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A new survey from French book publishers indicates that users in lockdown were more interested in reading and adopted more digital formats. The post French Publishers Issue ‘Special Containment’ Report on Digital Book Usage appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Celebrity titles can be a useful gateway into reading, but publishers should bear in mind their responsibility for maintaining a wide and diverse authorial base, writes Andrea MarksHaving spent many years developing initiatives to encourage children to read, I share the concern that by siphoning off advances and marketing budgets, celebrity authors are squeezing out…

As the EU Digital Services Act proposals head for Tuesday's presentation, Italy's publishers and other creative organizations issue concerns. The post Italian Cultural Associations Call for ‘Course Correction’ in EU Digital Services Act Draft appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

As the EU Digital Services Act proposals head for Tuesday's presentation, Italy's publishers and other creative organizations issue concerns. The post Italian Cultural Associations Call for ‘Course Correction’ in EU Digital Services Act Draft appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

David Walliams, Whoopi Goldberg, Bruce Springsteen … when celebrity authors make big money from children’s books, do young readers and other writers pay the price?Need help this Christmas? Six children’s authors kids will love What do David Walliams, Lil Nas X, Ricky Gervais, Dermot O’Leary, Geri Halliwell, Bruce Springsteen, Miranda Hart, Greg James, Chris Hoy,…

HarperCollins has scooped a “fascinating” new thriller from Jane Shemilt, author of bestseller Daughter (Penguin).

Publishing communications agency FMcM Associates has promoted Daniel Kramb to head of content. 

Springer Nature has admitted there is still “more to do” after its latest gender pay gap report showed the mean salary difference between men and women had decreased slightly while the median remained roughly the same as the year before.

A year like no other, is how David Shelley, chief executive of Hachette UK, described 2020 in his letter to authors.

Clara Farmer at Chatto & Windus in London, Nan Graham at Scribner in New York, and Marcella van der Kruk at Atlas Contact in Holland have each struck separate deals for Thunderclap, the new "creative memoir" by author and art critic Laura Cumming.