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Amazon and Penguin continue unpublished ms. prize
Amazon.com and Penguin will run a second Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award next year. Writers from around the world will be able to submit their unpublished English-language novel manuscripts between 2n...
Penguin launches 'The Power of One Australian Hero Award'
Penguin Australia has announced the creation of a new award to celebrate the 75th birthday of author Bryce Courtenay. The Power of One Australian Hero Award, worth $50,000, is a joint initiative betwe...
Toltz on 'Guardian' first book shortlist
The Guardian's first book award (£10,000/A$23,283) shortlist has been announced, and includes Australian author Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton). The other shortlisted tit...
Penguin looks to growth through globalisation
Penguin chief executive John Makinson has told The Times that he believes that globalisation is changing the rules of the game in publishing more than digitisation.
Penguin US signs 'digi-novel'
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin in the US, has reportedly paid millions to sign up what it's dubbing a "digi-novel" by the creator of the CSI television franchise. The three-book ser...
S& S to move distribution to UBD
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced that from April 2009 its titles will be distributed in the Australian and New Zealand markets by United Book Distributors (UBD), with sales and m...
Penguin UK launches dating website
Penguin UK is launching a dating website aimed at book readers, in conjunction with online dating service Match.com. 'Members will be asked to write in their profile about the last book they read...
Healthly half-yearly result for Pearson
Pearson has released interim half-yearly figures, showing sales up 14% to £1.965billion and adjusted operating profit up 38% to £124 million. Chief executive Marjorie Scardino said: '...
In brief
Call to ban Nitschke bookThe sisters of an Australian woman who committed suicide using the drug Nembutal, have called on Attorney-General Robert McClelland to ban Philip Nitschke's book Killing Me So...
Bond is fastest-selling Penguin harback ever
Devil May Care, the new James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks ('writing as Ian Fleming'), has become Penguin UK's fastest-selling hardback ever, with over 44,000 copies sold in four days. ...
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