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Penguin UK to consult on firm-sale moves
Penguin UK is beginning discussions with the UK's Booksellers Association on moves to make its backlist firm-sale. Penguin UK CEO Peter Field told Publishing News that 'We intend to speak to everybody...
HarperCollins US puts catalogue online
HarperCollins US has announced that it is developing a comprehensive, interactive elctronic catalogue in order to scale back its production of print catalogues.
US publishing's carbon footprint is 12.4 million tons
The US publishing industry emits over 12.4 million tons (11.25 metric tonnes) of carbon dioxide each year, or about 8.85 pounds (4kg) per book, according to the findings in the just-released report, E...
'Fumes made me go lowbrow,' says author
A prize-winning novelist has won a settlement of more than £100,000 after she claimed to have become so intoxicated by fumes from a nearby shoe factory that she was reduced to writing thrillers,...
MWF program announced
The program for the 2007 Melbourne Writers Festival was officially launched on Friday 20 July, and appeared in a special supplement as part of the Saturday Age newspaper the following day. As pa...
In brief
Donoughue enters the blogospherePeter Donoughue, former managing director of John Wiley and Sons in Australia, has created a new blog Pub Date Critical (click here). In his first posts the former...
Plastic bags to be banned in SA
Legislation introduced to the South Australian parliament aims to ban most lightweight plastic bags from supermarkets and other shops by May next year. The proposed legislation comes after a mee...
Book-lovers are greener than average
Regular book-buyers are more aware, knowledgeable and concerned about the environment and related issues than the general British population, a new UK survey reveals.
UK book trade gets green
In the UK, the Publishers Association and Booksellers Association are working together toward a 10% reduction of emissions by 2015. A new website, green4books.org. uk, offers tips to help publishers a...
Are e-books any greener than print?
The UK's Society of Young Publishers has heard that 'an e-book is no greener than a tree book', because of factors including end-users' repeated downloads from energy-hungry data centres and inef...
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