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Again, Simon & Schuster's zeal for expanding its strong political books list in nonfiction finds the Big Five house under fire. The post Simon & Schuster and Political Books: Mattingly and Mike Pence appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Again, Simon & Schuster's zeal for expanding its strong political books list in nonfiction finds the Big Five house under fire. The post Simon & Schuster and Political Books: Mattingly and Mike Pence appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Data now being collected for a third year, also shows a distinct migration of Italian book sales from physical bookstores to online retail. The post Italy’s First Quarter Report: Book Sales Up 26.6 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Queer Lit sends hundreds of copies of Juno Dawson’s trans/non-binary guide to schools after campaign strikes a chord.

A Derbyshire independent publisher that launched during the pandemic has opened up its own bookshop with a focus on small presses.

Sceptre will publish “an optimistic vision" of the future after Covid-19, Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, by leading professor of globalisation, Ian Goldin of Oxford University  

Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has said the chain was “exceptionally busy” after reopening last week while reiterating that the decision to close bookshops, particularly during the second lockdown, “made no sense”.

Educational lists have spoken of their relief after the Department for Education said it would not further develop its Letters and Sounds programme for phonics learning.

Scottish book production company Palimpsest has rebranded for the first time in 27 years, with a new logo design and website structure.  

The Booksellers Association has joined UK retailers and the Home Office in supporting a new campaign launched by the Crimestoppers charity, urging customers to treat shop workers with respect.