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Borders US 'delays payments to small publishers'
Following dismal holiday sales in the US, some smaller publishers are concerned that Borders US is 'playing favourites' and is delaying payments to some publishers.
UK publishers cancelling books to cut costs
Authors and agents have expressed concerns that UK publishers are cancelling contracted books in order to cut costs.
Massive redundancies for German bookseller
Germany's second largest bookselling chain DBH is to make some 600 booksellers redundant across its three main businesses, Hugendubel, Buch Habel and Weltbild. 'The cuts are aimed at retaining the com...
US book sales predicted to dip
Total book sales in the US are projected to dip 0.5% in 2009, to US$35.04 billion, according to the PW/IPR Book Sales Index, a new report co-authored by Publishers Weekly and the Institute for Publish...
BEA 'trending behind last year'
With two month to go before the event, Book Expo America organisers admit that that the number of exhibitors will be down in 2009 from previous years. 'We’re trending behind last year,' said dir...
Put more work into fewer books, conference told
Delegates at a US publishing get-together have been told that the way for them to survive the current climate is to publish fewer books but to work harder on promoting them.
Book sales holding up in Europe
Book sales in Europe appear to be holding up well despite the GFC, with both France and Germany continuing to report modest sales increases.
Random UK to cut 5% of staff
Random House UK has announced plans to cut its workforce by five percent.
Woolworths UK 'in crisis talks'
Woolworths UK -- which isn't connected to the Australian supermarket chain -- is reportedly 'in crisis talks' as it tries to avoid going into administration. Woolworths UK's distribution subsidai...
Canada's McNally Robertson enters bankruptcy
Canadian indie bookseller McNally Robertson has entered bankrupcy and will close at least two of its four stores.
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