Publishing News

At the Guadalajara International Book Fair, two new reports have been published which provide data on over 70 publishing markets around the world: the Global Publishing Industry 2022 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),…

The 13th Sharjah Publishers Conference (29- 31st Oct) had professionals from 106 countries participating and gaining insights into the world of global publishing. The conference had insights by experts, interactive round table discussions…

Nielsen BookData, in partnership with BolognaBookPlus, will host the annual Bestseller Awards ceremony, on 22 January 2024 at Ham Yard hotel in Piccadilly. These awards, which aim to recognise and celebrate bestselling authors in the UK,…

Poet and critic Sukrita Paul Kumar has been awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for her collection “Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems.” Sukrita, aged 74, received USD 5,000, a Tagore statue, and a certificate at the ceremony.…

At its virtual General Assembly on 21 November 2023, the IPA confirmed the results of online elections and decisions about membership applications. New IPA Executive, Membership and Freedom to Publish Committee members were announced, along…

BolognaBookPlus is hosting its first Illustration & Design Forum, January 23rd 2024, at the Groucho Club, London, as part of the overall Bologna Grand Tour, which sees the Bologna brand (BCBF, BBPLUS and BLTF) travel from Frankfurt to…

After a US judge blocked Penguin Random House – Simon & Schuster merger deal, Penguin Random House head Markus Dohle will step down at the end of the year. Nihar Malaviya, who is president and chief operating officer of Penguin Random…

Ashok Giri of Pajeflow recently gave a demonstration of a new service called PajeFlow, where they act as the compositor and offer a 30% discount on your current composition rack rate. So publishers’ benefit is twofold: they will have…

Penguin Random House India has announced that critically acclaimed Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka’s The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which was first published by Penguin India as Chats With The Dead, has won this year’s Booker Prize…

The three-day translation workshop being organized by National Book Trust, India was held in Alwar, Rajasthan from September 15-17, 2022 to translate select NBT-India children’s titles from Hindi to Rajasthani language. The workshop was…