In Thursday’s program, special honorees are George C. Wolfe, Anne Carson, Daniel Alexander Jones, Kwame Dawes, and Pierre Joris.
International Students, Scholars Have Access to NYU’s Pilot With ProQuest
The ProQuest-NYU Libraries project is available to thousands of international students and scholars during its pilot until August 31.
German Nonfiction Prize Names Its First Round of Finalists
Eight titles now are in contention for the €25,000 honor, in the delayed first award cycle of the German Nonfiction Prize.
Germany Sets Hybrid Guest of Honor for 2021 Abu Dhabi Fair
Moving its physical programming to 2022, the German program plans a hybrid model at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair for this year.
Scribd Audio Introduces Spanish Audiobooks in Mexico
Widening its newly announced Scribd Audio program, the subscription service announces new Spanish-language audiobooks for its Mexican users.
The Netherlands’ 2021 ‘Renew the Book’ Winner: A Reading App
With its promise of making books easier to read on phones and tablets, the Immer app wins this year’s €50,000 Renew the Book prize.
US Book Industry Charitable Foundation Raises $1 Million for Bookstores
Ingram Content Group seeds Binc’s ‘Survive to Thrive’ bookstore grant program, with additional major support from publishers and Bookshop.org.
WIPO Will Present Its 2021 Accessible Publishing Award at Frankfurter Buchmesse
In its new partnership with Frankfurt, the World Intellectual Property Organization will award its Accessible Publishing honor on October 20.
Faber & Faber: Stephen Page Names Mary Cannam to Managing Director
The promotion of Mary Cannam to the operational leadership of Faber sees Page continuing to work with her, now as executive chair.
News Corp’s Plan To Acquire Houghton Mifflin’s Trade Division
HarperCollins parent News Corp’s intended acquisition of HMH Books & Media raises, for some, new concern about consolidation.