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Picador has promoted Gillian Fitzgerald-Kelly to commissioning editor at the Pan Mac imprint.

Penguin Press has signed Covid by Numbers, a "vital" data-driven examination of the coronavirus pandemic by leading statisticians David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters.  

J D Kirk’s An Isolated Incident (Zertex Crime) soared into the Bookstat e-book number one for the first full week of May, heading a chart groaning with new entries.

Germany is as much a multicultural country as the UK – with these words, the tone was set for a day of exchange between British and German publishing experts, almost one year after the publication of the "Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing" report in the UK. The aim was not to see who is doing better…

Orion was crowned Publisher of the Year at this year’s Nibbies—which were held online for the second year as a result of the pandemic.  

Raven Leilani has won the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for her "fearless" debut Luster (Picador).

The British Book Awards' three-hour digital prize program included Nibbie winners' announcements in 28 categories. The post The British Book Awards: 2021 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

In its second year, the distributor's 'All About Audio' event hears from key companies' representatives on their offers and observations. The post Germany’s Bookwire Produces a Second ‘All About Audio’ Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

In its second year, the distributor's 'All About Audio' event hears from key companies' representatives on their offers and observations. The post Germany’s Bookwire Produces a Second ‘All About Audio’ Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The Hachette Book Group workforce in 2020 was 3.9 percent black, the company says, 6.7 percent Asian, 20 percent Hispanic or Latinx. The post Hachette Book Group Announces Diversity Progress in 2020 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.