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Villa Albertine Celebrates French Literary Translation
The cultural and educational division of the French Embassy in the U.S. awarded its 2024 Albertine Translation Prizes to Eve Hill-Agnus, for fiction, and Gregory Elliott, for nonfiction, last month. The ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on the challenges of literary translation.
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Storytel Acquires 70% Stake in Swedish Publisher Bokfabriken
Storytel Group has acquired a 70% stake in Bokfabriken, one of Sweden's largest general publishing houses. The remaining 30% will be retained by current owners, with Lasse Brahme continuing as CEO.
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Protests Over Gaza Prompt the Giller Prize to End Scotiabank Sponsorship
Canada's Giller Prize and Scotiabank have ended their 20-year partnership, following protests over the bank's investments in an Israeli arms manufacturer. Protestors continue to call for an end to the prize's relationship with Indigo Books and the Azrieli Foundation.
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Ukrainian Publishers Honored at 2024 Chytomo Awards
The Chytomo Award celebrated achievements in Ukrainian publishing at a January 31 ceremony in Kyiv, highlighting innovations in digital publishing, cultural advocacy, and children's literature during wartime.
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Libraro Aims to Solve the Slush Pile Problem
The U.K. startup has launched a blockchain-powered platform that aims to ease manuscript discovery by connecting unpublished authors with publishing professionals and readers while providing engagement data to the industry.
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Casemate UK Completes Rebranding as Script Publisher Services
Script Publisher Services, formerly known as Casemate UK, has completed its corporate rebranding. The company provides distribution services to approximately 180 publishers. Imogen Adams has been named managing director for the academic and professional division.
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WH Smith to Sell Its Bookstore Division
The U.K. retailer is in talks to sell its bookstore business. The division, which has 500 branches, employs more than 5,000 staff.
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Global Publishing Markets See Mixed Results in 2024
Brazil's exports surged 266% in 2024, while European markets reported declines. Digital audio showed strength in Norway, but physical book sales fell across France, Italy, and the U.K. German and Swiss markets remained stable.
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Profits Boom at a Resurgent Waterstones
Sales at the U.K. bookstore chain rose 17% in the year ended April 2024, and profits soared from £12.0 million, to £32.8 million. The return to offices by employees and increased tourism led to higher sales at stores in London and other cities.
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Penguin Random House Australia Acquires Text Publishing
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired Text Publishing. A major Australian publishing house, Text's roster includes numerous prize winners and bold-faced names. The company will retain its editorial autonomy as part of PRHA.
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New Consulting Group Forms to Address Global Publishing Markets
Book industry veterans Carlo Carrenho, Cameron Drew, Marcus Stober and Camila Silfvenius have formed the Alpine Global Collective, a Geneva-based consultancy group that aims to provide clients with cross-border expertise and market knowledge.
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Holland's TDM Publishing Launches Nostalgia Series in the U.S.
Dutch publisher TDM Publishing will bring its bestselling My First 18 Years series to the U.S. market in October 2025. The series has sold 900,000 copies worldwide since its debut in Holland in 2022.
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Nobel Laureates to Headline First Sharjah African Literature Festival
Wole Soyinka of Nigeria and Abdulrazak Gurnah of Tanzania will join Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor and more than 30 other authors at the inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature, slated to run January 24 through 27.
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HarperCollins Holland Acquires Gottmer's Lifestyle Imprints
HarperCollins Holland has agreed to acquire four lifestyle imprints from Gottmer Uitgevers Groep, including Becht (cookbooks and eco-friendly lifestyle), Altamira (mind, body, and spirit), Dominicus (travel guides), and Hollandia (water sports).
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French Publishers Launch Industry-Wide Sales Tracking Initiative
Eight major French publishing organizations, led by the National Publishing Union (SNE), announced the creation of Filéas, a new platform to track book unit sales data—the first such industry-wide initiative in the country.
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The Top 10 International Book Business Stories of 2024
This year's top stories from abroad include booming English-language book sales across Europe, publishers rallying in support of Palestine, and more.
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U.K.’s Mack Launches New Imprint Run by Sofia Coppola
Mack has announced a new publishing imprint, Important Flowers, run by filmmaker Sofia Coppola. Its first three titles will be released next year.
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War Leaves Scars on Lebanese Publishing
The brief war of bombardment between Israel and Hezbollah this year destroyed millions of books in Lebanon, disrupting a Lebanese production sector that is critical to the book publishing business in the Middle East.
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IPA Congress Warns of Risks of Russian Aggression
Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk and incoming International Publishers Association president Gvantsa Jobava of Georgia described how Russia's attacks on their countries are an augury of worse things to come if Russia’s expansionism is not stopped.
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Rebellion Taps into the U.K.’s Long Comics Heritage
Rebellion Developments began life as a video game production studio, but over the past 25 years, it has become a force in the U.K. publishing industry, developing robust businesses around valuable IPs including Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper.
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