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News agency Reuters is reporting that Penguin Random House’s agreement to buy Simon & Schuster is set to fall through today. 

Edinburgh International Book Festival has taken the “difficult but necessary decision” to scale down due to “the unpredictable nature of the external environment” and changing audience behaviours precipitated by the cost of living crisis. 

The debut novel by Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry (Transworld), has been named Hay Festival Book of the Year 2022 after readers nominated their favourite titles of the year online.

Penguin owner Bertelsmann will not appeal US judge’s ruling that merger would be illegal because it would hit authors’ payPenguin Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, and rival Simon & Schuster have scrapped a $2.2bn deal to merge, Penguin’s owner said in a statement on Monday.Bertelsmann, a German media group which owns Penguin, initially…

The new open-access agreement announced by Springer Nature is arranged with 10 members of Japan's Research University Consortia. The post Springer Nature Signs Open-Access Agreement with Japanese Universities appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Creative development agency Storymix, the campaign for Menopausing by Davina McCall and Dr Naomi Potter (HQ), and teams from 404 Ink and Orion scooped FutureBook Awards at the culmination of The Bookseller’s annual conference.

Alexandra Antscherl will be joining Bloomsbury as its new Fiction editorial director for the Children’s Division.

Publishing houses in 16 countries are to benefit from the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre's 'Spotlight on Rights' grants. The post Arabic Language Centre Issues Rights Grants, Signs UAEU Agreement appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Nina Findley, commercial director at The Works, says the retailer is focused on remaining “accessible” to customers during the cost of living crisis.  

As the DIY publication is collected in a new anthology, creator Osa Atoe and the musicians she inspired reflect on its defiant positivityIn 2006, Osa Atoe picked up pen and paper and began to write herself into history. She had decided to create a fanzine, titled Shotgun Seamstress, with a simple manifesto: to support “Black…