Trade

Kishani Widyaratna, currently commissioning editor at Picador, is joining HarperCollins as editorial director for Fourth Estate.

A recent consumer survey conducted by the Booksellers Association has revealed strong public support for shopping locally in the run up to Christmas, in addition to an earlier start to festive buying.

Whilst the arrival of Bookshop.org appears to offer independent booksellers an answer to what has been a very difficult question - how do I compete with Amazon? – with an affiliate model which seems painless and hassle-free, from a well-funded and slick organisation, the excitement about its proposition concerns me. I do not think that…

Orion Fiction has landed a new novel from Jane Bailey, a dark reading group mystery called Sorry Isn't Good Enough. 

Bloombury is to publish the first major work by 27-year-old economist Grace Blakeley, after winning a 10-way auction. 

Canongate is to publish illustrated children's book The Biggest Footprint by brothers Rob and Tom Sears next year. 

Saying that a new coronavirus lockdown could mean 'cultural isolation for readers,' France's book industry asks for a special exception. The post French Publishers Appeal to Government: Leave Our Bookstores Open appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Saying that a new coronavirus lockdown could mean 'cultural isolation for readers,' France's book industry asks for a special exception. The post French Publishers Appeal to Government: Leave Our Bookstores Open appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The reopening of China's school system returns the autumn charts in the Chinese market to their familiar curriculum-weighted patterns. The post China Bestsellers in September: Education Runs the Charts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The reopening of China's school system returns the autumn charts in the Chinese market to their familiar curriculum-weighted patterns. The post China Bestsellers in September: Education Runs the Charts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.