Frankrigs nye kulturminister er et menneske med forstand på kultur. Kan Danmark lære noget her?

Skaberen af Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin starter som screenwriter på ikke mindre end fem nye TV-spin-offs. Arbejdet med de nye TV-serier har skubbet den stærkt ventede bog Winds of Winter ned på prioritetslisten.

The Martian handlede om overlevelse på Mars. Weirs nye roman Artemis handler om et kup på månen. Filmrettighederne er allerede solgt.

Pressrelease: A driving force in academic publishing: Springer celebrates 175 years since its founding

Pressetekst: Den danske bestseller ”Jeg mødte Jesus” sætter tro til debat på hele kontinentet. Foto: Jonas Haarr Friestad.

In occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) has produced a statistics publication that provides a wealth of data and information about book publishing and the book sector in Europe.

From George RR Martin’s vast, warlike realms to Neil Gaiman’s London Below, these paracosms are bound only by their authors’ rules, not those of reality

The government is expanding the Public Lending Right (PLR) to include e-books and e-audiobooks, meaning their authors will be eligible for payment in the same way as those whose physical books are borrowed from libraries.

A solid backlist can make a bookstore’s selection stand out

The self-publishing revolution has taken place, in large part, online, with readers discovering books and connecting directly with indie authors through sites like Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Wattpad, Smashwords, and more. In addition to book blogs, online book clubs, and online advertising, one of the central means by which readers learn about self-published books is the customer review.

A dozen years ago, the acclaimed British author Philip Pullman teased his legions of fans with a cryptic message posted to his website: “The Book of Dust,” he wrote, “is under way.”

Even the literature that seems most rooted in one place is animated by writing from elsewhere – and trying to keep that influence out is profoundly dangerous

Sales figures for the most popular modern authors round up familiar suspects from Dan Brown to JK Rowling. Taken together, they hint at surprising sales secrets

A 36-year-old kids’ fantasy novel comes to UK and US screens this month. ‘Ronya, the Robber’s Daughter’ is by Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking.

George R R Martin has said he has “made progress” on the sixth Game of Thrones book, The Winds of Winter, and thinks it will be published this year.

George R R Martin has said he has “made progress” on the sixth Game of Thrones book, The Winds of Winter, and thinks it will be published this year.

In Toronto, shoplifters are taking Murakami novels by the shelf load – showing up the UK’s lowbrow black market

Nominated by libraries in many parts of the world, seven of this year’s list are Irish, and almost 30 percent of the Dublin Literary Award list is in translation.

I Argentina starter 2017 med, at den kendte tegneseriestribe Mafalda udgives i en nyoversættelse – til punktskrift.

The Harry Potter author revealed to fans on Twitter that she has two books in the pipeline, one under her own name and one as Robert Galbraith

Monochrome magic with Mary Poppins, a swooning YA romance and Winnie-the-Pooh returns

After a tough year for women, and the end of the UN’s resident demigoddess, we need some inspiring heroines. Here are a few of mine – who would you choose?

Mark Stay and Mark Desvaux are picking up clues from publishers and authors in a new podcast, while they go about trying to write the next bestseller

We thumb through a year that saw a US author win the Booker, the death of a short-story master – and the first Brexit novel

Can YouTube really sell books? Naomi Bacon's answer is a resounding yes - and she's developed a three-step strategy to help you get there. This digest of her presentation from Frankfurt Book Fair is a must-read for any publisher hoping to improve their success with social video.