With the acquisition of the German house Audiobuch, Lindhardt og Ringhof will have bought and/or partnered with five publishers this year.
Saga Egmont Partners with the UK’s Muswell and Violet Gaze Presses
The digital arm of Copenhagen’s Lindhardt & Ringhof, Saga Egmont has agreements with two independent houses in the United Kingdom.
Remembering the British Publishing Industry’s David Whitaker, ISBN Pioneer
Recalled as being opinionated, decisive, and difficult as well as insightful, innovative, and impressive, David Whitaker died on August 4.
A New Report Evaluates the Indian Publishing Industry’s Prospects
The Association of Publishers in India, with EY-Parthenon, offer a look at the multilingual Indian publishing industry and its challenges.
Audiobooks: Denmark’s Saga Egmont Partners With Spain’s Roca Editorial
The digital arm of Lindhardt & Ringhof, Saga Egmont further expands its efforts to penetrate the Spanish-language audiobook market.
Publishing Scotland’s BookSource To Handle MMS Distribution
Specialized in handling children’s literature from Walker Books, Hogs Back Books, and others, MMS signs on with BookSource for distribution.
From London Book Fair: European Booksellers on Brexit
The pandemic’s effects on bookselling have been mingled with those of Brexit, as booksellers from Sweden and Ireland explain.
Germany’s Bookwire in Distribution Deal with Spain’s Editorial Planeta
The new agreement with Bookwire will see the distribution of some 30,000 ebooks and 1,200 audiobooks from Planeta’s Spanish-language catalogue.
Bookwire Buys Brazil’s Bok2; Ingram Sells VitalSource
Germany’s Bookwire buys Bok2 for added print-on-demand capacity, while Ingram sells edtech company VitalSource 15 years after acquiring it.
Simon & Schuster and Political Books: Mattingly and Mike Pence
Again, Simon & Schuster’s zeal for expanding its strong political books list in nonfiction finds the Big Five house under fire.