2025

Women’s Prize for Fiction Names Its Shortlist

The 2022 shortlist for the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction is headlined by work of Ruth Ozeki, Elif Shafak, and Louise Erdrich. Image: Women’s Prize for Fiction By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Two of Six Shortlisted Publishers are Independent As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the longlist for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction […]

US-Based Open Road Acquires UK Publisher Bloodhound Books

The co-directors of the Cambridge-based ebook publisher are to stay with the company as Open Road Integrated Media buys it. Image: Box sets from Bloodhound Books By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson The Bloodhound Books Brand Is To Be Retained Well-known to Publishing Perspectives readers, of course, Open Road Integrated Media (OR/M) has made yet

‘IGLU’ Shows Primary-School Reading Skills Lagging

Every fourth child leaves primary school in Germany without sufficient reading skills, per the Börsenverein’s report on the ‘IGLU’ analysis. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Rom Rodinka By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Leveraging the ‘National Reading Pact’ in Response A regular analytical program called the International Primary School Reading Study (IGLU) in Germany has this

The Road to Frankfurt 2024

Our Roundup lists rights deals on titles from South Korea, France, Frankfurt Guest of Honor Italy, Norway, Germany, and the UK. At the entrance to the 2022 Literary Agent and Scout Center, the LitAg, at Frankfurter Buchmesse (once more a sellout this year). Image: FBM, Marc Jacquemin By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Also in

Germany’s Bookwire Reorganizes Its Audiobook Approach

‘Pooling our energies even more to focus on audio,’ Bookwire announces a restructured unit for audiobooks and podcasting. In Kyiv, consumers test headphones, October 9, 2016. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Panama7 By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Ruhrmann: ‘Growth and Ambitions’ Based in Frankfurt, the digital content distributor Bookwire GmbH, founded in 2010 by Jens

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