

Bloomsbury is to publish fashion designer and entrepreneur Anya Hindmarch's guide to modern living, If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair.

Pottermore, the digital company for J K Rowling’s Wizarding World, saw revenues rise 3.2% and profits increase 23.2% in the 12 months to 31st March 2020.