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EU opens investigation into ebooks
The European Commission has announced it has opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether publishers Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Holtzbrinck 'have,...
EU Competition Commission to investigate Apple agency pricing agreements
The European Union (EU) Competition Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into agency pricing agreements for ebooks between Apple and five major international publishers. The commis...
Mukherjee wins Guardian First Book Award
American writer Siddhartha Mukherjee has won the 2011 Guardian First Book Award for The Emperor of All Maladies (Fourth Estate). Mukherjee's cultural history of cancer and its treatment was the o...
McDonald's to give away nine million books in UK Happy Meals
In the UK, McDonald's has secured a deal with HarperCollins to give away approximately nine million children's books by Michael Morpurgo with Happy Meals. The giveaway, which will be backed by a major...
HarperCollins US staff encouraged to join Occupy movement
Employees of HarperCollins US have been encouraged to join in the Occupy protest movement to protest the elimination of guaranteed wage increases, the rising cost of health benefits and other issues...
HarperCollins to acquire Thomas Nelson
HarperCollins has sealed a deal to acquire religious publisher Thomas Nelson. By combining Thomas Nelson with Zondervan, HC will have one of the largest religious publishing divisions in the US.
Dennis Lehane gets own imprint at HarperCollins
Suspense novelist Dennis Lehane will acquire books for his own line at HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint. Lehane has published with HarperCollins for nearly two decades....
HarperCollins backlist availaible for PoD on Espresso Book Machines
HarperCollins has announced that its backlist catalogue will become available through On Demand Books. Around 5000 titles will be part of the 'Comprehensive Backlist' program when it launches, and r...
RiP Sara Douglass
Sara Douglass, bestselling Australian fantasy writer, has died. The author twice won the Aurelius Award for Best Fantasy Novel. HarperCollins writes: ‘Sara was the f...
novelist leaves HarperCollins over 'sexist, degrading' covers
Novelist Polly Courtney has dumped her publisher HarperCollins very publicly, saying at the launch of her third book that the 'chicklit' covers used by the publisher were 'fluffy, sexist and degrading...
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