Trade

Gloucester-based bookseller bought by the retail giant in 2011 will shut at the end of AprilThe online shop Book Depository is due to close at the end of April, vendors and publishing partners have been told. This comes after the bookseller’s parent company Amazon announced it had decided to “eliminate” a number of positions across…

Children’s author Fay Evans, who sued John Lewis for copyright infringement over its 2019 Christmas advert, has lost her case.

The Granta Trust has appointed Thomas Meaney to be the new editor of Granta magazine from mid-April.

CILIP, the libraries and information association, has relocated from its premises on Ridgmount Street to a new space at the British Library. 

Members of the trade have paid tribute to Peter Usborne CBE, founder of Usborne Press, who died aged 85 on 30th March, describing him as “a true innovator”, “one of the greats of publishing” and “a bit of a prophet".

A former British soldier has appeared in court accused of an extreme far-right terror plot to burn down a left-wing bookshop in Nottingham. 

'The best editors are always alert to opportunities,' writes Richard Charkin in this pre-publication excerpt from his forthcoming book, 'My Back Pages.' Object lesson: Macmillan and Jeffrey Archer. The post From Richard Charkin’s ‘My Back Pages’: ‘Accidental Successes’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The founder of England's Usborne Publishing, Peter Usborne, is said to have died 'unexpectedly but peacefully,' surrounded by family. The post In England: Children’s Book Publisher Peter Usborne Remembered appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Scholastic has announced plans to combine its US Book Fairs and Book Clubs divisions into an integrated school reading events business.

Six “thoroughly deserving” books by the likes of Nadia Shireen and Nicola Kinnear have been shortlisted for the £10,000 Oscar’s Book Prize, which celebrates the best illustrated book for young people.